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
In all fairness,,,,,,,DRV,which makes Mobile Suites, Select Suites,etc.....is the one of only a very few,who Warrenty their rig,for FULL TIME USE.
Space Craft may also......
I recently toured the Mobile Suites plant.......wow......you do get what you pay for......BUT...YOU WILL PAY.....
I.E.......heavy,quality built......double frames....built to be on the road.
Sorry to say.......with the roads the way they are......and full time needs, there is NO SUCH ANIMAL.... as you are looking for.
Do not go cheap........you will regret it.....This is your New House, on wheels.......research it.
YOU may find a Jayco,Cardinal,Cedar Creek, etc...... in upper end,that are nice,and will work......But, if you say.....You are fulltiming in them......they Will Not Cover that use in warrenty.....,ask,......and read fine print.....buyer beware.
You are going to need a 1 ton dually at minuminm......to pull a REAL FULLTIME unit.
It js good you are starting early,in reasearch.
