Fifth Wheel for Permanent Location?
My wife and I own several acres in a 100 lot "development" in the mountains in the middle of the USFS land. The elevation is 8600'. There is no electricity and the only water source is a spring running 24/7 about 1/4 mile away.
We are thinking of buying a 28-33' fifth wheel to put on our lot to use only in the summer. I don't have a vehicle that could pull that weight so I would hire a transport company to move it. Once it was installed it would probably not be moved. We have a 60 year old 26' Crosby trailer there now, but it is too small to be comfortable. We use an outhouse I built on the property as the soil is impervious clay.
My question is this a good use for a fifth wheel? Does the unit have to be placed on stands to get the weight off the tires? We plan to attach water storage tanks to the fifth wheel for showers and sinks, but still use the outhouse. Also, are the roofs on new trailers able to resist heavy snow loads? Our Crosby trailer has been there for 50 years and there has been no problem with the roof holding up. (The last 10 years I have been re-coating it annually.)
Any comments on whether older or newer units would be more durable as far as just sitting and not just better for traveling?
Anyone have any advice or comments on this plan.
Thanks in advance.
This is a great forum and reading it has almost given me the RV travel bug.
We are thinking of buying a 28-33' fifth wheel to put on our lot to use only in the summer. I don't have a vehicle that could pull that weight so I would hire a transport company to move it. Once it was installed it would probably not be moved. We have a 60 year old 26' Crosby trailer there now, but it is too small to be comfortable. We use an outhouse I built on the property as the soil is impervious clay.
My question is this a good use for a fifth wheel? Does the unit have to be placed on stands to get the weight off the tires? We plan to attach water storage tanks to the fifth wheel for showers and sinks, but still use the outhouse. Also, are the roofs on new trailers able to resist heavy snow loads? Our Crosby trailer has been there for 50 years and there has been no problem with the roof holding up. (The last 10 years I have been re-coating it annually.)
Any comments on whether older or newer units would be more durable as far as just sitting and not just better for traveling?
Anyone have any advice or comments on this plan.
Thanks in advance.
This is a great forum and reading it has almost given me the RV travel bug.
