I went to a car/trailer/ boat show last weekend. Over half the trailers were the "Toy Hauler" configuration: Ramp door at the rear, side door into kitchen/bath/dining at the front, garage area with folding bunks behind. Some of the bunks were at a height to allow sleeping OVER four wheelers.
Am I missing something? In a previous life I built a pedestal bunk frame, in the rear of a van, that folded and stacked to allow transporting a bike in the back. I used it twice! The fumes were so strong, we had to drive with the windows open for two weeks after each use! The last race team I was on transported two dwarves in a 35 foot fifth wheel trailer. You could not stay in that thing for the first half hour after the doors were opened.
Does this new $3.50 gas smell that much better than the $1.25 stuff I put in my Hondas? Have tank vents and crankcase seals improved that much? Or are the folks dropping $35K for one of these rigs getting soaked?
Lenny
PS: On the way home, on I 30 @ 75mph, I watched through his window, a kid, sitting on a dirt bike in the back of one of these rigs, playing a racing video game, monitor clamped to the handlebars.