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Hello All, this is my first time on this site so please let me know if I am posting to the wrong area, or if there are already answers to my questions that I was unable to find. Our situation is that...
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From the brief description of the kind of fifth wheel you would like to find, you would probably need a 1-ton truck - preferably a diesel. They aren't cheap. It's not about towing capacity with a fifth wheel; it's about payload capacity and the ability of the truck to carry the pin weight of the trailer on the rear axle. You would also need a crew cab for the three of you to be comfortable when traveling.
Now... our small RV payment and monthly camping/parking fees add up to about the same as our mortgage payment did. Utilities are $300 - $400/month less in the RV than they were in the house, but are offset by fuel costs pulling the fifth wheel with the truck.
Our fifth wheel is 36' long and about 340 square feet with the three slides out. We removed the sleeper sofa and put in my recliner so we'd have an excuse for not having the grandkids stay with us (the recliner is also much better for my back). I wouldn't want a third - much less a fourth - person staying in the rig with us. A rainy stretch could make things even tighter than they are.
I guess I agree with everything Old Biscuit said... but then, I'm old, too.
Rob
Now... our small RV payment and monthly camping/parking fees add up to about the same as our mortgage payment did. Utilities are $300 - $400/month less in the RV than they were in the house, but are offset by fuel costs pulling the fifth wheel with the truck.
Our fifth wheel is 36' long and about 340 square feet with the three slides out. We removed the sleeper sofa and put in my recliner so we'd have an excuse for not having the grandkids stay with us (the recliner is also much better for my back). I wouldn't want a third - much less a fourth - person staying in the rig with us. A rainy stretch could make things even tighter than they are.
I guess I agree with everything Old Biscuit said... but then, I'm old, too.
Rob
