Since having our son last year, my wife stated she no longer wants to tent camp with a little one. I can't say as I blame her all that much, but I also don't think it's as bad as she thinks it'll be. Plus, another year and my son will be old enough to make camping easier. She really wants the "Marriot" camper in the woods, but that would mean the bronco doesn't go with us, plus we can't afford that. So I am looking at the other end of the spectrum. A small pop-up on the front of a bumper-pull trailer. Which might work out well for me in regards to a trailer upgrade. I have a 7k trailer now, but would like to upgrade to at least a 10k or more because my bronco is right at the max hauling capacity now. I'd like to be able to haul someone's broke down tow-rig if needed. However, when you add 1500lbs of camper to the front, I almost need to go to more capacity.
I am looking for something like this in the end:
Probably face the door of my camper towards the rear if I can find a camper small enough to fit sideways.
Anyway, I know trailers pretty well and know what I want, but trying to figure out the length I'd need to haul the camper and the bronco is a little tougher. My bronco is 14ft end to end, but I'd only need about 12ft of deck space. That's from the rear tire to the front of the front bumper.
Also, don't know the first thing about pop-ups, but are probably going to buy used, so would like any pointers there. This is not likely something that will happen this year, but hopefully maybe over the winter when camper prices aren't so hot.
Another option maybe to get a really nice 16ft car hauler and weld on a hitch to it to pull the pop-up. Anyone ever done this? I could then get a somewhat larger pop-up and have the versatility to just pull it if we were only going
ing, or pull both if I wanted both. And maybe even use the bronco to pull the pop-up if the road got a little rough for my truck.Anyway, just wanted to open the discussion up. Thanks!
J.D.
