5th or Class A ???? - Work and travel rig
Looking to spend a couple of years on the road, seeing the sites, working probably @ 9 months a years (DW is a nurse, will do the travel nurse bit)...with our 1.5 year old daughter. I will do the dri...
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For us it was an easy decision. We felt we had more room in a 39' FW plus I just like pulling it better. We don't use Walmarts or rest areas for overnight stays. If I did I would not be putting my slides out unless we were unhooked and the FW was level. Some will disagree with this and claim that you can still put your slides out even if the rig isn't unhooked and even if it isn't level. I will just say that I have never had a slide issue and others have.
For you and your family I suspect the MH and toad may work a little better. If your DW ends up working out of a hospital somewhere she probably will not want to try parking a 1-ton truck in a tight parking lot. Even for grocery shopping and running around they are not the most convenient or economic vehicles around. Plus it would be far easier to pull into a Walmart, throw your slides out, and you would be good to go. The motorhome will have a generator. You can have a generator with a FW, however between the added weight of that plus the added weight of simply being full time with three people you will be heavy. Being heavy in most larger FW's also means you will no doubt have a 1-ton dual rear wheel truck, which also means more issues for your DW using it as a daily driver.
For you and your family I suspect the MH and toad may work a little better. If your DW ends up working out of a hospital somewhere she probably will not want to try parking a 1-ton truck in a tight parking lot. Even for grocery shopping and running around they are not the most convenient or economic vehicles around. Plus it would be far easier to pull into a Walmart, throw your slides out, and you would be good to go. The motorhome will have a generator. You can have a generator with a FW, however between the added weight of that plus the added weight of simply being full time with three people you will be heavy. Being heavy in most larger FW's also means you will no doubt have a 1-ton dual rear wheel truck, which also means more issues for your DW using it as a daily driver.
