switching from tent camping to 5th wheel
We are in the market for a small-ish 5th wheel and the truck to tow it...We are looking at the Northwood Fox Mountain 235RLS and a 2015 F350 Diesel. We have only tent camped to date - but I just turn...
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They all have their advantages. For decades I had a pickup camper (TC) and tents. A few times we used both -- the TC for my wife and I, and we'd set up a tent for the grandkids. For me it was near perfect. I also had a backpack tent for longer hikes when we'd want to walk in one day and out the next. Then my wife started complaining about getting into and out of the over-the-cab bed, so we traded up for a very small (23') 5er. It was the low-profile style, so while she liked it better, we were still crawling into bed (ceiling not high enough to stand up). So we traded again, this time for a 30'. It was a little bigger than we needed, so after a few years we traded for a 27-foot. We'll trade again one of these years for a bigger one, but this is the cat's meow for weekends and short vacations.
I still miss the TC, as we could take it about anywhere we could take the truck (minding overhead trees), but I'll have to admit that the extra room is nice at times, especially when we have guests, either overnight to sleep (very seldom) or just a bunch of friends or relatives who want to step in for drinks and story-telling when it's getting too cold (or loud) around the campfire. Our camper has become the center of activity when camping with others. The extra room around the bed and not having to crawl around on hands and knees to make the bed or just to get into and out of it is pretty nice.
We usually camp now in USFS campgrounds -- no hookups but spacious camping sites. With the grandpa National Park Pass, USFS campgrounds are $6-$7 per night (half price), and that gets us a decently level campsite, nice fire ring, picnic table and unlimited drinking water for longer stays. That's not a bad trade-off vs. free boon docking.
I still miss the TC, as we could take it about anywhere we could take the truck (minding overhead trees), but I'll have to admit that the extra room is nice at times, especially when we have guests, either overnight to sleep (very seldom) or just a bunch of friends or relatives who want to step in for drinks and story-telling when it's getting too cold (or loud) around the campfire. Our camper has become the center of activity when camping with others. The extra room around the bed and not having to crawl around on hands and knees to make the bed or just to get into and out of it is pretty nice.
We usually camp now in USFS campgrounds -- no hookups but spacious camping sites. With the grandpa National Park Pass, USFS campgrounds are $6-$7 per night (half price), and that gets us a decently level campsite, nice fire ring, picnic table and unlimited drinking water for longer stays. That's not a bad trade-off vs. free boon docking.
