Non 5'er----yet
I am fairly new to the RV scene. I have a 2008 Keystone pull behind but am looking at getting a newer and larger 5th wheel unit. I have a Ram 2500 Mega Cab 6'4" bed 4X4 with the 6.4 Hemi. It is rat...
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Mile High wrote:
Just be conservative in your calculations. I tried to get by with a SRW 1 ton because the numbers worked, but I couldn't haul water and I was within 200 lbs of the tire maximum on the truck. I pretty much decided I had to go to the DRW.
Truck tows great, but I sure hate it. Wish now I would have just gone to a Class A and a toad and not went down this path. The truck is a PIA to use as a vehicle once you are there (I like to get back in the woods), PIA to park, and us just a waste as a daily driver if you work downtown. It sits in the garage and only gets taken out when it's going to tow, so to me it's just a 2 piece motorhome.
In retrospect - I was better off personally with the smaller trailer and my short bed SRW 1-ton daily driver.
And those DRW jobs can't go through most cars washes. We have also thought about the Class A gas units but I'm 6'6" and I haven't found one yet that is easy to get in and out of the drivers seat. I do have a nice Toad in my '06 Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited. And it's that price thing. Every so often you can find a nice used very low mile one for about $100,000 or so. I figure I would have a truck anyway as I've had a truck since 1968 or so I can say at $45K this 2500 is about $8-$10K more expensive to me. Most trailers we have looked at new run between a low of $30K up to $45K.
My preference would be a Class A as well.
