Rear kitchen.

I have read here that the kitchens in the rear of a trailer have the dishes/etc. tossed around a bit since that doesn't ride as smoothly as over the wheels?
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We had a Newmar with a rear kitchen and no regrets with it whatsoever

All a matter of personal preference. We have good friends who have a rear kitchen and love it. They have never said there was any problem with dishes bouncing around. No regrets on their part.

We heard stories of things breaking because there is more motion in the back than over the wheels but we just returned from 8 months and 12K miles and had no problems. When you're not cooking it is out of the way and you don't walk back and forth through the kitchen to get anywhere else in the rig. We feel our almost 33 feet is the perfect size. We camped in everything from Walmarts to local, state and federal parks as well as private RV parks and never had a problem getting in or out except in one state park in NY where the site sloped down from the access road and we had a lot of rain. Hooked up to another TV nose to nose and got us uphill and out.

I have always been told, by salesmen and previous owners alike, that rear kitchens are bad if you do any rough road driving. The rear of the trailer takes the most abuse from the road.

We have a Wildcat currently and had a Rockwood, both with rear kitchens and have been able to leave the coffee maker on the counter without it moving more than and inch or two. Very seldom do we find stuff moved in the cabinets. Both units were in the 30' range.

Sounds like the salesman was trying to make the sell.

We have had 2 TT's and our present 5th wheel, all rear kitchens. DW wouldn't have anything else. Our first trip with the first TT we broke a coffee cup. Other than that we haven't had any other problems. DW says she doesn't want anyone walking through her kitchen when she is cooking. I don't know why she thinks that would be a problem as I do most of the cooking any way. LOL Good luck, John

We had a rear kitchen fifth wheel. It was a shorter unit (28')so a rear kitchen worked really well for us in regards to space. There is typically more cabinet room in a rear kitchen. We heard the rumors about things bouncing around when we purchased it. However, in 4 years we only had one problem an dit was on a very rough stretch of road where we did have our coffee pot break. We now have a rear living room because having the big rear windows suits our camping style better, typically nice view of the woods. Get whatever floorplan best suits your current needs as you are the one who has to be happy in it.

Our 38ft 5th wheel has a rear kitchen. In 20 years of travel there has been some tossing of stuff but nothing to worry about. I can remember only one dish broken.

We have been on some rough highways, desert dirt roads and over speed bumps. One bump on a highway my DW following in her car, said she was sure all four tires on the 5th wheel came off the ground.

We actually get the most movement of stuff in the bedroom over the 5th wheel. Mostly from quick stops in traffic.