At what point does length cease to matter?
Sorry about the thread title...when I read it now it sounds kinda dirty. We've been looking for a 5er in the 33-36 ft range. There is just the two of us and I'm accustomed to pulling a 33 ft TT, so...
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As one person stated, "the feel of towing a fiver vs towing a TT is no comparison and will not go back to a TT :)
The fivers tow that much nicer, easier to get around turns, much easier to back and now have tons of room with slides.
The DW and I upgraded from a 33ft 5th wheel to a 41ft 5th wheel, it have two axles and I feel like it pulls the same with my F350 with a 6.0 diesel.
It is also 101" wide but looking in the mirrors it seems to me about the same as the old 5er we traded in. Also the trailer we traded in weighted in at almost 9k empty, the new a 5er weights in at over 12k empty. :B
One of the problems I mostly see when with owners upgrading from a shorter trailer to a longer one is getting use to the tail swing of the trailer. I have seen operators almost hit picnic tables, power and water pedestals with the DW screaming to stop either at the top of her lungs or on a radio.
That extra five or six feet or more in same cases may not seem like allot but if your use to say 6ft behind your axles and you got to say 8ft, size matters. Also the distance from your pin to the front of your axles as well matters at were you are going to start you swing when backing into a spot.
The last thing to remember is the longer you are the easier it is to back, the shorter you are the harder. Why, the longer you are the trailer turns slower, the shorter you are the quicker the trailer turns. Example backup a 10ft trailer and then try one with the axles at 20ft, believe me your will know the difference fast :D
The fivers tow that much nicer, easier to get around turns, much easier to back and now have tons of room with slides.
The DW and I upgraded from a 33ft 5th wheel to a 41ft 5th wheel, it have two axles and I feel like it pulls the same with my F350 with a 6.0 diesel.
It is also 101" wide but looking in the mirrors it seems to me about the same as the old 5er we traded in. Also the trailer we traded in weighted in at almost 9k empty, the new a 5er weights in at over 12k empty. :B
One of the problems I mostly see when with owners upgrading from a shorter trailer to a longer one is getting use to the tail swing of the trailer. I have seen operators almost hit picnic tables, power and water pedestals with the DW screaming to stop either at the top of her lungs or on a radio.
That extra five or six feet or more in same cases may not seem like allot but if your use to say 6ft behind your axles and you got to say 8ft, size matters. Also the distance from your pin to the front of your axles as well matters at were you are going to start you swing when backing into a spot.
The last thing to remember is the longer you are the easier it is to back, the shorter you are the harder. Why, the longer you are the trailer turns slower, the shorter you are the quicker the trailer turns. Example backup a 10ft trailer and then try one with the axles at 20ft, believe me your will know the difference fast :D
