Advice on towing a 5th wheel
We plan to buy a new travel trailer that is 30'2" total length and about 6300 lbs dry. We also plan on upgrading our tow vehicle since we have been towing with an SUV. However, we recently found a 5...
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Your situation is similar to ours. I had to convince my wife to give up the Yukon as a daily driver and go the the 2500 HD. It didn't take long for her to love driving the truck. You can do much more with a truck. We put a roll up tonneau cover so she could still put stuff in the bed and not get wet or fly out. As others have said, for a daily driver there really is no difference between a 2500 and 3500, but you would see a difference between a 6' bed and 8' bed. I wish I had the 8' bed as you can haul more and it is better for heavier loads.
On the bunk house part, we have a bunk house. There are lots of options these days. I just saw a new design that has the rear bunk with a queen bed on the bottom and a loft. Looked like a great design, even a rear 1/2 bath. Would sure help with teenagers. I have a friend that went with a front living room because the couches opened up to a bigger bed than the typical bunk house and their son is very tall, couldn't fit in a kid bed. That is one reason we have looked at Toy Haulers. We don't really have toys but the rear area could be a great bed room for a couple rowdy boys. However, TH's are very heavy up front especially without toys. You would need a DRW for that. At least for one with a rear garage that is closed off.
Good Luck, looks like you have a lot of advice on this forum.
On the bunk house part, we have a bunk house. There are lots of options these days. I just saw a new design that has the rear bunk with a queen bed on the bottom and a loft. Looked like a great design, even a rear 1/2 bath. Would sure help with teenagers. I have a friend that went with a front living room because the couches opened up to a bigger bed than the typical bunk house and their son is very tall, couldn't fit in a kid bed. That is one reason we have looked at Toy Haulers. We don't really have toys but the rear area could be a great bed room for a couple rowdy boys. However, TH's are very heavy up front especially without toys. You would need a DRW for that. At least for one with a rear garage that is closed off.
Good Luck, looks like you have a lot of advice on this forum.
