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bacil
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Jan 05, 2018

Fulltime traveling with 5er

Hi all,

am all new to this forum as well as RV'ing and would very much appreciate input you might give me. I have spent days reading through the threads here :-), and then decided to write my own post.

I have location independent business (yacht charter agency) and experience in "camping on yachts" having sailed in winter atlantic as well as nice warm carribean. And now, me and my better half, have decided its time to go discovering inland. For that we are planning to pend cca $50k on the used rig and tow vehicle.

As it stands right now (3 months before we make the move) i am looking at 2015 Sierra 3500HD / Silverado 3500 HD and used 5er with polar/all weather package. We are looking under 30" 5ers that would allow us to access smaller campsites especially the ones in national parks etc.

Plan is to start on east coast and follow it all the way to keys then turn west and along the gulf coast to reach CA, then continue all the way up north to Seattle and then cross to Canada and possibly make it all the way to AK.

Thats plan so far we are using www.roadtrippers.com to plan the trip and major stops. And also have planed some alternative trips (baja, yucatan etc.).

Any input and/or comments are more than welcome :-)
  • Yeah :-) i spotted it as soon as i hit "post" :-) .... i chose that one intentionally to have capacity to upgrade the 5er if indeed 30ft is too small without need to upgrade TV.

    We have sailed on yachts 30-50ft and there is much less space than in 30ft 5er and have lived on board for extended periods so 30ft seems like a good starting point for us. Unless you guys give me some good points to go bigger which i haven't thought of.
  • That truck may be a bit larger than necessary to tow a 30" (30 inch) trailer. You might want to consider a slightly larger 5th wheel for full time as that one won't even have room for the booze! :B