The Toy Hauler Trailer
Travel Trailers:
Here’s our baby, a 23-foot Keystone NRG Toy Hauler Trailer. These
trailers can be a small stepping stone up from the Tent Trailer or a very
luxurious move up-town. A heavy-duty hitch at the rear of your tow vehicle is
utilized when towing. They are a good compromise when considering price, size,
and comfort; therefore proving to be one of the most popular Toy Hauler's on the
market today.
A Toy Hauler Trailer is less
expensive than the 5th Wheel Trailer, which usually start around $15K. That’s quite a jump from
the Jumping Jack that has a price tag around $5K. Don’t let the low price fool you.
It's easy spend the better part
of a years wages on one, if you choose.
Manufactures have responded to the very large SUV market by
producing “lightweight and ultra-light” Toy Hauler Trailers. My trailer is
“lightweight”, yet loaded with fuel, water, and the toys, its gross weight is
near a whopping 10,000 pounds. My experience is that a rig can “comfortably” tow
a little more than one half of its rated towing capacity. Keep this in mind if you
will be towing in mountainous country. My Dodge diesel is rated at 16,000 pounds
towing capacity. That gives me a little power to spare in the mountains.
Initially, our plan was to park our new trailer in the same space as
our little motorhome, but when it arrived we found that it was much bigger than
it looked in the dealer's lot. We barely had enough room. With the help of my
wife to guide me, we managed, but quickly realized that we had a trailer with
almost no-where to park
it. The lesson we learned was to be sure to measure your parking space before
you buy. Keep in mind your maneuvering room. The corner of our house is quite a
bit closer than I remember. It’s certainly a tight fit, so I recruit the wife,
and I back her up ever so slowly.
Proper hitch set up is very important with Toy Hauler
Trailers. Large trailers are subject to catching wind and can be sensitive to proper load
distribution. A good hitch will make towing a pleasure for you. My RV dealer
provided me with some great help for setting up my hitch.
When you move up from a smaller unit into a Travel Trailer,
the comfort levels really start to rise.
The kitchen is bigger, (although ours is kind of small), you can usually sleep
up to 8 comfortably. There is actually a bathtub and shower! We love the large
living room that is created after the toys are unloaded, and I’m kept
entertained by a TV and Stereo System. Other models have a slide out
which provides more footage to relax in. No need to worry about having to get up
and move to let someone pass by.
Some floor plans have the slide out area converting into dinettes while other's
slide the couch out for leg stretching ability.
What I really like about the Toy Hauler Trailer is the extra
goodies, especially created for hauling toys, and mine is no exception. It has a fuel station
that can hold upward to 30 gallons of gas and has its own electric
fuel pump and nozzle for filling the toys. A 4000-watt Onan generator powers my
tools and keeps the lights burning bright while I'm working on the quads. During
the day, the large
checkerboard awning keeps the rays off my bald head, and believe me; you’ve not
experienced sunburn ‘til you’ve burned the top of your dome. -- Man that
hurts!
Overall the Toy Hauler Trailer gives you the best bang for
the buck and is quickly proving itself in the travel trailer market.
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