Going 5th Wheel from RV Class C
I now go with a 30' Minnie Winnie towing a Jeep Cherokee. Works fine 'cept for the occasional normal problems. I plan to switch to a 5th wheel so gotta buy the truck and the 5th wheel. Plan to ...
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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?
And there you have it, an opinion about taking a 5er to AK from somebody who has not done it.
Driving the AK highway with a 5er is not different than any other vehicle. We have done the 13,000 mile trip 3 times from MD. The only damage sustained was south of Calgary. Hit a dip that was not seen & did spring damage.
Drive to suit the road conditions. Pay attention to those flags.
Now as far as what to buy goes everything is going to seem huge after the Minnie Winnie but don't get carried away & buy too big like one of those monster 38 or 40'ers.
One poster is heavy on the Dodge & the Cummins. I like the Cummins too. Got one in my boat. Too bad you have to get a Dodge truck with it. Nuthin wrong with the Isuzu in the GM trucks. 160,000 virtually problem free miles on our 06. Vast majority of those miles with a 13,000# 5er behind it.
