Help !!! Keep the 16ft. Travel trailer or get a pop up

[wynot]

The new style Durango is still considered a midsize SUV. It is 3 inches longer in wheelbase, 7 inches longer overall, close to 5 inches wider, and almost 400 lb heavier than its predecessor.
 
My point was to trade in the 4.7L for the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 ASAP. While the vehicle still has some resale value. The Durango quickly depreciates dramatically.

I think considering the new Durango a mid-size is semantics. That new one is big. Dodge had to change to a bigger truck to compete with GM and FoMoCo directly, especially without having the old Ramcharger in the mix any longer. I fully admit to not knowing a bunch about them, but I guess what you're saying is that the new Durango is not built off of the Ram truck 1500 but rather off the Dakota (still).  I thought that Dodge had abandoned the Dakota, but I was behind a new one in traffic yesterday.
 
Anyhow, Dodge has worked on getting that huge wall of a grill into their truck offerings, and I suspect it doesn't do much for aerodynamics. Couple that with the small V-8 and it is already hurting. Couple that with the 360 hemi (never known for being fuel efficient in the 40 years the design has been around, and I can't see there being fuel efficiency, but it does have a lot of power.)

[cjpoppin]

You didn't tell us your age and sometimes this alone makes a big difference to the choice you would make....We have a pop up and it gets pretty hard for my DH to crank it up sometimes.......Now,Now I'm talking about the pup.......Not anything else.......Hahaaaa  

[PITPOP27]

I think it all depends, We were looking at both a 16ft'r and pups when we first started out but the TT didn't have the sleeping room we could get from the Pup, but we have 3 children and they are all getting bigger, ours has 2 kings and a dinette bed, plenty of sleeping room.

We don't have a tow vehicle problem as we drive a 2005 Ford F150 and barely feel it back there - I have to tell DH to slow down all the time

BUT I agree the set up/take down is a lot of work.  My husband and I are in our early 30's so isn't very hard, but time consuming.  We also don't keep it at our own home so we make sure everything we need to get out is out.  Tons of stuff stays in it, so no problems there, but the easy access is just not there.  It's also $35 cheaper to store (we aren't currently storing at a rental facility but we looked into it).

Ours DOES have toilet/shower combo, hot water and all the immenities, it sounds like the Jayco doesn't - I think I'd have more of a problem with that than anything.

Good luck on your decision!

Amber