Help with choosing our 5th wheel (and truck)
Thanks to the wonderful members here, we're making progress and now know where we'll buy our 5th wheel and truck :C but I could really use some help with choosing the right ones. Who we are (and o...
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wanderingaimlessly wrote:
With all the comments covering most of the obvious items I will pose a couple other thoughts.
1. A 17 year old son, will he be going away to college before you finish this project in the US? If so, you may want a unit with a small bunkroom that also has an upper loft for sleeping, it can become an office after he leaves, but will still have the loft for visits and storage.
something akin to this Cardinal
2. If you have not used a rig such as the ones you are contemplating now, inquire as to staying at the dealer and "Camping" on their lot a night or two upon delivery, it will give you time to learn the systems, and to find problems and have them taken care of before actually leaving the lot.
Not sure about him going to college, I'm afraid. He's a terrific kid and gifted, but also on the spectrum, so I suspect it's going to take him more than a year to be ready for college. He'll probably be living with us for a few more years. We're not sure what happens in a year from now though. Our older son will be joining us at that time to start his Phd somewhere in the US. We may decide to buy a house wherever he'll be going and keep the RV for occasional trips. Who knows.
That cardinal has an interesting floorplan, but I think that little room would be too small for our Dan. He's a tall guy (6'2") so would need a bigger bed.
I found this floorplan today -
https://www.generalrv.com/product/used-2015-evergreen-rv-bay-hill-385bh-1515257-5
Looks very interesting. I'm thinking that couch can be turned into his bed at night, and he'll have that desk for his computer too. Two bathrooms would be a plus as well. I like the idea of camping at the dealership for a few days until we figure out if everything's working!
My next question would be able the sizes of the tanks. That unit I linked to above seems to have relatively small tanks. If we want to boondock often, that could be an issue? What size would people here recommend for a family of three that wants to be able to boondock for a week at a time?
