5TH WHEEL TRAILER : Praying is like a rocking chair-- it'll give you somethingto do, but it won't get you anywhere. [Gypsy Rose Lee]HEH HEH HEH - let me get MY foot in the door first! I think that for a healthy, reasonably physically active (more on that in a minute) individual, a fifth wheel is a good way to go. It's considerably easier to tow - assuming you have or are willing to do all your RV side trips in a pickup - and overall on-the-road length is shorter than the equivelant TT. As you bring up, a fiver is easier to hitch/unhitch due to the fact that all the apparatus is in plain sight, and little effort is needed once the hitch is engaged. The OTHER "physical" reference is the fact that fivers in the class you indicate require regular climbing into the raised sleeping area - and some contortions in bed-making, compared to a similar sized trailer. We have camped at a number of parks with our '24 ft. fiver where trailers the same length as ours were either turned away, or had to pay for additional parking because the combined lenght of trailer and tow vehicle would not fit in available campsites.I will now stand aside and allow the TT enthusiasts to beat THEIR drums... Either way, Good luck! 5TH WHEEL TRAILER : Gary, Is your 5th wheel the height of most 5th's; about 11 feet?When camping at the campgrounds you mention, do you run intoproblems with low overhanging branches that hit your roof?This is the primary concern I have with a 5th wheel. I am trying to decide on either a travel trailer or 5th wheel.Also, I can't think of an easy way to carry a canoe with a5th wheel.My fiver is about 11 ft. tall, it doesn't have a raised section in the front as some do, but we do have an air conditioner that increases the height to the 11 ft. level - otherwise it would be slightly lower. The canoe could be a problem with a fiver and most pickups due to it's length - my brother-in-law carries a 12 ft. fishing boat on a rack so the boat is over the cab of his '95 Dodge/Cummins. A canoe is no doubt longer, and may be difficult. Hi Ed ... A non-basement motorhome will go 10 to 10.5 feet.A basement will put you to 11.5-12' ... at least in a Winnie.Virtually all the (many many many) 5ers we looked at whenwe were looking were going 11-12 feet (for non-cracker boxes). 5TH WHEEL TRAILER : At 10.5 I had no problem at all in all the parks I went to. AndI had a lot of aluminum above the roof (ham antennas). I suspectI won't have trouble now at 11'8".What third world country do you camp in? 24' plus tow vehicle is ... toolong???WELL, Steve, the last place we camped was Antelope Lake, up near lake Almanore - and there were MANY spaces where a fiver longer than ours would NOT fit even while connected. Now, I realize you are reeling in disbelief at that statement, but I ASSURE you that there are MANY camps up in this "3rd world" part of California where this is the case. And when camped in those spots with longer combinations of vehicles, the tow vehicle must be parked in the provided "extra vehicle" parking area where an extra charge applies. Not only is that true here in the California Sierras, we have run into it in other places as well - such as Harris Beach State Park in southern Oregon, and others further north along the coast. It is NOT and unusual situationm even in well developed, full hookup parks we have used. In our case. we have been able to gain entrance to those above spots when the relatively longer combinations were being turned away - believe it or NOT! 5TH WHEEL TRAILER : No, not 3rd-world countries. Most state parks (at least in Texas) werebuilt by the CCC. I have been in a lot of parks where my 19' Scamp5th-wheel was plenty big for the sites which were originally intended asmere parking slots for tent campers. Generally, these parks are fairlyempty and have a lot of open space around the sites.I have found the same to be true all over the country. A park thatcomes to mind is at Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, north of Memphis.One night, last spring, I was the only camper in the park of perhaps 80spaces. The first question asked me at the gate was "Let me see whetheryour rig can navigate the roads." The loops were narrow, tight, andbordered closely by trees. Although I had full choice of sites, Icircled 3 times before I found a site that I could back into easily.Even then, I had to carefully thread between trees. The park wasclearly built for popups. 5TH WHEEL TRAILER : Also, I have been fortunate several times to find accommodations in,otherwise full, commercial parks that were turning away bigger rigs.Almost everyone has at least one cramped site.Praying is like a rocking chair-- it'll give you somethingto do, but it won't get you anywhere. [Gypsy Rose Lee]*Easier towing (much more stable) than travel trailers (millions oftractor-trailer operators can't be wrong!); however, Hensley and Pullritehitches reportedly improve travel trailer stability. *Make for a shorter package driving down the road (e.g., a 25' traveltrailer plus an 18' long truck = 43' (and a 25' travel trailer has onlya 22' room). An 18' truck towing a 25' fifth-wheel trailer is onlyapprox 37' long, because part of the trailer rides over the truck bed. And the 25' fifth wheel trailer has a 25' room.)*Can use the area under the forward overhang for storage in the campgroundby hanging a vinyl enclosure from it.*Easier to hitch/unhitch than travel trailers. Fifth wheel trailer/negatives:
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