short high end fifth wheel

These things are impressive...maybe too short?

Howdy!

I would suggest you look at Artic Fox made by Northwood Manuacturing. Check the link below.

Northwood mfg 5rs

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Chiefneon

Mobile suites (DRV) makes a 32' RV. Do a search you will thank me!

Have you looked at the NuWa Hitchiker trailers? The true HitcHikers ceased production in 2012. Some Petersen Ind (Excel) units were made for a couple of years until Excel folded. They are well built trailers.

Ken

We nearly bought an OutdoorRV, a sister company to Northwood. There may not be any formal connection but Lagrange, OR is a very small town.

They are nothing like DRV, but do a better job than most.

Don't know why the builders don't think that there are people looking for a less than 36' quality fiver.

Way back when we were looking the max length we were after was 32'LOA. This was 2006 & we narrowed it down to three models to look for. A Mobile Suite 32TK3. A Carriage 33CK? Alpenlite 34RLR.

We had getting into state parks in mind & we had the ability to dry camp comfortably for more than a couple of days in mind.

All three had similar quality of build. All three had similar floorplans. All three had 100gal FW capacity. The hunt was on for a lightly used of any of those models. We found a virtually new Alpenlite 34RLR Ltd. Fifteen years & well over 2000 nights use later, there has been no itch to relace it.

These days a quality smaller 5er is even tougher to find. Arctic Fox seems to be one of the few.

We love our Cougar- see signature. She is just 31ft.

Thanks all for the suggestions. Artic Fox is about as close as Ive been able to get,but the shortest just not a good floorplan for me. Really frustrating that nobody tests the market. Same problem with travel trailers.

That Cougar 27SGS is a nice floorplan! Wish they made it in the Premium series.

Jbird wrote:
Thanks all for the suggestions. Artic Fox is about as close as Ive been able to get,but the shortest just not a good floorplan for me. Really frustrating that nobody tests the market. Same problem with travel trailers.

That Cougar 27SGS is a nice floorplan! Wish they made it in the Premium series.

Accepted it is not a premium model, but we have found the quality to be very good. :)

We have had higher end RVs in the past and are at the point where the 40-foot 5er no longer fits our needs. In looking at the smaller travel trailers, we are really disappointed at the availability of nice 25-to-28-foot travel trailers. It seems that for the most part, the industry seems to think that everyone looking at smaller is looking at cheap and poorly built.

We will keep looking and settling for something in the next few months.

Ken