Anyone own a 18-20 ft 5th wheel?
I've been looking for a small trailer and in doing so have come across 3 or 4 small 5th wheels. two were made by Fleetwood early 90's and a Sportsman mid 90's. The Fleetwood models were a 185A and b...
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We had a 1992 Fleetwood Prowler 17-5E, it was 17'-11" long.
According to its documentation it had:
GVWR of 4800 lbs.
Gross Dry Weight: 3450
Hitch Dry Weight: 540
Axle Dry Weight: 2910
Loaded for camping with a full water tank (29 U.S. Gallons), its pin weight was 880 lbs. and its actual weight was 4585 lbs. We towed it with an F-150 without problem, but eventually switched to an F-250 7.3L PSD, because we wanted to not because the truck couldn't handle it.
It had the same floorplan and layout as the Fleetwood Elkhorn campers. I really liked this little camper but we eventually switched to a 25' unit, that we also like very much! This little one was super easy to tow, the F-250 didn't feel it back there at all.
According to its documentation it had:
GVWR of 4800 lbs.
Gross Dry Weight: 3450
Hitch Dry Weight: 540
Axle Dry Weight: 2910
Loaded for camping with a full water tank (29 U.S. Gallons), its pin weight was 880 lbs. and its actual weight was 4585 lbs. We towed it with an F-150 without problem, but eventually switched to an F-250 7.3L PSD, because we wanted to not because the truck couldn't handle it.
It had the same floorplan and layout as the Fleetwood Elkhorn campers. I really liked this little camper but we eventually switched to a 25' unit, that we also like very much! This little one was super easy to tow, the F-250 didn't feel it back there at all.
