Fifth wheel or truck camper for Alaska trip
I am trying to decide what would be the best type of RV to take on an Alaska road trip. My two options would be my 30' fifth wheel or short box truck camper. I have never traveled to the far North (...
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Yes, GO as it's gorgeous and outstanding and by all means go with a truck and a camper on the truck. We have towed a 29' 5th wheel the distance and also done it with a 9 1/2' Lance TC. The TC is by far the way to go! Our last TC trip to Alaska was 9 1/2 weeks and 13,137 miles from Michigan to Alaska up the Alaska Highway to Dawson City and the Top of the World and on all 7 highways in Alaska from way north of Faibanks to Homer Spit, Valdez, Seward and many more and back south on the Cassiar to Seattle down the 101 thru Oregon and back to Michigan on the northern route. Most of the days by far are spent on roads and viewing and the RV or TC is only to sleep and cook in etc.
How stupid it was to haul a 12,800 lb 5th wheel all that way just for that kind of usage! Got smarter! Most RV sites are small anyway and seldom will you see FHU CG's. Permafrost isn't friendly to underground plumbing lines and the thawed ground season is extremely short in the north.
Don't know about you but after 9 1/2 weeks of travel in the TC, we were ready to repack and leave again as you spend so little of the time in the TC. You sure don't go all the way to Alaska just to sit in the RV in a CG!
A hint: All 4 times we've gone to Alaska, it was so obvious that most of the big RV's and big class A's we'd see are just sitting in campgrounds and so was their toads and tow vehicles. DUH! That's not for us!
How stupid it was to haul a 12,800 lb 5th wheel all that way just for that kind of usage! Got smarter! Most RV sites are small anyway and seldom will you see FHU CG's. Permafrost isn't friendly to underground plumbing lines and the thawed ground season is extremely short in the north.
Don't know about you but after 9 1/2 weeks of travel in the TC, we were ready to repack and leave again as you spend so little of the time in the TC. You sure don't go all the way to Alaska just to sit in the RV in a CG!
A hint: All 4 times we've gone to Alaska, it was so obvious that most of the big RV's and big class A's we'd see are just sitting in campgrounds and so was their toads and tow vehicles. DUH! That's not for us!
