We just made the switch back in november. We had a 2001 sierra forest river 33' 5th wheel toyhauler with about 14.5' of open space before the first cabinet. Well, long story short, we blew lots of tires with the 5200# tandem axle setup, got left stranded twice with an exploded wheel bearing, and the last nail in the coffin was that I just bought a sandrail, which would fit in there but then I wouldn't be able to take my quads too(won't go to the dunes without them incase the rail breaks down). So an opportunity presented itself on our 1994 georgie boy pursuit 28' class A, and we jumped on it. I have replaced a lot of parts on it, but now it's up to snuff and i'd drive it across country and not be afraid of being stranded. We now tow a 22' flatbed and my rail and all the quads fit with ease. For us, we would end up arriving at the dunes at about 1am, which is miserable enough(tired), but then the first thing we would have to do when we were basically sleep walking was unload the entire trailer just to go to bed. MISERABLE... The last trip we went on was the second wheel bearing explosion, and at that point we had enough of pulling a 5th wheel. It is much more comfortable to travel in the class A, and setup is basically nothing. We can now roll in and go to sleep. Ours has hydraulic/electric jacks on all 4 corners which is an added bonus. Leveling the 5th wheel with the front jacks and the rear manual jacks was a pain, and most of the time we didn't even level it up(park on flat ground). That's our story!
