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Motorhome and trailer (would need street legal pitter probably too)
Vs
Truck and 5er
Typical travel to include myself, wife, 6 year old daughter and our dog. Random trips may include my parents.
I've pretty much made up my mind, but I'm still interested to hear what you prefer.
Vs
Truck and 5er
Typical travel to include myself, wife, 6 year old daughter and our dog. Random trips may include my parents.
I've pretty much made up my mind, but I'm still interested to hear what you prefer.
The hard part for me is the actual travel. My wife and kid would be much more comfortable traveling in a motorhome with the immediate amenities. Once at the track though, it might feel snug. The 5er would be more comfortable for "living" I feel like.
But an RV is awesome to travel in, bathroom, beds etc etc all right there. I have Groms so going out was not a big deal if it was nice out. But a lot of the tracks I go to have some hills and rocks, most RVs ride pretty low to the ground. Not a huge deal if you know what you're doing, but I would have needed to be pulled out of High Point last time I was there in an RV for sure.
Having a truck and trailer is a little worse to travel in because, well its a truck. But as long as your have the right setup, your truck will ride well and no one will complain. I love my Toy Hauler and use it to camp normally as well. My advice would be look at a few and see what you really like. Having one with a separate garage would be the one piece I wish I had. Sucks to have to unload everything from your living room to sleep other people. But a separate garage you sacrifice some room in the garage.
The Shop
Nice in the motorhome for everyone to be able to
Move around....
My wife and kid travel well, but the piss stops kill us. Kid won't sleep unless it's night time in any vehicle.
I'll never own a toy hauler that doesn't have a separate garage.
For the initial"investment", I'll have 6-7k more in a motorhome set up as I don't even have a box trailer currently, or a grom.. I can be well under 20k with the truck and 5th wheel, even in today's market. If I bought a 5er that needed love, I could do it even cheaper.
Sorry, I'm just spitballing with people who share the same interests. I've gone over all this in my head for months and still haven't pulled the trigger, but it's happening in the next couple weeks.
Downsides are if races have crappy pits it can be kind of stressful to park a big rig and not being able to unhook and drive around.
This way I can take the van with the bikes, tools, gear etc to practice, but then tow the regular camper when its an overnight race weekend. No loading and unloading the toy hauler after every race, making sure to grab the needed tools, gear, etc just to go practice with the bike in the truck. Everything is always in the van.
Also, I can keep the camper cleaner with all the bike stuff in the van. Then I can easily hose out the van.
In my opinion, Toy haulers are a compromise. Either you're towing a huge one with a separate garage, or the bikes and all related stuff is in your living area unless you leave the bikes outside overnight. I like my bikes locked up at all times.
I race enduros so it's good to unhook the truck so my wife can drive to the places for me to pit.
For MX where I'd likely not leave, the Motorhome and trailer would work well. You can always put a dual sport bike in the trailer too for making a quick trip somewhere.
Now, if I were rich, I'd get a ridiculous super-C with a garage on the back of it + pull an enclosed trailer. The garage is for the power tools, workbench, etc., and the SxS, bikes, and fireworks would go in the enclosed. Did I say fireworks? Heavens to Betsy, those are illegal. I meant to say, "fire extinguishers." Yeah.
Pit Row
Motorhomes tend to have bigger fuel tanks also, so you stop half as much. You lose so much time on those fuel stops.
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