5th Wheel Towing w/ 2001 F150 7700
Hi all, My wife and I keep going back and forth between a smaller 5th wheel or a TT. We want to make sure we make the right decision as we will be full timing. It's the battle between space and tow...
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I'm going to pursue some different point of view
if you're going full time-- you're going to want a bigger unit (even though you said you were in the motorhome I don't recall you saying what size it was )
if you're looking at full-time I really think anything under about 29 foot travel trailer or fifth wheel--- is going to be too small ---even with your being minimalist people need space occasionally.
I Encourage you to think over a space of time---- don't rush into anything because it could be very costly (now if you're buying a used trailer that you get for a steal and decide it's not big enough then you're good )
but if you buy something fairly new and pay a ton of money and then decides not big enough you're going to lose on Un loading it..
I started out with about a 26-foot fifth wheel then move to a 30-foot and now I'm at a 40-foot.....(And I've been RV ing most of my life).. popups travel trailers truck campers you name it.:W
( Yes I know I'm towing with a seventeen-year-old truck however it is a 1-ton diesel dually long bed crew cab with an engine that has proven and reliability ---it has a brand new transmission in it and a brand new clutch and it's a stick-- so I know this truck is going to last me quite a while --and on top of that I'm looking for a Volvo in the next couple years yes a Volvo)
if you're going full time-- you're going to want a bigger unit (even though you said you were in the motorhome I don't recall you saying what size it was )
if you're looking at full-time I really think anything under about 29 foot travel trailer or fifth wheel--- is going to be too small ---even with your being minimalist people need space occasionally.
I Encourage you to think over a space of time---- don't rush into anything because it could be very costly (now if you're buying a used trailer that you get for a steal and decide it's not big enough then you're good )
but if you buy something fairly new and pay a ton of money and then decides not big enough you're going to lose on Un loading it..
I started out with about a 26-foot fifth wheel then move to a 30-foot and now I'm at a 40-foot.....(And I've been RV ing most of my life).. popups travel trailers truck campers you name it.:W
( Yes I know I'm towing with a seventeen-year-old truck however it is a 1-ton diesel dually long bed crew cab with an engine that has proven and reliability ---it has a brand new transmission in it and a brand new clutch and it's a stick-- so I know this truck is going to last me quite a while --and on top of that I'm looking for a Volvo in the next couple years yes a Volvo)
