@bama_ed
So I was going through the You Tubes like I do and saw this video I thought you might like. Now, I just enjoy watching this stuff regardless as to the type make and model.
I know you have the bigger Aliner but, this is still an Aliner, so hope you enjoy.
Don
I enjoyed watching this, Don. Everything he said about an Aliner is true.
A couple things, however, were left unsaid.
The Ranger/Scout Aliner models sleep 1-2 people. The popup (and I owned one before the Aliner) likely slept 4 at least (2 on each bunk side I'm guessing). The YT'er was a solo camper occasionally bringing along one more person (in the camper) so it was a bit of apples/oranges comparison.
The Aliners are somewhat on the more expensive side than popups (which hardly no one makes anymore because they cost as much to make as a small travel trailer). But simple popups (back in the day) were pretty cheap.
I do like the 4-season camping ability of the Aliner. We had the canvas pop-up but it required a lot of effort to make nights comfortable in Dec-Jan-Feb (which in the end weren't comfortable at all). It's a lot easier to do with an Aliner.
I have DW to camp with me and DD was with us for the first 8-10 years of the Aliner so there were often 3 people in the Aliner and we made do.
It is a great little camper but as the YT'er said, it has to fit your style of travel.
Thanks for sharing. ED
PS - just spent the past 4 days towing a UHaul 6x12 cargo trailer to southeast Louisiana and back to help my future son-in-law move to Alabama and the top of the cargo trailer was above the Yukon XL and it definitely hurt my gas mileage. In my YXL with no trailer of any kind, I can get 20-21 mpg at highway speeds. With my Aliner I can get 15 mpg. Going to Louisiana with the trailer empty (but riding high in the wind over the XL slightly) I got 14.5 mpg. Coming back pretty well loaded up I got 12.2 mpg. And my YXL is a standard 5.3L 1500 type GM product (2012 model year). All that to say, the Aliner rides BELOW the level of the truck in tow position which is real sweet.
PPS - stopped in South Louisiana on the way home and bought $150 of frozen local crawfish, alligator, sausage of several kinds, boudin, and pastries called "pistolettes" which has a seafood stuffing (gator, shrimp, shrimp) and I got the gator. I usually run with an empty cooler for opportunities such as this. So the trip did provide future opportunities for etouffee, gumbo, jambalaya and other cajun dishes. And I do make one he** of a roux if I do.say.so.my.self.