Travel Trailer vs 5th Wheel
[Steve Johnson] Julian, it's a chicken or the egg thing. Trailers are nice, especially for those that don't have a pickup. Now, I prefer a 5er. Get what you prefer, you're the one that is going to have to live with it. I've seen trailers that make fivers look small. No matter which you end up with, a slide really opens things up so there's room to live. True, sometimes slides can be a problem, but now they've worked most the bugs out of them. A well rigged trailer will tow with little difference to a 5er. Equalizing hitch, anti-sway on both sides of tongue recommended. Trailer's are usually shorter, not fighting as much head wind, maybe better mileage. Those stand up bedroom 5ers are nice, but getting up there a ways. I use a F350 CC PSD Dually for tow vehicle. I gotta little bitty 5er, 26 ft. Combined I'm only 15,000 LBS, nowhere near overloaded. If I get a larger 5er, I'll get a larger truck. But, not everyone agrees with me, there's hundreds of thousands of F150's pulling all manner of stuff all over this country. As far as I'm concerned, worst thing in the world is to be undertrucked. Pick well and be certain, it's expensive to change your mind later.
Cheers, Steve J.