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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If I were in your shoes and had no kids to drag around. I would buy the smallest 5th wheel with a slide and stick to state and federal campgrounds if you want the most room. The commercial/private campgrouns always seem like parking lots to me and I perfer to dry camp. I actually have not tried full hook ups before. Figure I could just stay home for that.
Also pay little attention to model numbers in relation to trailer length. Most salesmans use this as the length of the trailer. You want to know ACTUAL (nose to bumper) length. IMO anything longer than 28' gets difficult to find a site if you want privacy.
Our bunkhouse (2014 Puma 259RBSS) is 30' actual length, bumper to bumper. Although we fib a little and tell the state campgrounds we are 26' so we can get under their 27' MAX trailer length. We have not had a problem yet but we did have a have to shoe horn into some spots.
Also pay little attention to model numbers in relation to trailer length. Most salesmans use this as the length of the trailer. You want to know ACTUAL (nose to bumper) length. IMO anything longer than 28' gets difficult to find a site if you want privacy.
Our bunkhouse (2014 Puma 259RBSS) is 30' actual length, bumper to bumper. Although we fib a little and tell the state campgrounds we are 26' so we can get under their 27' MAX trailer length. We have not had a problem yet but we did have a have to shoe horn into some spots.
