Newbies seeking guidance! Where to start????
Hi everyone My wife and I recently took a road trip from Mobile, AL to Victoria, B.C. 7183 miles round trip in 21 days via Vegas, Death Valley, Yosemite,Yellowstone, etc, etc. We stayed in hotels a...
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Usually it is best to stay about 25% below the maximum capacity for your truck. This provides safety and lessens the wear and tear on your drivetrain.
If your truck isn't equipped with a tow package you want to add the missing items like an auxillary transmission cooler, trailer plug, high output alternator, heavy duty flasher relay, extendable mirrors...etc.
My choice would be to shop around both new and used...find 3- 5th wheel model you like and then spend several hours in each living in them. Try out the bed, shower, toilet area, kitchen, seating to make sure it fits and is comfortable.
Narrow your choice down to the final and then look for deals. Look for a well cared for used 5th wheel for the best deal. You won't take the initial depreciation hit plus any manufacturing defects will have been taken care of.
I use two rules of thumb for RVs.... Most RV'ers start small and work up through 3 sizes of RVs before they finally find one that fits. In other words start big.
And choose a large enough RV comfortable enough to get stuck in if you are on a trip and hit bad weather for a week. It's a lot nicer to be couped up in a 35ft vs a 25ft RV. Cabin fever kicks in quickly.
If your truck isn't equipped with a tow package you want to add the missing items like an auxillary transmission cooler, trailer plug, high output alternator, heavy duty flasher relay, extendable mirrors...etc.
My choice would be to shop around both new and used...find 3- 5th wheel model you like and then spend several hours in each living in them. Try out the bed, shower, toilet area, kitchen, seating to make sure it fits and is comfortable.
Narrow your choice down to the final and then look for deals. Look for a well cared for used 5th wheel for the best deal. You won't take the initial depreciation hit plus any manufacturing defects will have been taken care of.
I use two rules of thumb for RVs.... Most RV'ers start small and work up through 3 sizes of RVs before they finally find one that fits. In other words start big.
And choose a large enough RV comfortable enough to get stuck in if you are on a trip and hit bad weather for a week. It's a lot nicer to be couped up in a 35ft vs a 25ft RV. Cabin fever kicks in quickly.
