Thanks for the reality check. I had no idea that a used truck would be so much (I was sure a 10-12 yr old truck with 250k miles would be easy to find in our budget). Also had no idea I needed so much truck.
2003silverado wrote:
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Out of curiosity why do you feel a truck/fifth wheel combo would be more family friendly than the motor home with a toad? Seems like the comfort of a motor home while going down the road would be more family friendly than being crammed in a truck for long periods of time.
I agree that on the road, the class A is much nicer but once we're parked / setup, the class A just doesn't have the sleeping / living capacity that we'd like (we'd really like to have 6 dedicated sleeping spots (i.e. not sofas in living room))
schlep1967 wrote:
What 5th wheel are you figuring on? I'm guessing it has to be a toy hauler. You can get a 2015 open range 3X 427 BHS (the 3x is well insulated and the BHS stands for bunkhouse it has the capacity to sleep 8) whith a max weight of just over 16K.
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That's actually the model we're looking at (or something similar if it exists). There seems to be a bit of a range in the GVWRs I've seen for it (as low at 14k on the new 2015s (now only 2 axles) and as high as 17.5k on the older ones (was 3 axles before) but I just thought I'd give myself a buffer so went with 18k towing.
In any case, thanks again for the all the info. I'll have to re-assess our budget and see if it's something we want to do (I don't really if I want to spend more than $10k on a truck that we'll probably only drive 9 weeks / year).
