Newb looking for 5er

Its a big investment. If you got the time go big and bigger truck. Or keep the TT it could save you quite a bit...I love my 5er. Only sleeps 4 with a 2500 GMC truck. So you probably have to go bigger.

You might want to stick with looking at TT's instead of 5er's. You can pull a much bigger TT with the same truck than a 5er. Lot's of 4 bed bunkhouse TT's available, you just need to get out to a few dealers and tell them what your looking for.

We've been where your at except with two teens. All of the bunk houses we looked at the beds were just not long enough or the layout didn't work. We encourage ended up traditional get out out truck to a dually and went with a front living room model. The couches folded out to two queen beds and they had a big tv ando room to move. Two minutes to convert back to living room. This was a decision the kids made as they want room for all of us if the weather was bad.

Fast forward three years kids are too busy with work, school and social life to camp with us. We traded out to a rear living room for us and couldn't be happie . Kids can still come but sleep on couch or recliners.

You will need a bigger truck as you will max out on weight real quick with a fifth wheel. Good luck.

If you are set on getting a fifth wheel then you are going to be investing a fairly large amount of money. The best place to see a lot of options is at a show so spend a few hundred dollars and fly in to visit one of the big shows. Tampa is on in January and has a huge selection of fifth wheels to look at.

Apart from that, an F250 is probably going to be too small for what you are looking for as mentioned previously.

save your money get the kids tents

I would keep what ya got. The kids may get to where they have too many school activities on weekends and summers for you to travel much. Or they just don't want to be seen with you. Or both.

First things first. You need a bigger truck. While your 250 is satisfactory for a TT and would be fine for a fiver under about 30 feet even with your family in the truck, anything bigger is going to put you over the limits in a big hurry.