Arctic Wolf Fifth Wheels

The trick is to find out what corners the mfg has cut. Suspension? frame? structure? appliances? insulation? flooring? roofing? windows? warranty experience? tires? electrical? plumbing? furniture? caulking? sealing? and so forth. It takes a lot of home work to study up on those items. Remember glitz seems more important to many manufacturers than how they are actually built.

Busdriver wrote:
Have heard a lot of complaints about forest river products

Maybe because FR is one of the biggest RV MFG's out there. When you sell more of something thats susceptible to problems it only makes sense that your name would pop up more.

Have heard a lot of complaints about forest river products

4x4ord wrote:
In my mind weight and quality are directly proportional. A 31 foot fiver that weighs 8400 lbs is not going to be high quality. Better quality fivers end up being heavy. The one you're looking at is about 270 lbs per foot. I think that has got to be about as light as they come. The dry weight of a small Arctic Fox fiver weighs about 350 lbs per foot.

Exactly! Weight is a by product of quality materials.....unless you can afford an RV made of “titanium”! Beefer frames, thicker walls, more insulation, larger tanks, larger axles/brakes/tires, all have one thing in common.....weight.

When I first heard of the Arctic Wolf, I took a look! My impression is.....they used a name very similar to the Arctic Fox, “ luring in” the unsuspecting buyer. It’s not the first time a manufacturer used a name similar to a well known, quality item.....to sell their product!

With everyone’s paranoia about a little extra weight....maybe the RV manufacturers should consider “Balsa Wood”! Of course Balsa Wood is expensive....so that would not work in today’s RV manufacturing! They wouldn’t hold up to use....but they would be light!

I’ll make the same suggestion, that I regularly use, spend the money you would spend on a low quality unit, on a used, quality unit 5 to 7 years old....and have a far superior unit!!!

In my mind weight and quality are directly proportional. A 31 foot fiver that weighs 8400 lbs is not going to be high quality. Better quality fivers end up being heavy. The one you're looking at is about 270 lbs per foot. I think that has got to be about as light as they come. The dry weight of a small Arctic Fox fiver weighs about 350 lbs per foot.

I do not want to spend over $40k for one, on a budget as in I just purchased a truck to pull it. I'm thinking I should go cheap with entry level stuff and just fix most **** on my own and insulate and well pretty much do a lot that the makers of the trailer do not do

I'm also currently looking at this brand. Any updates here?

I just looked at the Artic Wolf 315TBH today. I really liked it but this will be my first RV Ive always had horse trailers. Did you end up buying the artic wolf? Do you like it? Any feedback on it would be great!

We have a 265dbh8. Were on our fifth trip now. No issues so far and get compliments by EVERYONE on the looks and the night club ish blue led lights lol. Totally happy with ours so far. Great price for all the fancy stuff your getting IMO. Got ours for $31k otd with a 7 year bumper to bumper warranty.

My DW and I are looking at the Arctic Wolf 285DRL4 for our first RV. The dealer in central Alabama made us an unreal offer on it, but DW won't make up her mind. All she has to do is say yes once and she won't need to repeat it or have time to change her mind.