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 were big tent campers in the 60's and 70's living in Arizona. Jeeps and trailers with tent and supplies all loaded up and then heading for the high country is what we did back then.
This is how we all looked back in those days...
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Then I went to 5th wheel in 2008 and it was not my liking at all. Too big to mess with, too much trailer for my truck, bad for the billfold, and not fun anymore fighting the big trucks on the interstate and dealing with where are we gong to park etc...
I went to my off-road 2008 POPUP camper I still pull today just after a few months with the 5th wheel. The 5th wheel sits in our CAMP BACKYARD and is a great getaway for us here at the house and the grandkids love it when spending the nights etc...
We have pulled our off-road POPUP camper all over the South and as far West as Texas and Oklahoma... We prefer camping in the Natl Forest areas...
It doesn't get much better than this for us camping off the power grid somewhere..
All setup for camping off the power grid and can sustain ourselves for a good 12-14 days by keeping our battery bank charged up each day by connecting the trailer shore power cable directly to our 2KW Honda Generator using a RV30A to 15A long DOGBONE type adapter.
Most areas we go to here on the East side of the US has generator run times restrictions in place so we camp where we can run the generator for three hours during the day to keep the batteries charged up for the next day/night run off the batteries.
The POPUP is great for us, low expenses on maintenance and upkeep, no pain when towing down the road, gets excellent gas mileage on the truck pulling it with no wind resistance... All in all it is a WIN-WIN situation for us... We can still drive through a McDonalds Drive through Order Window.
There is big difference in camping and RV'ing
Roy and Carolyn
This is how we all looked back in those days...
Google Image Photo
Then I went to 5th wheel in 2008 and it was not my liking at all. Too big to mess with, too much trailer for my truck, bad for the billfold, and not fun anymore fighting the big trucks on the interstate and dealing with where are we gong to park etc...
I went to my off-road 2008 POPUP camper I still pull today just after a few months with the 5th wheel. The 5th wheel sits in our CAMP BACKYARD and is a great getaway for us here at the house and the grandkids love it when spending the nights etc...
We have pulled our off-road POPUP camper all over the South and as far West as Texas and Oklahoma... We prefer camping in the Natl Forest areas...
It doesn't get much better than this for us camping off the power grid somewhere..
All setup for camping off the power grid and can sustain ourselves for a good 12-14 days by keeping our battery bank charged up each day by connecting the trailer shore power cable directly to our 2KW Honda Generator using a RV30A to 15A long DOGBONE type adapter.
Most areas we go to here on the East side of the US has generator run times restrictions in place so we camp where we can run the generator for three hours during the day to keep the batteries charged up for the next day/night run off the batteries.
The POPUP is great for us, low expenses on maintenance and upkeep, no pain when towing down the road, gets excellent gas mileage on the truck pulling it with no wind resistance... All in all it is a WIN-WIN situation for us... We can still drive through a McDonalds Drive through Order Window.
There is big difference in camping and RV'ing
Roy and Carolyn
