RedJeep wrote:
My friend, we're basically in the same boat as you. "Down sizing" from a big fifth wheel to a class A bunkhouse. We are now in process of buying a 2008 Georgetown 350ds. We had been looking at the shorter ones, but decided the kitchen was too cramped. I drove the 36' Georgetown this week and it felt much smaller than my current setup for maneuverability. Will my wife drive it? Well, I guess we'll see.
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the PPL Georgetown has a futon in place of the sofa. I would guess that the seatbelts are non-functional. That would be a deal killer for me. Although you could always chunk the futon and put a regular RV sofa back in.
Question: Are you planning on having a toad? I found that driving the class A without a toad (we used to have a class C with a toad) is very easy. We are going to resist dragging a car behind us for as long as possible. We do two types of trips; several very long 3k mile trips per year and frequent very short trips to the Oregon coast.
Hi RedJeep - I think I've read some of your posts too. Funny that we're on the same path! What did you think of driving the A vs the C? Any comments about turning radius, visibility, etc?
Good catch on the futon. I didn't look close enough. I agree it would have to have a regular RV sofa.
Looks like our trip types are similar. We go short trips to the coast of SC and other areas only 3-4 hours away pretty often. In those cases we might want to bring a toad 1/2 the time, as we've gotten to know the areas and currently use the truck to get to around away from the CG (going to off the wall restaurants for example). On the other hand we also have very long trips planned (like you, 3k miles or more) which we'd not be staying in one place long but exploring - thinking that would be without any toad as we'd be moving so much.
I'd like to hear your impressions of the Georgetown, especially differences between it and your truck+5er.
Seems to me the Georgetown has pretty big bunks (lengthwise) too?
Colo Native wrote:
I am doing just the opposite of you guys I am looking to go to a 5th wheel from my current 34' bunkhouse that I am trying to sell. See signature for class A model. PM me for more info.
Curious why you're going the other way?
