t4texas
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I accidentally posted this under the "Introduce Myself" section, so I'm posting it here as well.
My husband and I have been looking at fifth wheels on and off for about five years. We have recently gotten really serious and have found what we think is a really nice one. It's a used 2002 Hitchhiker Champagne Edition, 38 feet, triple axle. It has new tires, has only about 6000 miles on it and 45 hours on the generator. It's really clean and has been well taken care of. The former owners just traded up to a super nice motor home. We've met them and the guys have exchanged all the technical and mechanical info. We have their names and address and he has the heavy duty hitch for the truck. We have a 2002 Ford F350 7.3 turbo diesel dually.
We had set our length limit at 32 feet, but we really fell in love with this. Is 38 feet too long? We figure that, in a way, learning to drive either length is going to be a new experience for us so our thinking is "go for it!" We know we need to be careful with something that large anyway, whatever the length. We'd like to get input from others on the road to see if anyone has experience with a 38-footer and what do others think of the size?
Thanks so much for your help,
TforTexas
My husband and I have been looking at fifth wheels on and off for about five years. We have recently gotten really serious and have found what we think is a really nice one. It's a used 2002 Hitchhiker Champagne Edition, 38 feet, triple axle. It has new tires, has only about 6000 miles on it and 45 hours on the generator. It's really clean and has been well taken care of. The former owners just traded up to a super nice motor home. We've met them and the guys have exchanged all the technical and mechanical info. We have their names and address and he has the heavy duty hitch for the truck. We have a 2002 Ford F350 7.3 turbo diesel dually.
We had set our length limit at 32 feet, but we really fell in love with this. Is 38 feet too long? We figure that, in a way, learning to drive either length is going to be a new experience for us so our thinking is "go for it!" We know we need to be careful with something that large anyway, whatever the length. We'd like to get input from others on the road to see if anyone has experience with a 38-footer and what do others think of the size?
Thanks so much for your help,
TforTexas