40 or 45 ft 5fer, any difference
Hello, We are contemplating 2 fifth wheels, one 45ft which we like best, another a 40 footer. My research indicates that towing either one is about the same. I am struggling with the campground cha...
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When you are too long, you are too long.
Sure site lengths are judged by pad depth but there is always the what do you do with the truck issue. At model number 34 we are actually under 36' LOA pin to bumper. Hooked up, according to length as measured for ferries, we are 54'LOA.
Reality is that there has not been a length limit 30' CG that we have not been able to get into. There is almost always a few sites where the closest obstruction is more than 10' behind the pad. Using rear stabilizers is not terribly important to us so if the back hangs out over space, so be it. We have room to park the truck off the road one way or another.
Works for us. We are multi month travellers seldom spending more than 3 or 4 days in one spot. We are not park it & leave it seasonals or snow birds.
Many of our style of CG cannot accommodate us if we were 5' let alone 10' longer.
You do your research on how you expect to use it & start making choices from there. Not smart putting down big bucks then finding out that you bought the wrong toy.
Sure site lengths are judged by pad depth but there is always the what do you do with the truck issue. At model number 34 we are actually under 36' LOA pin to bumper. Hooked up, according to length as measured for ferries, we are 54'LOA.
Reality is that there has not been a length limit 30' CG that we have not been able to get into. There is almost always a few sites where the closest obstruction is more than 10' behind the pad. Using rear stabilizers is not terribly important to us so if the back hangs out over space, so be it. We have room to park the truck off the road one way or another.
Works for us. We are multi month travellers seldom spending more than 3 or 4 days in one spot. We are not park it & leave it seasonals or snow birds.
Many of our style of CG cannot accommodate us if we were 5' let alone 10' longer.
You do your research on how you expect to use it & start making choices from there. Not smart putting down big bucks then finding out that you bought the wrong toy.
