Well after researching a lot of coaches, the licensing requirements here in California where I live, and warrantees of the various coach manufacturers, I have decided to go for the Grand Design 326X.

Reasons:

In my state if you want to tow a 5th wheel that is over 15,000 lbs GVWR you need to get a non-commercial Class A license.  I…[Read more]

Yep, you’re in good company Vicki.  I’m in the same boat as you.  I’m making plans but for now we’re in a holding pattern.

Just watched some of their videos.  That looks like a Cougar to me.  I didn’t have the sound turned up so not sure if they ever said what their trailer was.

Does anyone have any experience, first-hand knowledge, legends, or rumors of how these full-wall slide outs work out?  I understand how they work but are there any drawbacks?  Avoid them?  Embrace them?

I’m intrigued by this trailer:

http://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2013-Lifestyle-Luxury-Rv-LS32FW-112901338

I think I’ve settled on or about 35 feet as the perfect length for us.  Still huge to me as I’ve never towed anything larger than a pop-up trailer.  But it seems to be the shortest length out there that you can still squeeze a washer/dryer into.

Now THAT was pure gold!  Great stuff!

But that is the question I asked.  The title of this topic is “Best 5th wheel (in your opinion) for full time living?”  :mrgreen:   Opinions are what I am looking for.  “Why” would be great to know too.  Why do you think it’s the best full time 5er?

Well for a while I had settled on a HitchHiker.  But they have gone down for the 2nd time.  Excel-Petersen was making them for NuWa and now Excel has gone out of business.  After reading all the reviews online (that’s all I have to go by) I’m going to go back to the DRV Mobile Suites.

I’m really liking the 32 RS3 model:

Just talked to someone at NuWa and he confirmed that Excel was building new HitchHiker models up until 6 weeks ago.  At this point HitchHiker is done.  I think the next most affordable model for us will be the Keystone Montana 3100RL.

So far our favorite model is the NuWa Hitchiker 32IK.  But I’m confused by them.  They just announced they were back in business and then now I see on their website they are selling off their last two Hitchikers.  Do they go in and out of business or do they only make a few a year?

I also found Americana 5th wheels.  They look good but there is…[Read more]

Well now, doggone it, I got to take a look at a Keystone Montana.  Now I want one of those!  Time to research Keystone’s product support and reliability.

Yeah, that’s why we’re looking at this year’s models.  We figure that’s what we’ll be buying used when the time comes.  We just had a look at some Redwood units yesterday where are supposed to be designed for residential use.  But yeah, used trailer definitely.  Hopefully we can score a lightly used truck too.

I’m still a newbie here but since I’ve been researching, and since this thread is about opinions… we can all have one!

From what I’m gathering doing my research and reading reviews (when I can find them) is that quality and money are directly proportional.  Better quality = more money.  But it seems you can still get a decent RV for lower m…[Read more]

Just fell in love with this one!

http://www.rvtrader.com/listing/2011-DRV-Mobile-Suites-36RSSB3-114237264

Yeah, right after I posted that I started reading some reviews.  Nevermind. Jayco is off the list.

Any opinions on Jayco?  There are tons of Jayco dealers where I live which makes me think they might be a little on the cheaply made side.  What do y’all think?