short high end fifth wheel

[Jbird]

Ive been through an Alpenlite,a Travel Supreme,and a Mobile Suites,all of which I liked, and all of which are too much for an old man to handle. I've browsed till I'm sick of it looking for similar quality in a shorter (32'max) fiver. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[obie311]

Martyn wrote:

Jbird wrote:
Thanks all for the suggestions. Artic Fox is about as close as Ive been able to get,but the shortest just not a good floorplan for me. Really frustrating that nobody tests the market. Same problem with travel trailers.

That Cougar 27SGS is a nice floorplan! Wish they made it in the Premium series.

Accepted it is not a premium model, but we have found the quality to be very good. 🙂

Yep it's not as "high end" in terms of finishes like a Mobile Suites but the basic build quality is pretty good. The 27.5 is their most popular 5'er so I guess that's the floor plan you didn't like. My wife passed on the 27.5 as well due to lack of counter space but I liked the 27.5. It's about a ton lighter to pull. The floor plan on our 29.5K is very nice but it's about 35' OAL.

[Jbird]

TX Iceman: Yup,same problem with travel trailers. I'm currently in a Lance which is ok, b want to get back to a fifth wheel.

Chief: Thanks. I thought of New Horizon. They've apparently discontinued the line that has the shorter build.

[chiefneon]

Jbird wrote:
Thanks all for the suggestions. Artic Fox is about as close as Ive been able to get,but the shortest just not a good floorplan for me. Really frustrating that nobody tests the market. Same problem with travel trailers.

That Cougar 27SGS is a nice floorplan! Wish they made it in the Premium series.

Howdy!

If you cannot find a floor plan you like you might want to consider New Horizon. They can build you what you want in a floor plan.

“Happy Trails”
Chiefneon

[Grit_dog]

All I can say is there is like a bazillion different brand/style/length/floor plan/etc.
if you can’t find one you like, it’s you, not the rv industry…

[TXiceman]

We have had higher end RVs in the past and are at the point where the 40-foot 5er no longer fits our needs. In looking at the smaller travel trailers, we are really disappointed at the availability of nice 25-to-28-foot travel trailers. It seems that for the most part, the industry seems to think that everyone looking at smaller is looking at cheap and poorly built.

We will keep looking and settling for something in the next few months.

Ken

[Martyn]

Jbird wrote:
Thanks all for the suggestions. Artic Fox is about as close as Ive been able to get,but the shortest just not a good floorplan for me. Really frustrating that nobody tests the market. Same problem with travel trailers.

That Cougar 27SGS is a nice floorplan! Wish they made it in the Premium series.

Accepted it is not a premium model, but we have found the quality to be very good. 🙂

[Jbird]

Thanks all for the suggestions. Artic Fox is about as close as Ive been able to get,but the shortest just not a good floorplan for me. Really frustrating that nobody tests the market. Same problem with travel trailers.

That Cougar 27SGS is a nice floorplan! Wish they made it in the Premium series.

[Martyn]

We love our Cougar- see signature. She is just 31ft.

[Veebyes]

Don't know why the builders don't think that there are people looking for a less than 36' quality fiver.

Way back when we were looking the max length we were after was 32'LOA. This was 2006 & we narrowed it down to three models to look for. A Mobile Suite 32TK3. A Carriage 33CK? Alpenlite 34RLR.

We had getting into state parks in mind & we had the ability to dry camp comfortably for more than a couple of days in mind.

All three had similar quality of build. All three had similar floorplans. All three had 100gal FW capacity. The hunt was on for a lightly used of any of those models. We found a virtually new Alpenlite 34RLR Ltd. Fifteen years & well over 2000 nights use later, there has been no itch to relace it.

These days a quality smaller 5er is even tougher to find. Arctic Fox seems to be one of the few.

[RickLight]

We nearly bought an OutdoorRV, a sister company to Northwood. There may not be any formal connection but Lagrange, OR is a very small town.

They are nothing like DRV, but do a better job than most.

[TXiceman]

Have you looked at the NuWa Hitchiker trailers? The true HitcHikers ceased production in 2012. Some Petersen Ind (Excel) units were made for a couple of years until Excel folded. They are well built trailers.

Ken

[Cummins12V98]

Mobile suites (DRV) makes a 32' RV. Do a search you will thank me!

[chiefneon]

Howdy!

I would suggest you look at Artic Fox made by Northwood Manuacturing. Check the link below.

Northwood mfg 5rs

“Happy Trails”
Chiefneon

[Twomed]

These things are impressive...maybe too short?