Grit dog wrote:
Big steve, you're running the gamut here on RV types. Based on your questions, you don't have much if any experience with large vehicles, towing, etc.
If that assumption is correct, or even if incorrect, first think about "how" you plan on using the RV.
Touring the country weeks or months at a time? Few trips to the state park up the road a year? Destination camper, go somewhere, park the RV and stay a while? Driving to get somewhere (main highways/freeways primarily) or like to get off the beaten path (county roads, forest roads)? Terrain, driving around the flat part of the country or headed straight up the side of the first mountain you see? Bringing a golf cart/wheeler/SxS or bikes?
Once you've decided how you plan on using the RV, that will help decide which type offers the most conveniences and least downsides.
Back to your actual question, I'd finger out if you're comfortable hooking a big trailer, any type and taking off down the road, rush hour traffic, backing into or out of tight spots. Bumper pull or 5th wheel both require some skill that you'll have to acquire.
This is probably the best answer so far. Depends on what you want to do. A fiver would never fit in most of the places I take my travel trailer simply because they are too tall. They also don't track right behind the tow vehicle like the trailer, so they won't fit as well on a narrow, winding forest service roads. As I'm getting older and starting to lean more toward travel and destination, fifth wheels get more attractive. But even then, I have to temper what kinds of toys I might want to bring along. ATVs or motorcycles are not part of a typical fiver outing, but are easily doable with a travel trailer.
