buying a 5th wheel trailers
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 ...
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etcssw wrote:
We have been looking at trailers and 5th wheelers and I don't see were there is a vacation or full time rating on them so if I'm not looking in the right place for the rating please tell me where to look for this. As for the one response I've been thinking about ordering a unit from the factory but at this time I'm not sure who builds the best full time rig. We are not rich but we are doing well and just as buying a home we want to buy the right unit. Summer months will find us in the mountains of Idaho and the winters in Maryland/Virginia. So the summers wont be real hot and the winters (most) years wont be sub zero but they do get snow. Thanks Fair winds and Following Seas
The builders don't "rate" them, that rating comes from owners and places like the RV Consumers Group link
With your projected winter home, you have to get a "Four Season" rated rig. My list (currently in production) would be Excel by Peterson Industries, New Horizon, Arctic Fox by Northwood and the new company that people from Carriage started (name spaced). If NuWa ever restarts production they would be included on that list.
Edit...PS if you get serious on Arctic Fox, the factory is in eastern Oregon and a "stones through" from Idaho, the dealer in LaGrande might be a great place to go through, being the closest dealer to the factory they get some real deals on cost
PPS, check the warranty terms, if they state "full time living voids the warranty" (and many week-end/vacation rated units do) they aren't up to what you want.
