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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Having a tiny trailer, and knowing many others that do, you can indeed full time in 16 or 18' bumper pull, I know of folks who do. If you do a search on the internet for full timing in a small trailer you'll find some.
As far as a 5th wheel, it'd depend on how you're measuring it. Mines 21' tip to tip, the living area is more like 19'6", I do believe it'd be fine for full timing for 1 person who's of a mind to do such. Make it 5' shorter and I'd change my tune, almost 6 1/2' of mine is bed.
This might not be the best place to look into full timing in a very small trailer, the majority here have much larger trailers as you can tell by the posts above. It is a great place to find info on the trailers, hitches, and so forth.
We were originally looking at truck campers, which a tiny fifth wheel is pretty close to. If you can, go look over some of those, it'll give you a good idea of the space involved. Might be worth asking folks in the truck camper forum if there are full timers in those and how they are making out.
Can't visualize what you're thinking of doing with the gooseneck trailer. Will it be more of a travel trailer with a gooseneck on the front, or will there be a loft over the gooseneck for the bedroom?
As far as a 5th wheel, it'd depend on how you're measuring it. Mines 21' tip to tip, the living area is more like 19'6", I do believe it'd be fine for full timing for 1 person who's of a mind to do such. Make it 5' shorter and I'd change my tune, almost 6 1/2' of mine is bed.
This might not be the best place to look into full timing in a very small trailer, the majority here have much larger trailers as you can tell by the posts above. It is a great place to find info on the trailers, hitches, and so forth.
We were originally looking at truck campers, which a tiny fifth wheel is pretty close to. If you can, go look over some of those, it'll give you a good idea of the space involved. Might be worth asking folks in the truck camper forum if there are full timers in those and how they are making out.
Can't visualize what you're thinking of doing with the gooseneck trailer. Will it be more of a travel trailer with a gooseneck on the front, or will there be a loft over the gooseneck for the bedroom?
