Generic questions about 5-ers

Lantley wrote:

StirCrazy wrote:
one thing I havent seen mentiond is storage. My parents have turned into snowbirds and sold there 5th and bought a 42 foot diesel pusher and a small honda to tow behind it. we were talking and I asked which one she liked better. she said both. she said for going to one place and setting up home the motorhome is better. they have a small car for driving around arazona for 4 to 6 months of the year, but she misses the storage of the 5th wheel. the motorhome has lots of storage also but a large amount of it is only accessable from outside where the 5th wheel has way more interior storage. but she realy liked being able to go to the washroom or grab a pop out of the fridge wheile traveling with out having to get out in the motorhome.

now days with the auto leveling system on 5th wheels there is really no advantage to setiing up camp with a motorhome. still have to unhook your towed to get in a site, actualy I can set up twice as fast as my parents with my 5th wheel.

Steve

As long as you have to unhitch from the fiver the motorhome will have an advantage. The toad has its own power it is easier to hitch and unhitch vs. a fiver. No climbing involved.
You must have a truck to move the fiver you do not have to have a toad!

if you can unhook a towed as fast as I can unhook my 5th and hit the auto level button, your amazing. two pins to unhook from the car, disconect your power and braking system then move it, then you can back in. With the motor home you still have to get out and place your leveling jack pads down (which are set farther under the motorhome than on a 5th wheel. I watch my dad either crawl under or use a steel rod to push them into place)
then get back in, unless you alwasy park on concrete pads i guess. for me, it is pull up and back in, hit the button to ground the front jacks as I throw down the jack pads, pull my bar and drive 6 feet forward and hit the button on the remote for auto level as soon as I have.

I will agree that with a trailer with equalizer hitch and manual jacks the motor home would be way faster, but with the aparance on auto leveling systems becoming more common the gap is closed if not eliminated.

Steve