Which 5th Wheel for Full Timeing

Hermes wrote:
We have decided to full time, decided on a 5th wheel and plan to do so no sooner than November 2015, so we have time to look for a trailer. Since we will be full timing we are paying close attention to trailers built for and designed for the full timer, overall build quality and of course floor plan which is of course a personal choice. We started our research and have started looking at different trailers. So far we have narrowed it down to (not in any particular order Artic Fox, Keystone Montana, Jayco Pinnacle, Heartland Landmark and Open Range. I am interested to hear from others if we are on the right track, if there are others I am overlooking that are well suited to full time living and if any doing the same in any of the above mentioned units and how they are holding up. Thank you.

For the models you have mentioned you can pick up a lightly used DRV at the same price as the others new. The DRV will maintain it's value much longer than the others. We bought our 07.5 DRV in late 11 at 1/2 the sale price and just traded it in after 3.5 years of full time use and did not loose much from what we paid. After living in the DRV we figured out the options we wanted in a new rig and custom ordered at the first of the year and now have the rig that is suited to our needs.