Driveable vs towable for x country trip
We are trying to weigh the pros and cons of the different types of rv for a 2 or 3 month cross country tour. We currently have a class a but have also owned a c and stayed in a 5th wheel on occasion....
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We've had 3 RV types:
The 5th wheel was awesome for staying in one place for a bit - when the slide was out, it was like having a small apartment :-) We could bring every creature-comfort we wanted. The drawback was that the monstrous truck used to pull it, didn't always fit into the tiny little parking lots that often are part of the quaint little restaurants and shops we like to visit. I agree with others, that hooking up a 5er isn't any more difficult than hooking up the tow equipment on a toad. We never took the 5er on sightseeing trips - it was still big and unwieldy.
Our sightseeing marvel was our 28' Class C; at that size, we didn't always need a toad (or if we were going to really check out an area, we'd rent a car). IMO, the ability to grab a snack or beverage while going down the road; or potty without exiting the vehicle... is priceless. But like the 5er, you still had to plan ahead for fueling (ingress and egress) or parking. This is the case with almost any larger RV, though.
We have since purchased a condo in the south, so our RV of choice is a popup truck camper. Ours is quite stripped-down; if we need a potty, we'll have to find one...LOL! But our nimbleness, our ability to go ANYWHERE, is amazing. We could park anywhere or fuel anywhere a car could. Our mileage was in the mid-teens. It felt more like "camping" - in this case, our "tent" is warmer, drier, and infinitely more comfortable than the nylon kind. We spent 3 weeks in it - I'm not sure if we could have done 3 months?
The 5th wheel was awesome for staying in one place for a bit - when the slide was out, it was like having a small apartment :-) We could bring every creature-comfort we wanted. The drawback was that the monstrous truck used to pull it, didn't always fit into the tiny little parking lots that often are part of the quaint little restaurants and shops we like to visit. I agree with others, that hooking up a 5er isn't any more difficult than hooking up the tow equipment on a toad. We never took the 5er on sightseeing trips - it was still big and unwieldy.
Our sightseeing marvel was our 28' Class C; at that size, we didn't always need a toad (or if we were going to really check out an area, we'd rent a car). IMO, the ability to grab a snack or beverage while going down the road; or potty without exiting the vehicle... is priceless. But like the 5er, you still had to plan ahead for fueling (ingress and egress) or parking. This is the case with almost any larger RV, though.
We have since purchased a condo in the south, so our RV of choice is a popup truck camper. Ours is quite stripped-down; if we need a potty, we'll have to find one...LOL! But our nimbleness, our ability to go ANYWHERE, is amazing. We could park anywhere or fuel anywhere a car could. Our mileage was in the mid-teens. It felt more like "camping" - in this case, our "tent" is warmer, drier, and infinitely more comfortable than the nylon kind. We spent 3 weeks in it - I'm not sure if we could have done 3 months?
