5th Wheels Opinions needed...

[Ambros]

Looking to get my first RV(and one that will last me 5-10 years if not more) and have been searching craigslist pretty hard. I've been looking primarily at toyhaulers and the like for their extreme storage capacity but I really don't know what to look for. I found one semi-local to me that seems rather interesting as it has quite a few of the features I want, but I don't know what to look for when i'm going over the trailer itself.

http://amarillo.craigslist.org/rvs/4072172389.html

This would be used at most 20-30 times a year, mostly weekend jaunts with the occasional 3-7 day trip to the mountains. I like the idea of being able to load my UTV and/or motorcycle in the back and carry it with me... The built in generator also looks to be a great addition since i may not always be in a space with power hookups. Any thoughts?

 

[Publius]

They do make travel trailers with a back section that opens so you can drive a motorcycle or other ATVs into the back and yes it requires a pickup truck, but the separate tow motor concept has its advantages with ease of maintaining it and that it can be detached and used by its self.

My self I'm looking a for a enclosed trailer to setup for tent camping equipment and just leave it packed for use.


As for lighting you may want to take a serious look at LED lighting and converting all the lighting over, but there are things with todays campers that use 12 Volt power and there seems no way of getting around it like the central heating systems now so common in use with modern campers and in the past it was a heater the you lit and adjusted its output and it ran continuously and did not need a battery to make it work.

 

[lonestar09]

2 major things to check out on used travel trailers are roof leaks and if the slide outs work properly. Roof leaks are the worst

 

[nomifyle]

Good luck, I bought a lightly used FEMA camper three years ago and I've been living it ever since. The only mistake I made getting a FEMA camper is that it has little to almost no storage space and cabinets are almost nonexistent. Other than that, I'm still good to go, although I live in mine full time and it won't be taken on the road. I'm where I want to be.

Judy