If you’re looking for a bumper pull, then you’re looking at the G series. There’s not much variation in all of the models to be honest, just have a careful look at the floorplans. Yes, they may throw in a couch or a longer garage or maybe even a dinet, but otherwise, the layouts are very similar.
Really it starts with the length that you want to deal with. Since you’re going bumper pull, the RAM 2500 should be fine even with its coil springs. However, watch out some of the larger ones have ridiculous tongue weights well over 2000 pounds. Even my little 25G can run up to 2000 lbs when nothing in the back. You can very quickly eat up a 2500’s cargo capacity with just the tongue weight.
The next issue is the complete and utter lack of storage on the bumper pull models. There is literally just a vertical closet at the front of most of them. So what this means is you’ll be putting a ton of cargo in your bed of your pick up which again will eat up a ton of your cargo capacity.
You can certainly save some weight by skipping the generator option, and to be honest nowadays you can get killer Honda generators with freaking Bluetooth control that will run the entire rig without issue. Much smaller, quieter and you can put it in your pick up bed. there is something to be said for resale value about having the built-in generator though. Skipping the generator gives you a bunch of storage under the bed.
Go hit a dealership lot and look at the differences in the two bedrooms they offer one has the bathroom right at the front and one is the bathroom in a tandem configuration like the 25G. We preferred the tandem configuration because it gave a larger bedroom and more interior storage.
I don’t know if they’ve moved away from Schwintek yet on the new models but honestly, not a big deal they just need good maintenance and an understanding of how the system works.
These trailers till much better with weight in the back. Yes, you could fill the gas tank but it’s only a 30 gallon typically and the water tanks are generally over top of the axles but filling them does help a little bit. You also need to watch on the smaller models that a toy will utterly fill the trailer, so using the fridge etc when traveling can be a pain, with a side by side forget it, your not getting in unless you put out the slide. In hindsight I wish we had gotten a longer model but then it would not fit in the driveway, the 25G is just on the cusp of fitting into state/provincial parks where anything larger restricts the sites you can get into.
We love ours but will be moving to a 5th wheel toy hauler next, the lack of storage is just too big of a deal.
Also a word of caution, these G series are not Momentum M series… they are built in a **** of a rush and you WILL have a bunch of issues right of the gate (horrible plumbing with plastic fittings, wrong side flexible soft tubing, leaking storage doors, slide seals that may be installed incorrectly, etc etc etc). Everything is fixable without too much effort (this forum is awesome for that) but just be aware these are not top of the line models so expect issues.
We’ve gotten ours nearly to the point of where it should have been out of the factory but I still have a ton of plumbing to replace with brass connecters and proper pex tubing in place of the soft hose… just buy a whole bunch of Amazon Wi-Fi water, leak detectors and sprinkle them everywhere and fix the leaks appear. Lol.
