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Need information from all of the seasoned Fifth Wheel owners out there. Taking off all the lipstick and mascara tell me what's the most important things to be looking at in terms of our first RV? Ta...
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Money is always an object isn't it and I'm not sure how the amount that we are willing to spend has anything to do with the questions I'm asking. Not trying to be rude or anything we realize that quality is going to cost more. Do we want to spend 200K on a fifth wheel no we don't, but we don't want to spend 50K on a piece of junk either ;)
It's just that we liked the open floor plans of fifth wheels. The more we looked though the more we realized that the floor plan is the least of it as mentioned by AUWing above there are tons of manufactures all snuggled together pushing out the same units under different brands and monikers. The more we read the more we realized that as an industry most accept easily the fact that they are going to spend money on something that isn't of high quality and well we won't do that if we can avoid it so here we are asking questions. :)
I realize that opinions are just that. However with them comes experience good or bad and first hand knowledge (One hopes) on something, that we have little of. Regardless of what model or make a person has person they know their specific insulation value and they know that it gets cold as all or they bake in the summer. They also know if their holding tanks are big enough, if they had to have a frame on a certain model year repaired or if they had horrible warranty coverage from the manufacture. They know if their type of roof leaked, if the wooden walls buckled etc. etc. etc.
All of you are more experienced with all of this, you have the knowledge on what has or hasn't worked, what is or isn't (in your opinion) good. For me, at least, asking these questions is just like going to any online review source. I'm looking to gather as much information on the product (in this case a fifth wheel rv) so that we have enough knowledge to make an informed decision. It doesn't matter if it's a $50 or a $500, 000 purchase for us, we research and read reviews because typically if something has gone wrong with the same thing over and over it's a pretty good indication that we should look elsewhere.
If I'm making no sense I'm claiming floor plan and specifications overload :D
It's just that we liked the open floor plans of fifth wheels. The more we looked though the more we realized that the floor plan is the least of it as mentioned by AUWing above there are tons of manufactures all snuggled together pushing out the same units under different brands and monikers. The more we read the more we realized that as an industry most accept easily the fact that they are going to spend money on something that isn't of high quality and well we won't do that if we can avoid it so here we are asking questions. :)
I realize that opinions are just that. However with them comes experience good or bad and first hand knowledge (One hopes) on something, that we have little of. Regardless of what model or make a person has person they know their specific insulation value and they know that it gets cold as all or they bake in the summer. They also know if their holding tanks are big enough, if they had to have a frame on a certain model year repaired or if they had horrible warranty coverage from the manufacture. They know if their type of roof leaked, if the wooden walls buckled etc. etc. etc.
All of you are more experienced with all of this, you have the knowledge on what has or hasn't worked, what is or isn't (in your opinion) good. For me, at least, asking these questions is just like going to any online review source. I'm looking to gather as much information on the product (in this case a fifth wheel rv) so that we have enough knowledge to make an informed decision. It doesn't matter if it's a $50 or a $500, 000 purchase for us, we research and read reviews because typically if something has gone wrong with the same thing over and over it's a pretty good indication that we should look elsewhere.
If I'm making no sense I'm claiming floor plan and specifications overload :D
