Just a quick introduction. My name is Rick, and my wife and I just bought a 2017 X213. We have had a Forest River popup for the last year, but setting up and taking it down was a bit more work than we anticipated (both of us are retired and not getting any younger).
The advantage was that the popup was small enough to be towed behind our Honda Ridgeline. The new trailer first required a new truck (I was devastated by having to buy a shiny new F-150 3.5 Econoboost) before we could even think about dealing for a new TT. The good news is that the new Ford easily pulled the camper the 150 miles home from the dealer at freeway speeds in a fairly stiff crosswind without an EQ hitch. No problem with stability.
Now we have the truck, the trailer, and winter is coming on and we haven't even slept one night the new camper. Life intervened to mess with our plans 2 weeks in a row, and we have mostly run out of opportunities for now. It's going to drive me nuts waiting, but next year it's going to get a lot of use, so I just have to be patient.
So If I hang out here asking stupid questions for the next 4 months, you know why.