I'm on the dark path many others have followed........

I should have explained that when we were towing our 5er around, we were looking for places to Snowbird. We ended up buying a S&B condo - it wasn't much different in price than other options.

So now that we have a Snowbirding HQ - our other travels will be sightseeing trips; and the TC is perfect for that!

~DJ~ wrote:

ReneeG wrote:
Fifth Wheel owner here - our plan is to get a pickup camper, with three slides, when we feel we either can't handle the fifth wheel or don't want to anymore.

Then you can camp on the Bull Trout side instead of North Lake!!! ;)

That's right! In fact, we would probably camp on the road going in off one of the smaller lakes.

ReneeG wrote:
Fifth Wheel owner here - our plan is to get a pickup camper, with three slides, when we feel we either can't handle the fifth wheel or don't want to anymore.

Then you can camp on the Bull Trout side instead of North Lake!!! ;)

Time to triple tow Brad!... Tow the off road jeep on a trailer behind the fiver! :)

Whatever you do, don't stop camping or having fun!

Dak

BradW wrote:
Seriously considering buying a mid-size 5th wheel next year. Seems like we just brought our new Lance home (in 1996) and its just barely getting broken in, but we are considering going semi-fulltime next year and 5th wheels are looking better and better.

Brad

Please, say it ain't so!!

The Mad Norsky wrote:
The problem you're gonna have is finding a fifth wheel with the same quality and dependability as your Lance camper you have now.

As others have already stated, I also urge keeping the Lance.

There was a poster here on the forum, way back now, believe he used the user name "Wheeler". Anyway, he modified I believe an Alpenlite fifth wheel and some of his photos/posts showed what one can accomplish, off road and off grid, with a fifth wheel.

So it is really just limited to your own imagination, but I fully believe a fifth wheel is capable of handling more than just paved roads. Mind you, the caveat here is of course speed off pavement will be greatly reduced.

Best of luck in your searches.

We boondocks on back roads. Not rough ones, but backroads.

BradW wrote:

Reddog1 wrote:
Oh no, not you brad. LOL How you gonna tow the Jeep?

Well, that is the problem and it's going to make things more complicated. When we go out west for 2 or 3 months, we will leave the offroad jeep home and take the stock Rubicon and tow our 16' jon boat behind it.

When we take the offroad jeep, we are usually just going for one day or we are going to places that rent cabins (like Harlan, Ky).

When you come out, let me know. I have plenty of room, and pretty well situated for a jump off point for sites. I could easily provide you a agenda for two months of sites within three hours drive. The Rubicon is less than a two hour drive.

The problem you're gonna have is finding a fifth wheel with the same quality and dependability as your Lance camper you have now.

As others have already stated, I also urge keeping the Lance.

There was a poster here on the forum, way back now, believe he used the user name "Wheeler". Anyway, he modified I believe an Alpenlite fifth wheel and some of his photos/posts showed what one can accomplish, off road and off grid, with a fifth wheel.

So it is really just limited to your own imagination, but I fully believe a fifth wheel is capable of handling more than just paved roads. Mind you, the caveat here is of course speed off pavement will be greatly reduced.

Best of luck in your searches.

Kind of hard to loose an old faithful friend. As stated above, keep your Lance. No doubt, it's paid for. If you have somewhere to store it when not in use, and it costs no money, it would be well worth it to keep it. So you take off with the 5er half-time. Come home, get the Lance, park the 5er and go the other half! :)

By all means keep the lance. We bought a fifth wheel and kept our TC and we are really glad that we did. The 5er is good if you are going somewhere and staying there but for traveling around it is a real PITA. It is good to have all your stuff with you too and not have to worry about packing things when you leave the campground for a day trip.