TWO QUESTIONS .........

My parents have a 38 foot fifth wheel and are downgrading to a 32 foot tt , because they stayed in mine. Personally I see lots of adbavtabes and disadvantages of both.

Fivers have
Storage
Exceptionally high celinings
Typically overall more room
Residental fridge

The tt has
High celings still. I'm 5"11 and there is at least three feet of roof

Easier to cool down, less space to cool.
A bit of an easier tow
More refined spaces. High end tt can take advantage of space better than a fiver imo

My parents are switching because it's just the two of them, and it's better for them. Personally I'd rather move to a fiver over a tt for the benefits of a cool new truck , also tt seems to not be as well built imo. Our floors squeek, there's do not. They have a legit master bedroom over the bed, my tt does not. My tt has smaller tanks there's does not. They have an on board generstor, ours does not. They have less storage than me though, which is fine because I have a half ton truck, I gotta be careful anyways.

Most importsntly though, is the drive. I have a six inch lift on my tt and it weighs considerably less than there five allowing me close to the same mileage they get and I'm gas. Tt really is more of a recreation and less living , a five is imo more liveable than a tt, simply because it has that in mind a bit more with the floorplans I've experienced / seen. Good.luck though!

Thanks again for your thoughts-all valid points. Just a couple of points. We currently have two trucks, a half ton for me to run around in on a daily basis and a one ton diesel dually that is only used to pull the 5ver, which we will not be doing much in the future. I do not like to herd that dually around to just run errands & pull my fishing boat. For many of the reasons listed as 5ver advantages above, looks like we will be keeping the 5ver (and two trucks). Thanks...................

Get what you want and disregard those that think it is "foolish" or "silly". RVing is not about being practical or doing what others do.

I happen to like the greatly reduced number of steps with travel trailers compared to fifth wheel trailers, both inside and out. I like the lower towing height of travel trailers when exploring back roads. I like the price per square foot of travel trailers. I like being able to see out in all four directions that is available with some travel trailers. I like the uniform heating and cooling of having just one level to contend with.