Design - What were they thinking??
Sometimes I wonder what RV designers were thinking. Have you experienced "design flaws" w/ RV's that have you shaking your head. I don't want to trash ANY brand - just wondered... We love our Cou...
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My RV design pet peeve deals with the size of some of the newer 5th wheels. We were lucky to find a slightly used 25' 2001 Cardinal back in 2003 for a great price. We still have that Cardinal and love it. It's got a double slide, one on each side of the main body, that opens up the kitchen/dining/living space quite nicely. The problem is that we're looking for a newer high quality 5th wheel in about the same size range and we can't find any. All the higher end 5th wheels are 29' or longer. We have plenty of storage space and have spent up to 6 weeks traveling in our unit without feeling cramped.
To illustrate this problem - this spring we attended a good sized RV show down in Elkhart, IN, home of the RV industry. They had lots of beautiful 5th wheels on the grounds of the RV Museum just east of Elkhart. I believe there was just one 5th wheel under 30'. When speaking with one of the salesmen I told him the models at the show were too big. He just laughed and said people want "elbow room". I told him that we wouldn't be interested in buying his "elbow room" RVs.
We'll keep our eye out for a nice 2007-2010 5th wheel that fits our needs and hopefully is under 30'. Ours is still in great shape, but it's getting about time to look for another.
To illustrate this problem - this spring we attended a good sized RV show down in Elkhart, IN, home of the RV industry. They had lots of beautiful 5th wheels on the grounds of the RV Museum just east of Elkhart. I believe there was just one 5th wheel under 30'. When speaking with one of the salesmen I told him the models at the show were too big. He just laughed and said people want "elbow room". I told him that we wouldn't be interested in buying his "elbow room" RVs.
We'll keep our eye out for a nice 2007-2010 5th wheel that fits our needs and hopefully is under 30'. Ours is still in great shape, but it's getting about time to look for another.
