16 foot vs 18 foot fifth wheel trailer?
New RV'er in need of advice. I'm trying to decide between a 16 foot and an 18 foot fifth wheel trailer (technically it's actually a gooseneck). I'm going to be RV'ing full time in it and would lik...
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I lived in my old 10.5' truck camper for about 6 months. It was fun at first, but I was happy to not be living in it at the end of the 6 months.
A 16' fifth wheel or gooseneck will have about 8 or 9 feet of floor length and about 7 or 8 feet of bedroom length over the hitch. That 8 or 9 feet of floor space is super tiny to live in.
That's less floor length than my 10.5' truck camper had. Although, a trailer will have full width floor space, whereas a truck camper only uses the middle 4' of floor, while the sides hang over the bed rails.
If your trailer is well built, it will be just fine towing by an F350. Much better to have too much truck than not enough!
A 16' fifth wheel or gooseneck will have about 8 or 9 feet of floor length and about 7 or 8 feet of bedroom length over the hitch. That 8 or 9 feet of floor space is super tiny to live in.
That's less floor length than my 10.5' truck camper had. Although, a trailer will have full width floor space, whereas a truck camper only uses the middle 4' of floor, while the sides hang over the bed rails.
If your trailer is well built, it will be just fine towing by an F350. Much better to have too much truck than not enough!
