Fulltime 5er to MH - Help?
Hello all, like the title says, me and my family live fulltime in a 5th wheel and are potentially looking to get into a motorhome. I've been doing a ton of research and looking at a bunch of MH's ...
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wanderingaimlessly wrote:
On the toyhauler, yes there are a few, Thor outlaw, and Newmar Canyon Star comes to mind, but I was referring to a 5th wheel TH, the garage areas in many have drop down bunks. That would also provide a "play area" when your toy was outside. Some even have permanent bunks above the garage leaving it free as a workspace.
If you are looking at Motorhomes because you are hoping it will be easier to heat, Texas had a very bad winter spell, I doubt you would find a MH much easier to heat, the front glass areas are a loser compared to an insulated front on a 5er, and the wall construction isnt going to be much if any thicker. You may have an easier time finding double pane windows, but those would be available in the 5er too.
If we wanted to keep living in a 5th wheel then yes I think there would be multiple that would work great. I should maybe clarify what our 'vision' for MH living would be.
We want to travel, see the country with the kids, we realize that we are blessed to have the kind of flexibility that we enjoy and would like to take advantage of it. Traveling with 3 smaller kids in the truck pulling the 5er does not come with long endurance, after about 3-4hrs it starts to go downhill with our max being around 6-8hrs before potential meltdown it seems. Then of course there is the need to connect to a power source when we get where we are going. With a MH we could comfortably travel long distances much much more easily and conveniently, and if we get tired we can stop in a rest area or a truck stop and still be able to do what we need to without hooking up to power.
Our 5er you can see light through some of the slide out seams sometimes if the that rubber seal doesnt fold out right or what have you. We are at an RV resort in Houston and where here through the whole Antarctic power outage experience last week. It sucked with the 5er. Went to a hotel for a night, they lost power too, went to my work office for 2 nights, lost power there too, thank you Jesus we stayed warm. Had we had a MH we could have just made sure to keep diesel in it. One of our neighbors has a nice Newmar Essex and he was fine.
In the Texas summer our 2 AC's cant hardly keep up either...
