Which RV is right for you?
If you have only ever tent-camped, you may be unfamiliar with the various types of RVs. Let us give you a quick run down to bring you up to speed:
Folding Camper Trailers
- Fold for lightweight towing
- Fresh-air experience with RV comfort
- Can sleep up to 8
- Typically between $5,000-$22,000 new
Truck Campers
- Mounts on pickup bed or chassis
- It can go wherever your truck can go
- Camper legs extend into place to free up the truck for daily excursions
- Can sleep up to 6
- Typically between $6,000-$55,000 new
Travel Trailers
- Hitches at the rear bumper of your car, SUV, or truck
- Wide range of floor plans and sizes
- Single level floor plan
- Home-like amenities
- Optional slides for added trailer space
- Lower height fits in more storage facilities / side yards
- Less expensive hitch than that of a Fifth Wheel
- Larger travel trailers are require both hands on the wheel & full attention- Crosswinds and passing traffic can get the trailer swaying behind you
- Can sleep up to 10
- Generally priced lower than Fifth Wheel trailers
- Typically between $8,000-$95,000 new
Fifth Wheel Trailers
- Hitches directly over the rear axel of your truck
- Requires being towed by a pickup truck
- Taller height provides more headroom
- Spacious multi-level floor plans
- Pulls more true than a travel trailer; wheels stay closer in-line with truck wheels
- Weight over the truck’s axel makes for easer parking
- Home-like amenities
- Optional slides for added trailer space
- Large bays underneath provide for more storage space
- Typically between $18,000-$160,000 new
Toyhaulers
- Available motorized or towable
- Built-in garage for hauling cycles, ATVs and other sports equipment
- Back door swings down for toy ramp
- Typically between $10,000-$170,000 new
Class A Motorhomes
- Generally the roomiest of all RVs
- Deluxe amenities
- Allows for towing a boat or another vehicle
- Optional slides for added trailer space
- Sleeps up to 6
- Typically between $60,000-$500,000 new
Class B Motorhomes
- Commonly called Camper Vans
- Drives like the family van
- Sleeps up to 4
- Allows for towing a boat or another vehicle
- Size makes for easy city driving
- Typically between $60,000-$130,000 new
Class C Motorhomes
- Amenities similar to the Class A Motorhome
- Optional sleeping space over the cab
- Sleeps up to 8
- Typically between $40,000-$200,000 new
Let us show you around at Manteca Trailer & Motorhome so you can experience them first hand!!
