Palomino RV Travel Trailers, Fifth Wheels & Truck Campers for Sale
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A Forest River division building one of the broadest towable ranges in the business — and one of the few names that still owns the truck-camper category, hard-side and pop-up alike.
Palomino travel trailer, fifth-wheel & truck-camper lines
All 5 rigs in the Palomino RV Travel Trailers, Fifth Wheels & Truck Campers range. Filter by the feature that matters most to how you camp.
Truck Camper
Backpack Edition Truck Camper
Typically $9,000-$35,000 used
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Truck Camper
Real-Lite Truck Camper
Typically $6,000-$22,000 used
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Fifth Wheel
Columbus
Typically $30,000-$65,000 used
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Travel Trailer
Puma
Typically $10,000-$30,000 used
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Travel Trailer
Pause
Typically $15,000-$35,000 used
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Why buyers love Palomino RV
Palomino RV has built campers in Colon, Michigan since 1968 and has been a division of Forest River — itself a Berkshire Hathaway company — since 2005. The brand is unusual in how wide it casts: it builds travel trailers, fifth wheels, and toy haulers, but it is best known and most respected for truck campers, a category most big manufacturers have abandoned. The truck-camper lineup is genuinely deep, spanning the lightweight pop-up and hard-side Backpack Edition and the budget-friendly Real-Lite series, with options sized from mid-size and half-ton pickups all the way up to one-ton long beds. On the towable side, the Puma is a long-running value travel trailer with a huge spread of family floor plans, the Columbus is Palomino's flagship residential fifth wheel, and the newer Pause is a modern, off-road-styled lightweight trailer aimed at adventure couples. The honest read is the one that comes with most high-volume Forest River brands: across roughly 302 owner reviews on RV Insider, Palomino averages about 3.5 out of 5, with strong floor-plan and towing scores but a soft overall-quality mark and a weak factory-warranty score, and owner reports include the water-intrusion, leak, and quality-control complaints common at this price and volume. The truck campers tend to earn warmer reviews than the trailers. Below is a current range with real specs, real floor plans, and a candid read on what owners praise and what they warn about — so you can shop a Palomino for sale knowing exactly what you are getting.
Here's the part the lot won't tell you: the best Palomino deals are usually two to four years old. Let the first owner eat the steep early depreciation, then buy a rig that's already been shaken down, with the bugs sorted and the records to prove it. That's exactly the kind of unit our RV buyer's agents hunt for, and we run an independent inspection on every one before you wire a dollar. Already own one and ready to move on? We'll list and sell it through our RV broker service for the retail number it's worth — not the wholesale gutting a dealer offers on trade.
What owners love
- One of the last true truck-camper specialists. Palomino still builds a deep range of pop-up and hard-side campers for everything from mid-size trucks to one-ton long beds, when most rivals have left the category.
- Floor plans and towing rate well. Across owner reviews the floor-plan (4.3) and driving/towing (4.1) sub-scores are the brand's strongest traits, reflecting livable layouts and rigs that tow as expected.
- Broad value lineup. From a sub-$25,000 pop-up camper or Pause trailer up to a residential Columbus fifth wheel, Palomino covers a lot of price points and tow vehicles under one name.
What to watch
- Quality control is the soft spot. The overall-quality sub-score (3.0) sits well below the floor-plan score; owners report the water-intrusion, leak, and trim issues common to high-volume Forest River production.
- Factory warranty is the weakest sub-score (2.6). A vocal share of owners describe frustrating warranty and dealer-service experiences, so budget time and patience if something goes wrong after the sale.
- Match the camper to your truck. Truck campers must be paired carefully to a truck's payload rating — too much camper for the truck is unsafe — so verify weights against your specific pickup before buying.
What Palomino RV owners are saying
Across roughly 302 owner reviews on RV Insider, Palomino averages about 3.5 out of 5 — right at the RV-industry norm. Owners rate floor plans highest (4.3) and driving/towing well (4.1), with livability at 3.8; the clear weak spots are overall quality (3.0) and factory warranty/support (2.6), which matches what we hear: buyers like the layouts, value, and towing, but a meaningful share report water intrusion, window and roof leaks, and frustrating warranty service. The Puma travel trailer rates about 3.7 over roughly 90 reviews, slightly above the brand average, and Palomino's truck campers tend to draw warmer reviews than the trailers, reflecting the brand's long expertise in that category — though even there, independent reviewers note interior build quality and insulation that benefit from owner upgrades. Palomino is not BBB accredited. As with any high-volume builder, condition and quality vary widely unit to unit, so a careful pre-purchase inspection of the roof, seals, windows, and appliances is essential on any used Palomino.
“Best RV for the money and easily one of the most livable units I have found.”
“Absolutely LOVE this trailer! By far the best floorplan and overall features among campers in this price range.”
“Even though it has a relatively small footprint, it feels much like a larger camper once inside.”
“Very capable and fully featured pop up camper that costs a fraction of many other campers.”
“The manufacturing of this travel trailer is of the poorest quality. From day 1, all but one window leaked during the rain.”
“Palomino RV's are not recommended. Just after 3 years they fall apart.”
Owner feedback summarized from public review sites and forums, each linked above. RVBrokers is independent and not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Palomino RV.
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