A couple months back I decided to move on from my 23'(26 bumper to bumper) '95 Jamboree. I stay almost exclusively at Forest Service and National Park camps with many small spots. I gotta tell ya the angst of going longer about killed me. Three weeks ago I picked up my 26'(29 bumper to bumper) '14 Thor with small slide out and rear walk around queen bed. With two Standard Poodles (think Travels With Charley) the extra room pushed me over. I've had it out a few times now and have to say the extra feet are not much of a problem. Takes a bit more diligence on tight corners and a bit more fidgeting for some sites with odd approaches but overall... no problems. Once I did back about a foot over the rear stops at the edge of pavement but nobody cared. Grocery store parking lots are a bit more of a white knuckle thing but really not so bad as I had thought. Actually this rig is taller than the old one and that extra height has taken more diligence and been a bigger problem than the length.
~Z
