Need a better fifth wheel fir full timing
So I'm stationed at Fort Lewis and I just entered the full time lifestyle, and what a bumpy road it has been. First off, I believe I purchased the wrong rv (2015 Keystone Hideout 308bhds) to start ful...
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10 years ago in FL, we decided to go fulltiming. Wanted a Teton, but they were too expensive to buy new. But after very little research, got suckered into a Fulltime RV (said so on the front of their brochure), a 2005 Open Road by Pilgrim 40' 5thW. While it was a great floorplan, had plenty of room for the 3 (had a 4yo GD w/us) of us, and we added a cat, it only had 1 non-ducted AC.
It only took us 10 mos of being in FL, SC and then moving it to NC that we decided to take the hit and buy a real fulltime unit. After just a little research, found a fairly local dealer that sold Doubletree Suites (now known as DRV). We went to the RV Show and bought a 36' they had on display. Kept it for 2.5yrs.
We are now in our 3rd DRV. The first one turned out to be a leaker, the 2nd one, 38', we special ordered and it had only a few issues, but cost of improvements and upgrades, we thought we'd be better off trading after 5yrs. The 3rd one also had issues, some small and some big (all 3AC's replaced under warranty last week), but the insulation and livability is so much better than many on the market.
We've always been comfortable in 100+d heat (AL, MO, OK, TX) and -7 and under (KS, IN). I hate extreme temperatures, but it's easy to control my comfort level with R-16 walls.
Arctic Fox, some older Tetons, and a few newer ones with R-11 walls or higher are going to be much better. If we were to buy one more, I think we'd go to Continental Coach by Forks RV. Went through the factory tour earlier this year and they looked better made than the DRV (2 factory tours).
It only took us 10 mos of being in FL, SC and then moving it to NC that we decided to take the hit and buy a real fulltime unit. After just a little research, found a fairly local dealer that sold Doubletree Suites (now known as DRV). We went to the RV Show and bought a 36' they had on display. Kept it for 2.5yrs.
We are now in our 3rd DRV. The first one turned out to be a leaker, the 2nd one, 38', we special ordered and it had only a few issues, but cost of improvements and upgrades, we thought we'd be better off trading after 5yrs. The 3rd one also had issues, some small and some big (all 3AC's replaced under warranty last week), but the insulation and livability is so much better than many on the market.
We've always been comfortable in 100+d heat (AL, MO, OK, TX) and -7 and under (KS, IN). I hate extreme temperatures, but it's easy to control my comfort level with R-16 walls.
Arctic Fox, some older Tetons, and a few newer ones with R-11 walls or higher are going to be much better. If we were to buy one more, I think we'd go to Continental Coach by Forks RV. Went through the factory tour earlier this year and they looked better made than the DRV (2 factory tours).
