Fifth Wheel Weight and a Truck
We currently have a Class C but have started thinking about a fifth wheel as a possibility for our next rv. My question is about fifth wheels and trucks needed to pull them. I am looking at two ...
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We have an rv dealership near us that has one of the two rv's I was considering-the 31 foot one. Well, I decide to take a drive and see it this morning.
First off, the salesman says, "hello honey," and I try not to cringe. Next, he guides me out (with his hand on my shoulder-thinking maybe I will get lost from his desk to the parking lot???). This dealership has a great service department, which, when the need arises, we use, and has some good brand rv's, so I decide to play nice.
We get outside, and I see the fifth wheel. Okay, even 31 feet seems huge to me. I have no idea how any of you pull these monsters.
We go inside the rv-look around just a few minutes (I had told the salesman I wasn't going to buy today, could I just have a quick look, and I didn't want to waste his time).
And then, he looks at the numbers and says that I should be able to pull this giant with a Ford 250 and why didn't I trade now, since my 2002 was depreciating more every day.
I stopped playing nice-told him that there is no way that the rv should be pulled with a 250 (thank you, everyone) and if I bought his fiver, it, too, would start depreciating the moment I drove it off the lot.
So, a big thank you for all of the advice. No matter what we decide, I have already learned a lot.
First off, the salesman says, "hello honey," and I try not to cringe. Next, he guides me out (with his hand on my shoulder-thinking maybe I will get lost from his desk to the parking lot???). This dealership has a great service department, which, when the need arises, we use, and has some good brand rv's, so I decide to play nice.
We get outside, and I see the fifth wheel. Okay, even 31 feet seems huge to me. I have no idea how any of you pull these monsters.
We go inside the rv-look around just a few minutes (I had told the salesman I wasn't going to buy today, could I just have a quick look, and I didn't want to waste his time).
And then, he looks at the numbers and says that I should be able to pull this giant with a Ford 250 and why didn't I trade now, since my 2002 was depreciating more every day.
I stopped playing nice-told him that there is no way that the rv should be pulled with a 250 (thank you, everyone) and if I bought his fiver, it, too, would start depreciating the moment I drove it off the lot.
So, a big thank you for all of the advice. No matter what we decide, I have already learned a lot.
