Truck Shopping for Fiver

[JAL_Camper]

It's been awhile since I have been on the boards. Looking to move from the current lashup ('02 Suburban 2500 LT, 8.1l / '05 Jayco Eagle 29 BHS TT) to a Fiver and Truck.

Settled on a Jayco Eagle Fiver 336FBOK

Unloaded Vehicle Weight (lbs) 11,745
Dry Pin Weight (lbs) 2,215
GRVW (lbs) 13,750

Total Exterior Length 39' 8"
Exterior Travel Length (Pin box to bumper) 38' 9"

Going with a 3500 Diesel, Club Cab.

Questions:
1. Long Bed or Short (6'4")?
2. If short bed, sliding hitch -- Manual or automatic?
3. DRW or SRW?
3. Minimum Payload (The range has been 4,200 - 5,500 in my searching, only duallies so far)
4. Minimum Towing Capacity? (Range has been 23k - 30k, so I'm OK there so far)
5. Fuel Tank / In-Bed Aux Fuel. So far it's been 31 or 50 on the truck. Think I'll be OK with 50 and not have to add an In-Bed Aux Fuel.)

Regarding slider hitch - RV Dealer told me most ppl never use it. (I assume they are not backing up at sharp angles and/or have tapered front on their fiver?)

This will be the biggest (and likely last) RV as we are both now retired and plan to do extensive travelling and will be in the Rockies and other high elevations.

Thanks in advance to all your input!

[Cummins12V98]

FishOnOne wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
HA, you should have gone LongHorn. No comparison, but ya gots ta payz.

Here let me help you complete the sale of that "Made in Mexico" truck by a French owned company Stellantis. :W

No thanks required! BTW... That is a good lookin seat

Makes sense that a Cowboy Texan like you would like my truck seats with that fancy stitching.

So how is that Mexican Made PowerStroke doing for you?

[FishOnOne]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
HA, you should have gone LongHorn. No comparison, but ya gots ta payz.

Here let me help you complete the sale of that "Made in Mexico" truck by a French owned company Stellantis. :W

No thanks required! BTW... That is a good lookin seat

[rhagfo]

JAL_Camper wrote:
Thanks, again, everyone for the input.

Saw comments relating to cost and affordability. Understand. We are not rich but have been sacrificing for many years with budgeting, going without, working hard, and saving all we can in order to have this dream happen once I retired (8/20.) I realize trucks are not cheap now, but my life clock keeps ticking. We put together a plan and both the truck we ended up with (spoiler alert) and fiver are within our budget.

Well, today we did the go see in person. We sat in a Limited (top of the line at $88k) first -- kind of like eating Filet mignon first and then trying a burger.) Saw the Big Horn at another dealership and the interior with the upgrade packages were fine with us. Took for a test drive and loved it.

It had 99% of what we wanted so we did the deal! $20k+/- under the Limited. Picking it up later this week.

Will post picts and change my sig in the near future!

Thanks, again, everyone. Y'all are awesome!

Got to ask HO, Aisin, 3.73's?

[cummins2014]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
HA, you should have gone LongHorn. No comparison, but ya gots ta payz.

Its not a matter of ya gots ta payz, don't like them .

[cummins2014]

4x4ord wrote:
^^^Does the Laramie Limited interior have nicer leather than the Laramie? I'm guessing the Laramie has the same fake leather as the Lariat?

I would think the Limited would have leather , the Laramie is fake ,other then the trim of the seats, the seat bottom ,and back are fake, they are identical construction to the Longhorn, other then the Longhorn is all leather I assume from the glowing review from 12V98 :B

[Cummins12V98]

4x4ord wrote:
^^^Does the Laramie Limited interior have nicer leather than the Laramie? I'm guessing the Laramie has the same fake leather as the Lariat?

My Son has a Limited and the leather is as nice as my LongHorn. These two are far nicer than the regular Laramie and a lot more leather.

From what I remember the Laramie leather was stiff in comparison to the supple other two.

[4x4ord]

^^^Does the Laramie Limited interior have nicer leather than the Laramie? I'm guessing the Laramie has the same fake leather as the Lariat?

[Cummins12V98]

HA, you should have gone LongHorn. No comparison, but ya gots ta payz.

[cummins2014]

4x4ord wrote:
^^^ When I took a Ram for a test drive I was very impressed with the Laramie Limited. I haven't seen a Ford Limited yet but some say it is well worth the extra dough as well.

And yet ,I drove the early 99 Superduty XLT for nearly 16 years , thought I wanted an upgrade so I went with the 2014 Ram Laramie. Have not really enjoyed the seats nor the leather interior of the Ram truck, what leather there is 🙂 My son has a newer Bighorn, and I prefer it over the Laramie, it has about everything the Laramie has except the leather interior, and ventilated seats .

[Grit_dog]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
"What are you expecting an 8 speed transmission to do that the 6 speed Aisin doesn’t do already?"

Sounds good but If anyone would wish they had one it should be me towing 34k and more West Coast. The little difference between gears is so minimal already, NO THANKS.

LOVE my 6 speed AISIN.

You guys are so cute with your leading questions under the guise of a legitimate query and/or blind/staunch defense of the current steering wheel you sit behind.

But I'm sure the mfgs are all wrong by offering transmissions with MORE gears. Stupid engineers. They should hire YOU to tell them what to do.

[ACZL]

Congrats JAL !!!! Looking forward to pics if your able to post them.

[4x4ord]

^^^ When I took a Ram for a test drive I was very impressed with the Laramie Limited. I haven't seen a Ford Limited yet but some say it is well worth the extra dough as well.

[Cummins12V98]

I did just the opposite. “Thought” I wanted a Laramie and sat in my folks new LongHorn.

Looked at Laramies and simply could not buy one and have now owned two LongHorns. Still worth the extra $$$ for us.

[Cummins12V98]

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