switching from tent camping to 5th wheel
We are in the market for a small-ish 5th wheel and the truck to tow it...We are looking at the Northwood Fox Mountain 235RLS and a 2015 F350 Diesel. We have only tent camped to date - but I just turn...
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We have the 5'er you're looking at. Ours is a 2013. We tow with a 12 Ram 2500 CTD 4x4 CC LB. We've had the Fox for 15 months, spent 60-70 nights (haven't added up this summers yet) and have put over 6000 miles on it. So far after a couple small issues, one from Northwood and the others from suppliers everything has been uneventful as far as issues go. We haven't had any issue for the last year. so most of them were in the 1st month. One was a slight water leak at a fitting near the city water hookup. Fixed in the 1st week. Then the kitchen faucet handle broke. Maybe I pushed too hard. The bathroom sink faucet is the cheap plastic kind and lasted about a month. I replaced both myself with better ones from Home Depot. The one in the shower has held up fine. I figure those aren't really big issues. Would of been nice of the faucets would lasted longer but on the plus side we have better ones now. Can't complain about spending an extra $120 for two faucets. Could be way worse.
JMO but if I were to order one or were looking again I would opt for the recliners and the free standing dinette. The rear sofa is worthless for anymore than an hr worth of sitting. Same goes for the booth dinette. The cushions on the booth could be upgraded but since we prefer the free standing table and chairs that's just what we would do. Also with the booth and when the slide is in it's really tough to walk past the table and counter to use the restroom. Those are the only things I would change or order as the rest is great.
We have since removed the booth and replaced it with a table and chairs I got at a local furniture store. We bought an oval drop leaf table. When the leaf is down and the slide is in it gives us plenty of room to walk by the kitchen counter. Also replaced the rear sofa with a nice recliner theater love seat.
The tv and stereo setup are pretty decent as far as RV's go. There are IIRC 6 LED lights in the living area. Which helps cut down on battery drain. Also a remote control Fantastic fan in the bedroom and a reg Fantastic fan in the bathroom. All nice touches for a 28' 5'er IMO. The fridge is 8 cuft which is larger than what you would expect.
We would also order one or look for one with dual pane windows. We don't have them and from what I've read cut down on outside noise, heat/cold and keep the windows from sweating.
We have no problem pulling with the 2500 CTD and average 11.5 mpg towing around Oregon. Our Fox when loaded weighs 9000lbs and the pin is 1800lbs. I carry quite a bit with me.
Overall we are quite happy. It's just the two of us and the size is great as we can fit into just about anywhere we want to go.
We bought ours from Thunder RV in La Grande Or. Great dealer. We drove 300 miles to get it. There were a couple dealers within 50-60 miles but we had heard good things about Thunder RV so we went there.
Northwood will allow you to have any warranty work done by any authorized RV repair facility. Worked out great for us with our one warranty repair.
JMO but if I were to order one or were looking again I would opt for the recliners and the free standing dinette. The rear sofa is worthless for anymore than an hr worth of sitting. Same goes for the booth dinette. The cushions on the booth could be upgraded but since we prefer the free standing table and chairs that's just what we would do. Also with the booth and when the slide is in it's really tough to walk past the table and counter to use the restroom. Those are the only things I would change or order as the rest is great.
We have since removed the booth and replaced it with a table and chairs I got at a local furniture store. We bought an oval drop leaf table. When the leaf is down and the slide is in it gives us plenty of room to walk by the kitchen counter. Also replaced the rear sofa with a nice recliner theater love seat.
The tv and stereo setup are pretty decent as far as RV's go. There are IIRC 6 LED lights in the living area. Which helps cut down on battery drain. Also a remote control Fantastic fan in the bedroom and a reg Fantastic fan in the bathroom. All nice touches for a 28' 5'er IMO. The fridge is 8 cuft which is larger than what you would expect.
We would also order one or look for one with dual pane windows. We don't have them and from what I've read cut down on outside noise, heat/cold and keep the windows from sweating.
We have no problem pulling with the 2500 CTD and average 11.5 mpg towing around Oregon. Our Fox when loaded weighs 9000lbs and the pin is 1800lbs. I carry quite a bit with me.
Overall we are quite happy. It's just the two of us and the size is great as we can fit into just about anywhere we want to go.
We bought ours from Thunder RV in La Grande Or. Great dealer. We drove 300 miles to get it. There were a couple dealers within 50-60 miles but we had heard good things about Thunder RV so we went there.
Northwood will allow you to have any warranty work done by any authorized RV repair facility. Worked out great for us with our one warranty repair.
