Are fivers roomier than a motorhome
I've seen a few comments recently from members saying that they went back to a fiver because it has more room. I don't understand as we've owned 4. Based our last two at 40' and our now new MH at almo...
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msmith1199 wrote:et2 wrote:the silverback wrote:
foot for foot, yes. no wasted space for a engine. Also the slides can be deeper. Don't have to get from the drivers seat to the back of the 5th wheel with the slides in.
Foot for foot - no. Math is math and it calculates the same. Engines on DP don't take up space in the living area. They are under the rear bedroom in most cases. Front engine MH - yes.
Engines and drivelines take up space that could have been used for storage which could free up more space in the RV for living space. You know kind of like why 5ers have that extra space.
Diesel pushers have a rear mounted engine. The drive lines are virtually about a foot or two to the axle ( in ours anyway). They are completely under the floor taking up no living space. Many motorhomes have at least two pass thru bays with additional forward storage bays and rear storage bays and some for batteries and fuel, double or more than any fiver storage area. The storage in many MH goes all the way to the front of the coach, where in a fiver it doesn't as it has to clear the truck bed. The only large space in a a fiver is created by the upstairs transition to the king pin.
