So I just sold a high end ATC fifth wheel toy hauler. They are very well built with real wood throughout the camper. The bathroom door weighed about 50 pounds by itself. :E It was just too dang big though so I sold it. I'm looking at getting a Keystone 27 Carbon bumper pull travel trailer. My girlfriend and I will be full timing in it and towing it to Alaska for some winter time skiing and snowmobiling. My questions is, will the dang thing just fall apart around us as we use it? I've not seen this exact model but travel trailers that I've looked at seem to be pretty chincy. What's your opinion? The other option I was going to do was buy a Northern Lite truck bed camper and tow an enclosed trailer behind. But I really need to be able to use the bed and it's a pain to load and unload a camper and impossible in the winter when the ground is freezing and thawing everyday. Thanks for any advice.

Its been a while since I was to Alaska in our fiver, but the thing I learned on the road was: If you see road sign saying "Bump" you better slow down. It is not like in the lower 48 where a bump sign means a slight change in the road. On the Alaska hiway they only put a bump sign out when its a really big bump...

A trip to Alaska is on my bucket list. A winter time trip to Alaska in a trailer not so much.????????

tlukasavige172 wrote:So I just sold a high end ATC fifth wheel toy hauler. They are very well built with real wood throughout the camper. The bathroom door weighed about 50 pounds by itself. :E It was just too dang big though so I sold it. I'm looking at getting a Keystone 27 Carbon bumper pull travel trailer. My girlfriend and I will be full timing in it and towing it to Alaska for some winter time skiing and snowmobiling. My questions is, will the dang thing just fall apart around us as we use it? I've not seen this exact model but travel trailers that I've looked at seem to be pretty chincy. What's your opinion? The other option I was going to do was buy a Northern Lite truck bed camper and tow an enclosed trailer behind. But I really need to be able to use the bed and it's a pain to load and unload a camper and impossible in the winter when the ground is freezing and thawing everyday. Thanks for any advice.I have yet to see a Toy Hauler that is insulated well enough that I'd take it to Alaska in the winter. Better ask your trailer dealer what it will be like inside this unit at -30 degrees.But the Roads are better in the winter than they are in the summer.

Thanks for the replies. I drove up to Alaska four years ago in the winter for a ski trip and that's the plan again this winter. My question is geared more for what kind of milage can these trailers handle? They are made for people to use on the weekends for 4 months out of the year is kinda my thought. Will towing it full time just deteriorate the entire thing? Is it made to handle full time towing and traveling?

I've owned 2 Keystones now and to be truthful... They travel nice... but take a lot of propane in the winter to heat. I've never had one fall apart... well ... not quite... yet. But, I've never driven roads in Alaska either.

Will Towing a Keystone TH to Alaska Make it Fall Apart?

13 Replies

Tom_Barb
Explorer
Oct 01, 2015
tlukasavige172 wrote:
So I just sold a high end ATC fifth wheel toy hauler. They are very well built with real wood throughout the camper. The bathroom door weighed about 50 pounds by itself. :E It was just too dang big though so I sold it. I'm looking at getting a Keystone 27 Carbon bumper pull travel trailer.

My girlfriend and I will be full timing in it and towing it to Alaska for some winter time skiing and snowmobiling. My questions is, will the dang thing just fall apart around us as we use it? I've not seen this exact model but travel trailers that I've looked at seem to be pretty chincy. What's your opinion?

The other option I was going to do was buy a Northern Lite truck bed camper and tow an enclosed trailer behind. But I really need to be able to use the bed and it's a pain to load and unload a camper and impossible in the winter when the ground is freezing and thawing everyday. Thanks for any advice.

I have yet to see a Toy Hauler that is insulated well enough that I'd take it to Alaska in the winter. Better ask your trailer dealer what it will be like inside this unit at -30 degrees.

But the Roads are better in the winter than they are in the summer.
Keithr627
Explorer
Oct 01, 2015
A trip to Alaska is on my bucket list. A winter time trip to Alaska in a trailer not so much.????????
Road_Runners
Explorer
Oct 01, 2015
Its been a while since I was to Alaska in our fiver, but the thing I learned on the road was:
If you see road sign saying "Bump" you better slow down. It is not like in the lower 48 where a bump sign means a slight change in the road. On the Alaska hiway they only put a bump sign out when its a really big bump...

Forum Discussion

Will Towing a Keystone TH to Alaska Make it Fall Apart?

13 Replies

About Fifth Wheel Group

Related Content

Tow Ratings

Alaska - 2023

Ram 1500 Towing Capacity

Ram 1500 can it tow Keystone 280BH??

Alaska Bound