5th wheel vs Bumper Pull!~ help a newbie
Been all over the East Coast pulling a tent trailer with a fs pickup- easy-peasy. The wife and I are now looking towards upgrades and retirement. Started looking at Bumper Pulls and now really le...
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Do we really need to derail this into another 2500/3500 thread???
OP, a fifth wheel does tow better and it gives you a shorter overall package of truck and trailer. Those are the primary advantages to me. But you do give up some significant cargo carrying flexibility in your truck bed. Personally if I were retired and planning on the kind of use you're contemplating, I'd go with a truck and fifth wheel.
If you would be doing a lot of boondocking, particularly out west where those opportunities are abundant, give some thought to toy haulers which typically have much larger tanks and on-board gas generators. They also eliminate the cargo hauling trade-off with their garage space. Just food for thought.
OP, a fifth wheel does tow better and it gives you a shorter overall package of truck and trailer. Those are the primary advantages to me. But you do give up some significant cargo carrying flexibility in your truck bed. Personally if I were retired and planning on the kind of use you're contemplating, I'd go with a truck and fifth wheel.
If you would be doing a lot of boondocking, particularly out west where those opportunities are abundant, give some thought to toy haulers which typically have much larger tanks and on-board gas generators. They also eliminate the cargo hauling trade-off with their garage space. Just food for thought.
