Looking for high quality 5th wheel

diver110 -- New Horizons is one of the best on the road and are certainly hi-end units- some of them running in the 200K range. However, you may want to look at their slightly used units -- sometimes there are some great deals. My wife and I are looking at them now. New Horizons Inventory

Good luck.

bigdon68

Veebyes wrote:
One feature that few seem to put much importance on is tank capacity.

There is one builder that seems to get alot of good play on here only has a 65gal freshwater capacity. Now, where are you going with so few drops of water? You are commited to a life of FHUs or at best only a few nights without having to run off for a refill....

I have a 78 gallon fresh water tank.

I can easily go 5 days on a 78 gallon fresh water tank. More if extremely conservative.

One feature that few seem to put much importance on is tank capacity.

There is one builder that seems to get alot of good play on here only has a 65gal freshwater capacity. Now, where are you going with so few drops of water? You are commited to a life of FHUs or at best only a few nights without having to run off for a refill.

Some of the best RVing experiences are limited or not possible. Camping out in the dry camping section at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is an experience never to be forgotten. The Oshkosh air show is another, even if you are not a big aviation buff. Alaska is not Alaska without drycamping the SPs or a few nights in Denali way out in the Tek CG. There are plenty of SPs which are power only plus using onboard water is one less thing to drag out & hookup then disconnect & put away.

Having the tank capacity does not mean that it has to be used all the time but it sure is nice to have when going to events as listed above & long weekend music festivals which are drycamping only.

diver110 wrote:
Thanks. While we don't want it to be too big, we actually hit on 30 feet because a guy at an RV park told us that it is hard to get spaces for RVs over 30 feet. But that can hardly be true, since most are over 30 feet. Or am I missing something.

x2 on figuring out where you want to camp. Older parks may be hard to get into or to maneuver around (narrow roads and low branches), while "resorts" and newer parks have wider roads and access for the biggest rigs. I'm with you on the ~30' size, as it's just the 2 of us and we have no plans to FT it and we like to boondock.

Lyle

diver110 wrote:

colliehauler wrote:
What price range? Top of the line is over 100k. There was just a thread in 5th wheel forum discussing this very topic. Page 4 (Rating of quality)

Found that thread. Thanks! For price, let's call it 50-100k. We are also big on low toxins. A while back we looked at some new RVs and both felt ill afterwards.

That can just be from being new, with a lot of the volatiles not yet cooked out. Even one that's sat on a lot for a year probably won't have that problem; one that's 2-3 years old, definitely not.

Lyle

colliehauler wrote:
All 5er's will outgas when new. A used 5er will not have that issue or not as bad.....

From our shopping expierences, a used RV tends to a different kind of outgas. :p

Dick_B wrote:
2 weeks per year? I suggest renting.

Not per year, at a time.

As far as the size restriction goes, yes it does matter. There are some SPs that say that they can't handle anything over 30' but most have a few longer spaces.

The fact is up to around the 35' mark most SPs can accomodate. The further past the mid 30s' mark you go, the fewer the sites available in SPs & NPs.

At model length 34, actual LOA at <36' & many many SPs in every state, we have seldom had a problem. Problems can arise if you arrive late at a self site choose CG & find that all of the long sites have been taken by tenters, class Bs, class Cs & small TTs. A larger unit cannot fit into sites that the smaller one can.

In a land where 'bigger is better' over 'quality in a small package' finding a smaller quality 5er is going to be a tough find.

Thanks. When one speaks of, say, a 30 foot 5th wheel, is that with or without the overhang? BTW, we were told Yosemite has tight length restrictions.

diver110 wrote:
Thanks. While we don't want it to be too big, we actually hit on 30 feet because a guy at an RV park told us that it is hard to get spaces for RVs over 30 feet. But that can hardly be true, since most are over 30 feet. Or am I missing something.

We primarily camp at State Parks and COE's. In 16 years of towing campers, I can't recall a single park I could not find a site I could fit.