buying a 5th wheel trailers

etcssw wrote:
My wife and I are about three years from retirement at which time we are going to sell our house and become full time RV's. We presently own a travel trailer that we want to upgrade to a fifth wheel next year. Here's our problem we want to go with a lite weight fifth wheel but we are not sure that a a lite weight fifth wheel can hold up to the constant earth quake that a full time RV'er puts them through. Please, if you know that one manufacture/type is better than another I'd like to hear your opinion. As you fifth wheel owners will tell me the truth and not a sales pitch. Thank-You and Fair winds and Following Seas.

First off, I agree that most Lite 5ers are built comparable to a vacation type TT. There are some that look really nice, but they are "Lite" for a variety of reasons, not just cheaply built, but there is usually a difference on options.

We spent three years looking and dreaming. Each time we went to an RV show, we would only focus on one type of 5er to compare apples to apples. We quickly realized the only floor plans we were comfortable with started at 36 feet. Then we came to the conclusion that we had a list of options that were "must-haves" for our own creature comforts. Once we figured out what we really wanted to live in, the choice was easier, because then the discriminating factor was $$$$.
We chose the best 5er in our opinion that would meet our needs that we could reasonably afford. This is the first purchase that we have ever special ordered from the factory, because we really knew what we wanted and didn't want to settle. Are there "better' more expensive options out there? I'm sure,but not for us ! We'll get our new CC 36ckts in 4 more weeks.
Good luck and safe travels,
Reck