Jayco 5th Wheels Questions
We are dealing with the potential loss of our current 5th wheel and currently waiting on the insurance company to determine what if anything they will do. You can see details here: Trailer Damage ...
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We have a 2016 27.5 RLTS
We have one 15k btu air conditioner. And so far for us it has been fine. however have not used it in the desert in the middle of the summer
Would love to have the auto level but to be honest wasn't willing to pay an extra 3 or 4k for it. I can add it myself for that much if I wanted too.
Didn't want an outside kitchen
Didn't want W/D prep
More awning would be better but the one there seems to work ok but due to the slide it cant be any longer which could be nice
The water heater works fine for us. If using both gas and elec it heats up pretty quick. We have not run out of HW but we don't lounge in the shower either.
The fridge is not overly large but has not been a problem for us.
We have 50 amp service we do not have the second ac unit which is the only reason I can think of the unit might need 50 amps.
The counter top well that remains to be seen on how well they hold up but so far so good.
Ours does have the fireplace which is only used for a bit of heat instead of running the furnace uses less elec draw. Wont keep up the whole trailer when cold out but does fine when it is only cool and you just need a bit or for like overnight again if not too cold
TV is fine. Did not want an outside tv see no reason for one myself and I darn sure don't want to hear anyone else's but to each his own. There is a space for a tv in the bedroom and has blocking for mounting one but it is in a very poor place and don't see how you could really hang one there without it being in the way entering an exiting the room. It above the curbside window and a bit towards the door ours is marked for it. Not a problem for us as we don't watch much tv while camping.
The tires/wheels while I will change them out from the 15 to 16 size they do have a decent load rating and are not undersized for the trailer. IIRC they are rated for 2540lbs, trailer max weight is 9950 lets call the pin weight 1500 though it is more that leaves 8450 on the tires and the tires have a 10160 load rating so there is a good cushion. I also have a TPMS system added to the trailer and the tire temps are good with very little variation in temps between tires making me think it is fairly well balanced as well.
So far we have been happy with the 27.5 trailer. It has not been perfect but none/few are. Nothing really major. Just yesterday I did change out the bathroom fan as it got pummeled by hail and leaked. I felt that the plastic covering for it was way to thin to be of any real value. Replaced it with a Fantastic Vent that moves much more air and the cover has a lifetime warranty. Though the new one cant really be ran in the rain like the old one was supposed to be able to due to its design. I think it really comes down to what you want in a trailer. If those items on the bigger one are must haves then there is your answer. You can also order a Jayco HT with much of that stuff included or what you want included. Obviously the price will go up as well. I wanted as short a unit as possible wife wanted longer well just more room. The triple slide gives you a ton of room in the living area. So we both sort of got what we wanted in that respect.
We have one 15k btu air conditioner. And so far for us it has been fine. however have not used it in the desert in the middle of the summer
Would love to have the auto level but to be honest wasn't willing to pay an extra 3 or 4k for it. I can add it myself for that much if I wanted too.
Didn't want an outside kitchen
Didn't want W/D prep
More awning would be better but the one there seems to work ok but due to the slide it cant be any longer which could be nice
The water heater works fine for us. If using both gas and elec it heats up pretty quick. We have not run out of HW but we don't lounge in the shower either.
The fridge is not overly large but has not been a problem for us.
We have 50 amp service we do not have the second ac unit which is the only reason I can think of the unit might need 50 amps.
The counter top well that remains to be seen on how well they hold up but so far so good.
Ours does have the fireplace which is only used for a bit of heat instead of running the furnace uses less elec draw. Wont keep up the whole trailer when cold out but does fine when it is only cool and you just need a bit or for like overnight again if not too cold
TV is fine. Did not want an outside tv see no reason for one myself and I darn sure don't want to hear anyone else's but to each his own. There is a space for a tv in the bedroom and has blocking for mounting one but it is in a very poor place and don't see how you could really hang one there without it being in the way entering an exiting the room. It above the curbside window and a bit towards the door ours is marked for it. Not a problem for us as we don't watch much tv while camping.
The tires/wheels while I will change them out from the 15 to 16 size they do have a decent load rating and are not undersized for the trailer. IIRC they are rated for 2540lbs, trailer max weight is 9950 lets call the pin weight 1500 though it is more that leaves 8450 on the tires and the tires have a 10160 load rating so there is a good cushion. I also have a TPMS system added to the trailer and the tire temps are good with very little variation in temps between tires making me think it is fairly well balanced as well.
So far we have been happy with the 27.5 trailer. It has not been perfect but none/few are. Nothing really major. Just yesterday I did change out the bathroom fan as it got pummeled by hail and leaked. I felt that the plastic covering for it was way to thin to be of any real value. Replaced it with a Fantastic Vent that moves much more air and the cover has a lifetime warranty. Though the new one cant really be ran in the rain like the old one was supposed to be able to due to its design. I think it really comes down to what you want in a trailer. If those items on the bigger one are must haves then there is your answer. You can also order a Jayco HT with much of that stuff included or what you want included. Obviously the price will go up as well. I wanted as short a unit as possible wife wanted longer well just more room. The triple slide gives you a ton of room in the living area. So we both sort of got what we wanted in that respect.
