FBO Cookie Monster
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So, due to circumstances with life, I?ve been eyeing rv?s for much longer than I thought I would. I already have the truck (actually, twice- Ford bought my first one back - long story) and want a loaded pin weight of less than 2000 lbs.
The two contenders at this point are the Jayco 25.5 reok, and a Winnebago 27 rlts. They both have ?advertised? empty pin weights of around 1350. Winne also has one with an empty pin weight of less than 900, but that may be a little tight. (25rks is advertised at 820 lbs!). Tow vehicle has 2500lb payload, and 11,400 max trailer weight. Both the 25.5 Jayco and the Winnie come in under 10k fully loaded. I need less than 30? overall length. I like both of these because both have plywood floors, and I have seen laminated floors that made a trailer die an early death. (I also know that any floor can be problematic if a leak goes a while undetected.)
All that said, I like the dual opposed slides on the Winnie, but the light weight NXT/BAL Norco whatever frame concerns me a little.
i have no idea if the Jayco Lippert frame is any better. Judging just by internet traffic, either Winnebago sells very few fifth wheels, or people seem happy with them, because I just do not see much talk about them. One thing I like about the minnie is that it can be ordered with a 12 volt DC compressor fridge, and I plan on a Tesla battery and between 400 and 600 watts of solar on down the line.
Is the quality about the same between the two? (can be read as: ?Meh. They all suck equally) Is one substantially better?
The two contenders at this point are the Jayco 25.5 reok, and a Winnebago 27 rlts. They both have ?advertised? empty pin weights of around 1350. Winne also has one with an empty pin weight of less than 900, but that may be a little tight. (25rks is advertised at 820 lbs!). Tow vehicle has 2500lb payload, and 11,400 max trailer weight. Both the 25.5 Jayco and the Winnie come in under 10k fully loaded. I need less than 30? overall length. I like both of these because both have plywood floors, and I have seen laminated floors that made a trailer die an early death. (I also know that any floor can be problematic if a leak goes a while undetected.)
All that said, I like the dual opposed slides on the Winnie, but the light weight NXT/BAL Norco whatever frame concerns me a little.
i have no idea if the Jayco Lippert frame is any better. Judging just by internet traffic, either Winnebago sells very few fifth wheels, or people seem happy with them, because I just do not see much talk about them. One thing I like about the minnie is that it can be ordered with a 12 volt DC compressor fridge, and I plan on a Tesla battery and between 400 and 600 watts of solar on down the line.
Is the quality about the same between the two? (can be read as: ?Meh. They all suck equally) Is one substantially better?