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Reisender

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Posted: 07/12/22 04:04pm

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Cocky_Camper wrote:

We just stayed at a SC state park and there was 5 newwer Pop Ups near us. I was shocked. Maybe they are being revived.

For what it’s worth, on our recent cross Canada camping trip, of the 7 trailers we saw being hauled by electric vehicles (including ours) 4 were folding trailers and 3 of those were A-liners. The rest were teardrops like ours. So yah. There might be a rebirth. Who knows.

We almost bought an Aliner, and at the last minute got a T@B.

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Posted: 02/19/23 02:09pm

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What are people buying instead of PopUp tent trailers? My first popup weighed only 1,000lbs. Had 2 queen beds, stove, sink etc. 2nd popup was much larger, 1 king, 1 queen, shower, toilet, stove, sink, outside sink and grill and weighed only 2,000lbs. I could tow either with an economy SUV with ease.

My 3rd trailer was a hybrid hard sided but with foldout tent beds. Tons of room, huge slide out and weighed 5,000lbs fully loaded. I did have to upgrade the tow vehicle to a Durango 5.7L V8.

The current popups I've seen are high sided to allow for full ovens, microwave, refrigerators and most other ammenities. These are no longer lightweight and in most cases cannot be towed with a economy SUV. In this regard, may as well get a small hard sided and larger tow vehicle.

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Posted: 02/19/23 03:23pm

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mileshuff wrote:

Up here in BC we are seeing a lot more teardrop type trailers being pulled by small SUV, small trucks etc. This is our T@B400. A little over 18 feet and weighs in fully loaded just under 3400 pounds. Hitch weight about 340 pounds loaded. There are smaller and larger models from the various manufacturers. Easy pull for the right SUV. We have pulled ours all over Canada and extensively in BC. Easy to get into forestry site etc. We love it. Made up bed and a separate eating table. We didn't want to have to make up a bed every night and we wanted one person to be able to get up and have breakfast and the other one to be able to sleep in. We say so many on our big BC tour last summer. Less common outside BC.

Hope that helps and hope you find what you are looking for.

Cheers.

John

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Posted: 02/19/23 06:36pm

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Reisender wrote:

I've seen quite a few of the Teardrops making a comeback here too. Too small for our needs. A Popup has 2 queen beds, a sofa bed as well as a small bed by folding the table down. Room to sleep at least 5 adults. We had 2 adults and 2 teens in ours. Teardrops seem awesome for 2 adults!