Which 5th Wheel Camper? - Recommendations?
My wife and I are looking at getting a 5th wheel camper sometimes in the not too distant future. I am 69 years old and retired and she is 59 and will be retiring in January. Earlier in our lives whe...
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I am pretty new to this too, and just finished spending almost 6 months looking for the "right" 5'er for my wife and I. Here are some comments I could add:
1. Where do you plan on camping? In rv parks? boondocking? If you stick to camping areas with paved roads, you can probably go with a longer trailer. My wife like to just take off and explore roads, thus anything longer than 26 feet really limits where we could go (narrow and windy roads) with my limited trailering experience.
2. My issue with most of the trailers we saw is they are TOO MUCH like home, except without adequate storage. My wife and I go camping to GET AWAY from a home-like experience. We wanted to be comfortable but without all the features of home.
3. Summer camping or year-round? Will determine whether you want hard sided or soft sided pull outs. My wife and I usually go out in the fall in the mountains and it is not uncommon to experience freezing nights.
We settled on a 2002 Arctic Fox 24-5N. It's small enough to get into most places and it was VERY INEXPENSIVE ($7000 and it was in new condition); it has a ton of storage and the floorplan is simple but very functional. When we were shopping for the shorter trailer, storage was a HUGE issue. Very few trailers had adequate storage for anything other than just a few things. I haven't used it much so far, but I am told it is a good unit, albiet a bit heavy.
Hopes this helps.
1. Where do you plan on camping? In rv parks? boondocking? If you stick to camping areas with paved roads, you can probably go with a longer trailer. My wife like to just take off and explore roads, thus anything longer than 26 feet really limits where we could go (narrow and windy roads) with my limited trailering experience.
2. My issue with most of the trailers we saw is they are TOO MUCH like home, except without adequate storage. My wife and I go camping to GET AWAY from a home-like experience. We wanted to be comfortable but without all the features of home.
3. Summer camping or year-round? Will determine whether you want hard sided or soft sided pull outs. My wife and I usually go out in the fall in the mountains and it is not uncommon to experience freezing nights.
We settled on a 2002 Arctic Fox 24-5N. It's small enough to get into most places and it was VERY INEXPENSIVE ($7000 and it was in new condition); it has a ton of storage and the floorplan is simple but very functional. When we were shopping for the shorter trailer, storage was a HUGE issue. Very few trailers had adequate storage for anything other than just a few things. I haven't used it much so far, but I am told it is a good unit, albiet a bit heavy.
Hopes this helps.
