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Originally Posted by e9999
my main concern for all these trailers would be more the durability than the ability to run the trail. The latter, you can always judge and decide to go back or not to go in the first place. The former is a hidden issue. From what I have seen the sturdiness of the body and cabinetry at least on these is questionable. My bet is that these things will begin to fall apart after limited use on rough roads, especially washboard. Sure, the occasional fire road or beach run should be fine and fun, but Death Valley or Baja, not so sure. But some folks here have more actual experience on that than I do.
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I have owned several popups and E9999 is spot on. The cabinetry is no different on the "off road" verses the basic models and it will not hold up on extended wash board travel. One advantage the Baja models have is the ability to air down with the larger tires. The Baja models also weighs a lot more but does give more carrying capacity. Springs work better then torsion from my experience. I went with the same floor plan as a Baja and did a spring over mod and ended up with a lite setup (1400lbs max) that is effortless to tow and goes where I want it to go.
The 2 most unused options is the shower and toilet if you read the pop up forums. The problem with the shower is water storage you need a lot of storage to shower your family. The inside curtain shower set up is a PIA with weak pressure IMO. We use a vehicle on board shower, you can take your Land Cruiser to the water source and never worry about storage and have unlimited hot water with home pressure. I say keep it simple and lite. This time I did go with a 3-way frig that is a nice option and works great as long as you do the frig mod.
As for the toilet do you really want to eat breakfast in the same room after you take your morning %$#@
Or have your family stand outside while everyone take their turn.
We were forced to use one on our boat and I hated everything about. Again JMO
Not matter what pop up you go with your wife will like it better then a tent.