Info on 5th wheel brand

We've considered them as well, we even toured the factory. I agree they have a lot of nice features, but not much CCC. Also, I was not impressed with their facility at all, but I've been in manufacturing engineering for 30 years.

I noticed on a Facebook Van Leigh pit on this year the gas and electric refrigerator is available now.

I think Vilano 5th wheel put most of the money in gliz and glamor and not enough into the syspension. That is a big draw back if traveling is important.

Durb wrote:
The early six slide Vilanos only had 1,600# of cargo capacity, ridiculously low for a rig that size. If the tanks were full, you would have to leave your clothes and toothbrush at home. I understand they listened to their customers and increased the CCC on later models.

Misinformation by me. Current CCC is 1,700#, based on an average dry weight, meaning options could even reduce that number.

big bird 2 wrote:
We have been out four consecutive days dry camping and only moved to drain waste tanks and add fresh water..

To each his own, but moving a 5th wheel for that is a big job.

Not true about multiple day dry camping. We ended up buying a 2019 Forest River 24 foot Cardinal Luxury. It has a residential refrigerator, two batteries and solar. We added a 5.5 Onan gen. We have been out four consecutive days dry camping and only moved to drain waste tanks and add fresh water. We run the gen 2 hours in the morning and two in the afternoon. We make sure we have full sun on the solar panels. The electrical monitors keep us in a safe range.

Lwiddis wrote:
Diesel, hopefully they know what type of camping they want to do. No multiple day dry camping with that unit.

That is exactly why we don't have one now.

big bird 2 wrote:
Don't believe all the junk. Tiffin, who makes the Vilano, is the best manufacturer on the market. I just wish they made a shorter model. They standby all they sell.

When we looked, Tiffen didn't make them, it was a family member though. So, I figured they would be built with similar quality.

kennethwooster wrote:
We have a Vilano Beacon. I will recommend Vilano especially someone working out of an rv. It’s a beautiful trailer and feels very well made. Also the service is excellent. We love the residential fridge.

I agree that they seem well built, and we looked at the Van Leigh. It was the smallest one we could find at the time. I don't know about now. We did like them a lot, but again, for us, the small tanks and residential fridge are a no go.

We have a Vilano Beacon. I will recommend Vilano especially someone working out of an rv. It’s a beautiful trailer and feels very well made. Also the service is excellent. We love the residential fridge.