Going 5th Wheel from RV Class C

Deb and Ed M wrote:
I'm just going to throw this out there:

We drove our 28' Class C to Alaska in 2006. Once north of Destruction Bay, YT, encountering frost heaves was an eye-opening experience! We encountered other RVs along the way, and IMO, the 5ers with their tow vehicles, were having the most trouble, due to the distance between the sets of wheels and the clearance between the bedrails and the trailer? We passed many that were driving very slowly 9maybe 35 mph), probably trying to protect their truck beds from being damaged by the trailer? In other words, if you're driving on a roller coaster - a short wheelbase is your friend. Now granted - a lot of 5th wheels go to Alaska; I'm just saying you might own the better RV for it right now?

D & E,

Thanks for the input.

I have been considering driving the Class C back and now I'm towing a 2009 Grand Cherokee Limited Hemi Edition. I was stinkin I could sell them there and get top dollar. Then buy the big truck for bldg my cabin there for fishin. I had lots of land 16-miles north of Wasilla on the Kink Arm.

Yep me too.

Very long wavelength frost heaves north & besides Kluane Lake, YT.

At one spot coming south I thght I was thru them so I sped up. I bounced very hard 3-times. The last one was very hard and I heard something sound like a crack..no doubt the frame hitting the RV structure rubber standoffs.

When I left ANC there was about 2" clearance from the top of the cab to the bottom of the cabover. When I got to friends in Goldendale, Wa there was no clearance.

However, I have driven the 2000 30' Winnie Minnie 10K+ miles since that time and no adverse effects from the experience that I have noticed.

Another reason is I want to get there early in the season to get an early start. Need to leave Ak in mid-Sept, tho I left on Oct 6th in 2013 and beat the weather. It would take me over a month to find and buy the truck and the 5th wheel TT.

Thanks again for that input.

RR