Better Made?

It's a real challenge to say one is better then the other. Generally speaking higher quality comes with a higher price line, but without spending some time getting to know it's hard to tell which just put a bunch of shiny objects and which are dedicated to bottom line quality. For the most part the the average mass built RVs are pretty similar. If you get a Friday afternoon edition you might have problems, but the ones that came out on Tuesday might be better.

I think the Desert Fox line are very well made, but they don't have a lot of models and no FW units any longer. I'm hearing and reading a lot of very good things about the Grand Design and EverGreen line ups, but they are still fairly young, hopefully quality stays up as their popularity rises.

I had a very well made 2009 Ragen that i really thought was well built. Then my wife and i decided to look at 5ver's. i just spent 2 years looking at FW toyhaulers, my favorites were raptors and fuzions. I looked at everything i could find in Arizona (Toyhaulers are huge here in the desert and much more expensive because of that- lol) I narrowed it down to a Raptor until i looked at the Grand Design. I now own a 385th Momentum and we love it. I could go on about it but we all have our opinions so i am sure you will get to hear others...goodluck!

I believe that Grand Design is the only Toyhauler Manufacturer that will still warranty their RV if you full time in it, which says something i think.

Desert Fox is bringing back their 5th wheel toyhaulers. I believe they plan on two models, a 32-5 & 35-5.

For somevreason I can't post the link on my phone, but go to northwoodmfg.com, click on toyhauler/desert fox, then click on the brochure.

I feel the ones based off car haulers or horse trailers are better structurally than the ones off Lippert or travel trailer frames. The appliances inside seem to be the same...

BadDogPSD wrote:
Desert Fox is bringing back their 5th wheel toyhaulers. I believe they plan on two models, a 32-5 & 35-5.

Thanks for the heads up. I hadn't seen they were moving back in the market. Good to see them expanding the Desert Fox line up. Now they just need to hire a good website designer ;)

danojeno wrote:
http://www.aluminumtrailer.com/LQ.php

How do you like your Stellar 5th wheel?

Thanks for the info. I went and looked today and THEY'RE NICE! I'm going to try to look around and not buy the first thing I see.

Y-Guy wrote:
Good to see them expanding the Desert Fox line up. Now they just need to hire a good website designer ;)

Agreed!

Y-Guy wrote:
For the most part the the average mass built RVs are pretty similar.

Is XLR a good mainstream brand?