A guide to everything you need to know about tent, pop up trailers and travel trailer camping.
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Travel Trailer Camping
If you want to go camping in a travel trailer, you’re going to need a larger car such as an SUV or a pickup truck. If you already have the larger vehicle you’re already likely in the market looking to buy a travel trailer for camping. Travel trailer’s today offer all kinds of comfort with a full bathroom, shower, separate sleeping areas, televisions, and even a fire place. Many travel trailer’s offer a slide out option, so the trailer expands and has a larger floor plan with extra couches, bunk beds to accommodate all your family and friends.
Keep in mind that the towing capacity of your vehicle is an important key factor in choosing a travel trailer To pull a travel trailer with your vehicle you‘re going to need to purchase a proper hitch with weight distribution and sway control. The Equalizer Hitch weight distribution is a great choice because it has sway control built in and allows you to back up your vehicle evenly without readjusting anything on you’re your hitch, trailer or vehicle.
If you’re backing up with a regular hitch that has chain weight distribution you must disable the sway control bar before you back up or you will destroy the sway control.
Your towing hitch and weight distribution hitch specification must be appropriate with the weight of the trailer you going to tow. It’s very important that your vehicle is matched with your travel trailer weight, if in doubt ask your car dealer and your RV dealer. Your safety and safety of your family shouldn’t be compromised, so good quality towing equipment is worth the extra cost.
The larger your travel trailer, the less space you might have on the actual camping site so plan ahead and make your reservation in advance. Down the road you may discover that you need some additional equipment to make camping in your travel trailer more enjoyable . RV dealer and many stores like Canadian Tire, Wal-Mart and many others offers many additional equipment and products to keep your trailer in good shape all year around.
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