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[PUSH]

That's huge!! Wow!!! Spring/summer/fall fun road trips for you two!

So you don't drive it -- it's the type of trailer that gets hitched to the back of another vehicle. Will a regular car (with a hitch) be able to haul it around, or do you have to get a small pickup style truck to do that? (I'm only asking because I don't think I've ever seen anything larger than regular cars that you've owned.)

I'm not sure what the Canadian exchange rate is for horsepower, but around here you need a larger pickup truck to haul one. A small pickup truck would get strained pretty easily.

 

[Goofyernmost]

That's huge!! Wow!!! Spring/summer/fall fun road trips for you two!

So you don't drive it -- it's the type of trailer that gets hitched to the back of another vehicle. Will a regular car (with a hitch) be able to haul it around, or do you have to get a small pickup style truck to do that? (I'm only asking because I don't think I've ever seen anything larger than regular cars that you've owned.)

No, one that size needs a truck to haul it because it is heavy but mostly because it is known as a fifth wheel trailer which needs a fifth wheel connecter exactly like the type found on big rigs. In the picture it is somewhat visible. The connection unit is attached to the bed of the pickup and connects almost directly where the white part of the trailer ends over the pickup. The dark part under the front of the trailer is the structure that holds the fifth wheel solidly on the pickup.

I'm not sure what the Canadian exchange rate is for horsepower, but around here you need a larger pickup truck to haul one. A small pickup truck would get strained pretty easily.

That is correct. The one shown in the picture is a six passenger cab which isn't necessary but I would think that it requires at least a 3/4 ton (whatever that is in metric) with engine and drive train required to easily handle the strain and the power needed to smoothly last for years and be dependable.

 

[PUSH]

That is correct. The one shown in the picture is a six passenger cab which isn't necessary but I would think that it requires at least a 3/4 ton (whatever that is in metric) with engine and drive train required to easily handle the strain and the power needed to smoothly last for years and be dependable.

We used to go camping, and while there are many reasons we never got a fifth wheel, the connector was one of them.

 

[JenniferS]

That's huge!! Wow!!! Spring/summer/fall fun road trips for you two!

So you don't drive it -- it's the type of trailer that gets hitched to the back of another vehicle. Will a regular car (with a hitch) be able to haul it around, or do you have to get a small pickup style truck to do that? (I'm only asking because I don't think I've ever seen anything larger than regular cars that you've owned.)

It will require a 3/4 ton pickup … preferably diesel. That’s the next thing on the agenda.

 

[JenniferS]

We used to go camping, and while there are many reasons we never got a fifth wheel, the connector was one of them.

We went 5th wheel for the interior height. Most tow trailers top out at 6’ 4”, so that rules out both Mike and Ski.

Our interior height is 8’ 5”; although the bedroom/bathroom still require Mike to duck.

 

[JenniferS]

Heading to the Blue Jays game, but I grabbed a few pics before we left. Nothing is framed or staged to my liking, but the pics will do for now.






Okay, the pillow fibbed. We are totally leaving family behind. That’s why we bought it!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Heading to the Blue Jays game, but I grabbed a few pics before we left. Nothing is framed or staged to my liking, but the pics will do for now.

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Okay, the pillow fibbed. We are totally leaving family behind. That’s why we bought it!
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Looks very nice. I hope you have many fantastic adventures in it!

 

[PUSH]

Heading to the Blue Jays game, but I grabbed a few pics before we left. Nothing is framed or staged to my liking, but the pics will do for now.

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Okay, the pillow fibbed. We are totally leaving family behind. That’s why we bought it!
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We had a Jayco years ago when we went camping. We liked that brand.

 

[MinnieM123]

eading to the Blue Jays game, but I grabbed a few pics before we left. Nothing is framed or staged to my liking, but the pics will do for now.

Wow! That's nicer than anywhere I've lived.

 

[Goofyernmost]

We used to go camping, and while there are many reasons we never got a fifth wheel, the connector was one of them.

Most of the objection to the fifth wheel was that they required a pickup and once the actual 5th wheel was attached the bed of the pickup it wasn't much good for anything else, so it became a pretty big expense to just haul a trailer around. It is a great set up for people that spend months just traveling the country.

 

[PUSH]

Most of the objection to the fifth wheel was that they required a pickup and once the actual 5th wheel was attached the bed of the pickup it wasn't much good for anything else, so it became a pretty big expense to just haul a trailer around. It is a great set up for people that spend months just traveling the country.

We had one of these. I just found the pictures on the internet. The exterior decals had different colors, but the interior is all pretty much the same. It looks old now, but I believe we got it around 2005.

 

[Goofyernmost]

When I was an early teens I ate and sleep these thing. My father got the camping fever and like everything else he got into he went over the edge. This was in the early 60's and travel trailers were not a big thing like they are now, but his timing was always a little ahead of everyone else. He wasn't satisfied with just going camping he opened up a travel trailer sales business on our large side lawn. Signs, nighttime lights, gravel lot, the works. We even had an accessary store in the basement. The only problem with that was the he was a manager of a trucking company that was next door to our company provided house. The one with the yard and basement. He wasn't happy with the start-up less expensive ones he carried Mallard Travel Trailers that were only one step down from Airstreams. He lost his job over it and spent many years paying off the debt. Fortunately he had a good reputation and got a new job the next week, but we had to pack up and move from NY State to Vermont and at that time it was like a foreign country. Dad and I adjusted almost immediately, but my Mother and younger sister had a rough few years after the move.

The experiences and that really life changing event is what made me decide that my idea of "camping/roughing" it was a Holiday Inn with no room service.

 

[JenniferS]

We had one of these. I just found the pictures on the internet. The exterior decals had different colors, but the interior is all pretty much the same. It looks old now, but I believe we got it around 2005.

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They still make those. We toured a few of them.
This one is a 2020, but gives you an idea of what they look like with a similar decor package to ours.

78” interior height, so that was a no, given our long term plans.

 

[PUSH]

They still make those. We toured a few of them.
This one is a 2020, but gives you an idea of what they look like with a similar decor package to ours.

78” interior height, so that was a no, given our long term plans.

My parents have been looking at campers ever since we got rid of our old one. One winter a bunch of water got inside and ruined pretty much the whole thing, but at that point they really hadn't used it consistently in years. So they took the insurance money and sent it to the junk yard. They've looked at 23Bs (the model that I showed), however I think they would want a fully enclosed one if they were to ever do it again, and they would have to get a truck to pull it.

 

[PUSH]

I always loved going camping as a kid. We would go with my aunts, uncles, and cousins. It'd usually be three of the families on my mom's side, sometimes two. As the kids all got older, it started to fade away. I would like to do it again, but it's expensive to get back into unless you want to tent camp. And that's not for us.

 

[JenniferS]

I always loved going camping as a kid. We would go with my aunts, uncles, and cousins. It'd usually be three of the families on my mom's side, sometimes two. As the kids all got older, it started to fade away. I would like to do it again, but it's expensive to get back into unless you want to tent camp. And that's not for us.

I’m not one to rough it. Today’s RV’s have full showers, optional king sized beds, AC, furnace, fireplace, reclining theatre seating (some are heated and powered ), decent sofas, microwaves, Blackstone grills; ours has washer/dryer hookups, and electronic self-levelling.

If we’d gone higher end, you get French door fridges with ice maker, solid surface countertops, ceiling fans, bunk rooms with a separate integrated office.

Our next sites are approx. 2 1/2-3 hours away from home, so our plan for next summer is to actually LIVE in it full time 5 nights/week for the 5 summer months. Cheaper than a hotel!

 

[PUSH]

I’m not one to rough it. Today’s RV’s have full showers, optional king sized beds, AC, furnace, fireplace, reclining theatre seating (some are heated and powered ), decent sofas, microwaves, Blackstone grills; ours has washer/dryer hookups, and electronic self-levelling.

If we’d gone higher end, you get French door fridges with ice maker, solid surface countertops, ceiling fans, bunk rooms with a separate integrated office.

Our next sites are approx. 2 1/2-3 hours away from home, so our plan for next summer is to actually LIVE in it full time 5 nights/week for the 5 summer months. Cheaper than a hotel!

Yeah, it's definitely not roughing it. But I miss having nightly campfire, roasting marshmallows, etc. We'd also always have a week long camping trip to Devil's Lake State Park each year. There's a beautiful lake between bluffs, and it was one of the highlights of my year every year. As an adult I think I'd appreciate the nature and outdoors more than I did as a kid.

 

[MinnieM123]

Yeah, it's definitely not roughing it. But I miss having nightly campfire, roasting marshmallows, etc. We'd also always have a week long camping trip to Devil's Lake State Park each year. There's a beautiful lake between bluffs, and it was one of the highlights of my year every year. As an adult I think I'd appreciate the nature and outdoors more than I did as a kid.

Back in my late teens, I went camping (only once) to a camp site up in New Hampshire. There were about 12 of us, and some pitched a tent and slept there. Others, like me, slept in cars. I figured if a bear strolled into camp, I'd be safer in a locked car.

 

[PUSH]

Back in my late teens, I went camping (only once) to a camp site up in New Hampshire. There were about 12 of us, and some pitched a tent and slept there. Others, like me, slept in cars. I figured if a bear strolled into camp, I'd be safer in a locked car.

We don't have to worry about bears where we went camping. Raccoons, maybe, but not bears.

Actually, one time my dad and I were walking our garbage to the dumpsters. When opened the lid, a raccoon was inside and started scurrying around. It scared the you know what out of us. I was always afraid to open that dumpster from that point on.

 

[NYwdwfan]

Most of my friends have either travel trailers or fifth wheels. Once a year I will rent one and join them (Montauk) otherwise I will do day visits. Long Island has so many beautiful campgrounds on the water. It is a pain in the rear to get off the island though. People do it. It’s just a pain. Three friends just got back from Spring Break in Tennessee. For me being just me and the kids it’s way too much maintenance and responsibility to deal with. Visits are fine.