Pulling 5ver to Alaska

We found a new or not used 2000 22 ft TT for our Alaska trip in 04. We bought it in 03 and did trip to Minn for a test trip. We had a 2001 3500 chev dually so it was an easy tow. We were thinking about a camper but decided it was not what we wanted. Our friend bought a very large alpenlite camper for their trip. It took over 2 years to sell it but we sold ours the first week it was for sale. Many more buyers for a TT we figured. You will enjoy your trip no matter how you do it. We had no issues but I did buy an extra spare tire and wheel and had the wheel bearing greased to see there condition and as figured they looked perfect and greased BUT ya never know for sure.

chevman

We bought a Lance truck camper as we knew it would be the perfect vehicle for our planned trips to Yukon/Alaska, North West Territories, Newfoundland and Mexico.
We took it to all those places, some more than once. We saved a fortune on ferry fees taking it on the Alaska Ferry, ferry to Newfoundland, to Labrador, across the Sea of Cortez to the Baja, a trip to the Magdalene Islands + other shorter trips.

Think of the big picture when making your decision. Where will your future trips be and what are your requirements. We bought a Class A and always regretted it. Our current B+ is a compromise between the TC and A and works well for us but is certainly not nearly as rugged as our big 1 ton Ford truck.

Good luck with your decision.

We went several years ago and pulled a 28ft 5th. Never had any problems. Saw a lot larger 5th's close to 40ft pulling a Jeep or a boat behind.
Our total miles from central Tennessee was 10,500.

A truck Camper was my choice for several reasons:
1- Much, much easer to drive on some bad roads that you will be on
2-Better to get around in general
3-A lot better for parking-park a TC any where you can park a car
4-Fuel- I used almost half what I would have pulling my 36ft TT that's a lot of $
5- Save a whole lot of $ on washing at $3 CD per min.!!!! And you will have to wash it OFTEN

Trucks pull trailers according to the trailers gross weights....not length.
How heavy depends on the particulars like a trucks rear gear ratio/auto vs manual/gas or diesel.

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Ive never been there. But were going in 4yrs,if all works out as planned. Now on every big trip we take (cross country),I rebuild my 5er suspension, replacing what ever is worn and new tires if older than 3yrs.. Its just 1 less thing to worry about in our travels

A 30' fifth wheel should be no problem for a Dodge dually--if that's your question.





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Probably 200 to 300 of them come up every summer. One more is fine.

Bill