johnpsz
Well-known member
This seems to the the largest (well that my wife is comfortable with), of the lighter (sub 10K # dry), 5th wheels with most of the features we are looking for. We are looking for a bunk house, or at least a couple bunk beds for our 2 young kids and sometimes friends. We really like the separate bunk room in this model, and I really like the camp kitchen. But when we were at the RV show I didn't have a tape measure with me nor did I think about it at the time, but now wonder if this trailer will fit my truck without a ton of modifications.
My current (old) 5th wheel is a '95 Road Ranger, that had the the a 4" box frame installed to raise suspension that was also axle flipped. I know that a lot of the older 5th wheels were lower because older trucks were lower. My truck has the bed rails at 63" and the skid plate at the top of the hitch is roughly @ 60ish". I know a lot of newer trucks are about the same height, +/- a few inches, so I assumed a new trailer would work without modifications. Is that correct or would I still need to do something to get the trailer to be level when towing? I have read through a few dozen threads on this forum since joining and there is a lot of concern about raising trailers and I have familiarity with towing a raised trailer and that doesn't bother me, I was just hoping that spending this much on a 5th wheel I could keep the warranty around for a while, lol.
Also, I will do more searching on this second topic, but my wife wants to modify the interior by removing a small "pointless cabinet" (her words) and adding a washer/dryer unit. But again I don't have the dimensions of this cabinet, or the better yet between the slide in the in position and the wall of the bunk room. Would anyone know where I can find those dimensions or happen to have a similar model to take those measurements? Also how would removing a cabinet and installing a washer/dryer impact the warranty? I will try and get a pic offline somewhere of this cabinet my wife wants me to research if we can replace with a washer dryer.
Thanks,
John P.
My current (old) 5th wheel is a '95 Road Ranger, that had the the a 4" box frame installed to raise suspension that was also axle flipped. I know that a lot of the older 5th wheels were lower because older trucks were lower. My truck has the bed rails at 63" and the skid plate at the top of the hitch is roughly @ 60ish". I know a lot of newer trucks are about the same height, +/- a few inches, so I assumed a new trailer would work without modifications. Is that correct or would I still need to do something to get the trailer to be level when towing? I have read through a few dozen threads on this forum since joining and there is a lot of concern about raising trailers and I have familiarity with towing a raised trailer and that doesn't bother me, I was just hoping that spending this much on a 5th wheel I could keep the warranty around for a while, lol.
Also, I will do more searching on this second topic, but my wife wants to modify the interior by removing a small "pointless cabinet" (her words) and adding a washer/dryer unit. But again I don't have the dimensions of this cabinet, or the better yet between the slide in the in position and the wall of the bunk room. Would anyone know where I can find those dimensions or happen to have a similar model to take those measurements? Also how would removing a cabinet and installing a washer/dryer impact the warranty? I will try and get a pic offline somewhere of this cabinet my wife wants me to research if we can replace with a washer dryer.
Thanks,
John P.
