Top Travel Trailers Under 5,000lbs

hey everybody josh rv nerd here at bishop's rv and if you've been a regular returning member of the rv nerdered you've seen where i've been uh rolling out my sort of rv review urine review top five listicles couples campers bunk houses fifth wheels trailers all that stuff um and a bunch of people chimed in said you know this stuff's all great i like these things but i got a peter built to tow these things partner you know uh what do you have for somebody who has say like a mid-sized pickup or a good tow package suv and i kind of thought about that i love that suggestion by the way so what i've done today is compiled a list uh some couples models some bunk houses and then we're going to end on one that's kind of both that are 5 000 pounds or less and what i mean by that is not 5 000 pounds dry weight 5 000 pounds maximum gvwr with cargo now that does mean that today's list is going to be very heavily populated by single axle models but not all of them will be i worked really hard to find a couple cool tandem axle models that are 5 000 pounds or less so if you're looking for something small you're looking for something light you're just looking for a way to kill the next 20 minutes stay tuned and enjoy all right let's kick off the camping fun with some couples models here and today's video by the way these pics that i have are in no particular order i'm not ranking these things but kicking things off here um i've seen other campers kind of like this but as far as i know the one that i'm about to show you was sort of the original so for that i'm kind of giving it a little bit of a nod giving it some specific recognition [Music] hey everybody josh rv nerd here vicious rv with something a little bit fun a little bit different for you today this is the riverside retro 135 and if you're looking at it you might be like me and going where's the door well it's off the back of this one because this is a rare example of what i call a towable truck camper it's very similar to a wolf pup you may have actually seen previously on this channel but i believe this actually pre-dates that wolf puppet if i'm being fair i actually think i like this one's bathroom better and i think it's very cool that instead of a conventional dinette that everyone else does they did things a little bit differently not just from the standpoint of the cosmetics which have that cool little retro diameter side kind of flare you know but also the fact that it gives us a door side bench instead of a door side dinette which is something i thought would actually be really cool in that wolf pup that they nailed here um it's this is certainly again not for everybody but what i like about this is as compared to a truck camper which you need a truck with a pretty decent payload capacity to handle the weight in the bed of the truck by putting it down on the ground and rolling down the road you have expanded the number of potential vehicles that can handle this camper by by just 10 magnitudes basically um because this thing only it weighs less than 2600 pounds dry weighs just over 3 700 pounds loaded with cargo there are so many vehicles that could handle this thing they just couldn't handle a truck camper and it opened like not everybody needs a big monster camper some of us just want a little thing to get away and to just have a little fun you know that's where this guy comes in let me know what you think about this guy as we go through now there's a lot of really good campers here that come in under five thousand pounds maximum weight but if you really look there's like three or four floor plans that are really really popular that everybody builds so when i see somebody who's willing to find a way to build it different to be a little bit original it really earns some points with me and frankly there's just a very short exclusive list of campers that can manage to put a full bed slide under 5 000 pounds loaded with cargo oh my god oh my gosh um every now and then an rv comes along that just has show stopper written on it this is one of them [Music] hey everybody josh air wiener here with vicious rv and the new 169 fsx says wildwood on the front of this one it could just as easily say salem they're the same thing and i'll tell you why this thing's got me jazzed up tell me how many other rvs you know out there are 4 000 pounds with a bed slide that is crazy that is incredible it is very very cool and i don't know if i've really seen a whole lot of them not at like 4 000 pounds now i want to dive into that a little bit um because this is one of the biggest heaviest single axle fs x's that exists out there um these things ride on about five thousand pound axle so that means that this has a little over 900 pounds of available cargo capacity in its current state if you go adding the solar package and the platinum package which has the fiberglass skin you will actually add more weight and eat into your cargo capacity a little bit so kind of keep that in mind but this thing is wild and you know what it when i walked inside it struck me i realized what this was this is like a miniature motorhome that has been squished and condensed and molded into a tiny towable rv think about it where that front dinette is up there in the living area that would be almost like the overhead cab area what they did is they got rid of like the driving cab and they just put your seating there and then you just have a kitchenette and a walk-through bath like a lot of small motorhomes and a private that's the thing that shocked me private rear bath or bedroom on this one i'm just i'm very very impressed what this actually reminds me a lot of is years and years ago when um cruiser rv used to make these tiny small condensed ultralight models they had a rear bed slide kind of like this but i've seen i haven't seen anybody try to build anything like that forever this is why let me know what you think of this this is cool but we're going to do a list like this and we're going to talk about some of the uh like best executed most popular well done lightweight small no bunk campers i just i don't know how you could rightly do it and not bring these guys into the mix and before we begin first of all a quick shout out to halid rv viewer jenny uh who advised that her keyless entry door pads combo was 8675309 i don't know why she felt it was important to share that with us and it's funny how you meet people sometimes sometimes they see us first here on youtube uh sometimes they see like maybe an ad that we have on tv locally or in the newspaper um jenny we found her name and number on a wall [Music] hey everybody josh rv nerdy here at hayward rv of cold water michigan with the 3 30 pound as we see it here today roughly rockwood 19 fps geopro and this thing is just a uh everyday crowd pleaser it is one of the most popular of the entire geopro series um and we're actually going to get to see it today with a couple options that um i i talk about very often in my previous videos but we haven't really always had a chance to see like the bike rack like the convection microwave oven and we're going to discuss a few others that maybe you don't see but also have available as we go i will go through this as we do point out the good with the bad like it's awesome that has factory solar it actually has an interestingly intentionally smaller 12-volt compressor fridge so that you don't suck the batteries dry nearly as easily in this thing as compared to most of the trailers using 12-volt fridges out there but at the same time the smaller size this rv sometimes works against it for instance this has really good holding tank capacities i'm shooting from the hip but i think it's something like 50 gallons fresh 30 black 30 gray that's sweet but the trick is especially that fresh tank is so large you actually cannot enclose the underbelly of this little thing although they have finally standardized the 12-volt tank heaters and that's really what's interesting about this if you look through the history of geopros you've always been able to basically build one like this but they basically just have made almost all the options standard and again we'll point out a couple that are still available or uh that you don't necessarily see here now if you appreciate the way that we give you that good fair information make sure you hit that subscribe button like our video and leave us some comments as we go let me know what you think about these things uh the good the bad with the ugly and everything in between and if you would like to see one of these a little bit larger couldn't have timed this any better we got one rolling in right behind it over here uh this has a big brother called a rockwood 2109s and then it has another big brother called the 2205. those numbers might not mean anything to you but listen up as we go through and i'll explain what they mean now it's not to say that they don't also make some awesome family campers but you know their couple's models are truly just where they absolutely crush it kicking things off at our bunkhouse camp was one that was it's hard to find and winnebago is one of the very few brands out there who managed to come up with a way of giving us a tandem axle rv that was exactly 5 000 pounds gvw on the nose so if what you're looking for is the safety and stability of something that's narrow body but has quad wheels for good easy towing and they use that good suspension system it just it was just an easy shoe-in for me on this list are you looking for small and simple and just a couple little bunks but you don't want to have to deal with the wiggle and the worry of a single axle well then stay tuned you don't want to miss this [Music] hey everybody josh rv nerd over here in idaho today with the winnebago micro mini 1800 if you're tired of seeing the same old single axle stick and tin camper if you're looking for tandem axles if you're looking for upscale you just don't want big this you found it congratulations um you know it's been a couple years since i got my hands on one of these and they have taken it up a notch and actually this is the very first time i've ever been able to get my hands on the 1800 bunk house right here um it has a lot of really high-end classy features the build the fit and the finish the materials on this are all in the premium grade category absolutely without question it comes with the uh you know the uh like axle lift package and goodyear wrangler tires on this thing factory standard um there's a couple different like solar configurations that you can put on these the underbelly's enclosed radiant barrier heated i mean there's there's a ton of like big fancy features going on in this little package that does mean it is not the least expensive little camper you've ever seen it also means though it's one of the best little campers you've ever seen in terms of feature and function um i will be fair i'm going to point out a lot of really of sharp things you do not usually find in a small class like this but along the way i'm also going to hit on some things like it doesn't have necessarily like a true queen bed there's going to be a couple things like that there's going to be god bless america why don't they make it with a longer walk-around bed they they do but um you know it's a longer camper it's heavier it's more expensive this comes in around 3 800 pounds dry weight the maximum weight of this by the way is five thousand pounds so uh anything above five thousand pounds that you have as a tow package and the more you have above that the happier you're going to be and the fact that this is riding on tandem axles instead of a single means it just rides and handles so much better especially with the suspension they have on these like i said there's a ton to hit on this one i can't wait to hear what you people think about it leave me the comments as we go and make sure you hit subscribe because we've got more winnie's coming now when i make these lists i don't know if you've noticed put this together i i really generally try not to repeat the same brand more than once just because it starts to feel like like it just feels disingenuous like obviously this guy is just biased toward one brand or another but we're jumping from couples models to bunk houses here and i don't know if you've noticed but wildwood's been coming up with a bunch of really popular floor plans in a more budget focused stick and tin category that have been getting copied left right and center by these high dollar laminated uh fancy pants brands and it's not to say like this exact same floor plan i'm gonna show you you can find it in a bigger more expensive thing but they're all over uh a 5 000 pound maximum tow rating with cargo and that's why this one both being the original and being under five thousand pounds max earned his place on this list again today yeah baby yes that is what i'm talking about right there the wildwood 178bhs k i think this is quite possibly one of the best like as close to perfect little simple family bunkhouse campers as you can get right here to the tune that obviously other people seem to agree wildwood comes out with this model in the fsx series which is a really crafty in-betweener series if you're not familiar with it it's seven and a half wide instead of just seven wide so they're able to include some eight wide camper features into this such as those double double bunks and it's got a really cool camp kitchen and hang with me till we step outside because i've got an idea for that that i want to run past you and i need some feedback from you uh last year we saw a total interior facelift and this year they did touch up a couple elements like for instance they got rid of the carpet in the slide yes that is one of those things that just never made sense to me on this one but they have also uh touched up a couple colors on some cushions some dinette facials and things like that but the exterior to me looks so much better they didn't really change the construction or anything but the decals and the color palette it now matches the rest of the wildwood family instead of this red stripe that never seemed to really fit in with anything else i think they just continued to step forward little by little knocking it out like a little bit better sofa cushion setup uh for that kind of murphy jiffy flopsy job sofa that we're gonna talk about they just keep nailing it and like i said other people must agree wildwood comes out with this model catalina says i like that i'm gonna copy that and call it the 184bhs jayfeathermicro says i love that i'm going to call it the 199. these guys are the trendsetter though but you know there's just there's a whole big wide world of rvs out there and a lot of these brands that you've seen if you've watched your channel for years there you've seen these and heard these names before i wanted to make sure i specifically sought out and hunted out something that was new to me since joining the ranks of bish's rv and i found one that i i think you're gonna like hey everybody if you've been looking for a small camper that's lightweight with big bunks then stay tuned i might have found just the one for you hey everybody up here at coopersville michigan location today with a surveyor 19 mdble which is a lot of letters that's quite a bit of alphabet soup here but this is a really sweet camber it comes in just over 4 000 pounds which opens it up uh to be you know told by a lot of say bigger toe package suvs maybe potentially tow package mid-size pickups and of course you know tow package half tons and above um and it brings a lot of big camper features into that smaller size like we've got a extra tall ceiling we've got a a bendy bed style murphy bed which can open up during the day and really expand your living space plus it has a dinette slide open things up further so if you're stuck inside on a rainy day factor in the extra tall ceiling as well you don't feel like you're really crammed into a little bitty space on this one it also brings with it something that's really hard to find in small campers and that's a set of double sized bunks it interestingly also doesn't have a traditional camp kitchen which i think a lot of people might specifically hunt for there's a lot every time i show an rv with a camp kitchen the number one request is can i get it without that and usually no you can't but this one you don't have to worry about it but it does still bring with it a neat little outside uh you know garden hose style sprayers in case you got to do a little quick cleanup and it does have a little griddle outdoors the underbelly's enclosed it's got a big air conditioner on it where azdel it has a ladder on the back there's a lot of good things going on with this one i'd love to hear what you think about it and as we go let me know your favorite thing about it let me know your least favorite thing and if you're new with us make sure you hit that subscribe button to catch us on the next time but for now let's get inside here now i want to offer before we wrap up with our final uh clip today to just simply mention that i'm not saying with this video that these are the only small campers you should consider anything like that there's a whole bunch of stuff and again i i had to set some kind of limitation so i said okay 5000 pounds gvw if you start going up to like 5500 gvw or if you said 5 000 pounds dry weight this would look completely different just the world of opportunities starts opening up but we had to kind of draw a line in the sand and offer some definitions somewhere and if you appreciate what we're doing here today bringing you some ideas based on your suggestions thank you by the way make sure you hit that subscribe button catch us on the next one and remember i will leave you links in the video description to see full length copies of uh any rv mentioned here today so if you see this little snippet and you're like i kind of like that there's a there's a whole lot more to learn so now to finish things up we've seen some couples campers we've seen some bunk models what if there was something that was both are you looking for 10 pounds of camper and a 5 pound sack because that's how you do it right there [Music] hey everybody josh harvey nerd here with fish's rv with an 18 to wolf pup uh this is a very interesting model in that it's like the smallest thing i've ever seen with a full what you could call super slide um and the other thing is really interesting about this it's a solo camper it's a couple's camper it's a small family camper it's good if you got a couple dogs it is really interesting the number of different uses this one floor plan can offer you because it's got uh you know your queen bed across the front but then in the super slide you have a sofa and a dinette that can fall down but then there's this cool little hidden bonus bunk that comes included with this thing so it's a small little trailer that could sleep one to five people frankly or a couple dogs i i know that even a small dog occupies the space of a big human anyone else's little dog eat up half the bed um it is fairly heavy as far as a single axle goes but it still like has a maximum gvw of about 5 000 pounds so this is an interesting in-betweener get out of jail free card that can sometimes work for people who have like a limited tow capacity or a small like parking space they can't fit a big camper uh like a big giant bunk house somewhere else this can be that one in-betweener that gets the job done now it's not without its little hiccups as a result it is kind of what i'm gonna lovingly call a mutant but it's also got some really cool features that are really hard to find in a little trailer like this let me know what you think hit that subscribe button like our video let's get rolling whoa so thank you very much for hanging out with all uncle josh again today everybody if you like our video hit that like button drop me a little comment here and let me know um which one of these on this list was your favorite today either couples or bunk model or the mutant hybrid inbetweener there that we looked at um and if you can think of one that like you're like listen it's under 5000 pounds gvw or it's darn close and you really like that thing drop me a little note in the comment section maybe i have a video of it maybe it's one i gotta get added to my hit list because just like this video today you folks and your suggestions are truly what drives this channel so until next time thanks again for tuning in take care stay safe have fun and happy camping everyone [Music]

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Published: Fri Jul 22 2022