Re: New to the world of Travel Trailers.
Mine is a horse trailer with living quarters, completely self contained, bath room, shower, AC, the works. I use the heck out of it. On road trips I save a mint on motels, you can stop in rest areas and truck stops. I can take my horses hunting and don't sleep in snow banks. I can carry my Harley for short trips.
When visiting relitaves I have the privacy of my own home. Stay up as late or get up as early as I want without disturbing others.
Get a generator, they are a must. Also if you have duel axels (which should be a requirement) get a piece of 8X8 timber, about 18 inches long. Cut a taper on one end so you can place it under one of the tires on the trailer, drive up (or back up) onto the block and it lifts the other axel if you have a flat. Beats jacking up the trailer. It also makes a good jack stand saving a lot of jacking.
Mine is a Goose Neck. It weights about 10K empty. Its hard to jack up to get off the ball hitch, I put an electric jack so all I have to do is hit a lever, makes it easier on my wife if she has to hook up or un hook the trailer.
Great for rifle and pistol matches too. Just about ever range I've went to allows you to park on the range. They may not have the hook ups, but like I said, mine is self contained.
Also gives you a home away from home if you have to be evacuated.
It happened to me just last week when a forest fire came through my canyon. Instead of having to move in with friends and relitives we parked at the fair grounds where we could keep tabs on and care for our horses. We could also take our dogs without worrying about them being a pain to whom ever we would have to stay with if we didnt have a trailer.
We also have a small electric heater so we don't have to use propane when we camp where there is electricty.
Another trick on extended stays where you don't have hook-ups.
It's cheaper to let a diesel pickup idel to give you power then it is to run a generator.
There are a million other tricks and ideals I can't remember right now, you'll pick up more as you use your trailer and from others when you camp near others who travel in trailers.
A lot of times when we get kids, and grandkids visiting, we often let them have the house and we move into the trailer.
