Anyone switch from a fifth wheel?
Would love to hear why you switched and how satisfied you are with your decision.
Forum Discussion
- We switched to a MH from a 32ft 2 slide f'ver and have never regretted the change.Our current coach doesn't have slides and hopefully in the near future finances will allow a change in that.
We always wanted to be able to take our Harley or SXS with us and I really wasn't comfortable double towing.The MH allows us to take our toys or wifes altima.
I Guess what really drove the change home for me personally was a trip to KY Speedway.We arrived at the campground around nine at night in a pouring rain storm.With the MH I simply parked, Leveled the coach with the leveling jacks and started generator never leaving the drivers seat.
If we were in the F'ver Things would of been much different. - We went from a 33' HR Presidential 3 slide to the present 2007 HR 4 slide Endeavor. We switched because we were traveling more and needed to take all the critters with us. Take a look at the signature. Just could cram the 3 dogs in the truck and put the cats in the fiver.
When we go into a well appointed large fiver, we do miss the fiver. There is really more livable space in a large four slide fiver than in a 40' MH. When we look at large new fivers we especially miss the under storage. The height of the under storage in our MH is a bit short. Heck you could stash the grandkids and their sleeping bags in the storage area of many fivers. I could drive more miles at a faster mph in the fiver/truck combo. Big fivers have more inside storage than our MH even if some of it requires a step stool.
On the other hand we wouldn't go back to a fiver. Our Jeep toad is much preferable to a big 3500 Ram for sightseeing, shopping and general use. It is easier to unhitch the toad than the truck. We do like everything on one level. The view is better from the MH. Our MH is built better than our fiver was. Don't know if that is true or not with new fivers. - Yes
- We didn't exactly switch but, we had 3 5th wheels on the very short list to full time with. Then was saw the Winnebago Journey 40U we currently own and KNEW that this was the unit for us to full time in. So painting yourself into a corner by saying that you want this specific type of RV can be counter productive.
