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mdrabideau


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Hello,

My name is Mike and my wife's name is Debbie.

 We have been married for 38 years and have been rving for about 38 years and we intend to go at it full time when I retire in 6 years.

I work for Ford Motor Company as an Electrician and my wife is a gardener and a cook.

I curently own a Flagstaff travel trailer but want to upgrade to a fifth wheel, I was wondering if anyone may have some advice as to which fifth wheel is best suited for full timing.

We are from Toledo, Ohio but will travel mostly south and west during the winter months.

I have a 2009 Ford F350 with the V10 gas engine which should be enough to haul most fifth wheels.

Price range is between 50,000 70,000

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Mike and Debbie Rabideau

 



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Trabuco


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Welcome to the forum Mike & Debbie, you get some good info here. I can't suggest a 5th wheel for you as I am a MH owner but you'll find many here who can.

Again Welcome!

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PIEERE


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Mike and Debbie: Welcome! try Howard and Linda or Terry posts. One of them lives in a 5er in Oklahoma City. Check out all the Forum Posts! Pieere

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Terry and Jo


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Mike and Debbie,

Welcome to the RV Dreams forums.  You are now joining a host of wonderful people with a lot of knowledge about almost every style of RV'ing that there is from slide-in truck campers to huge motorhomes.

Feel free to ask questions and you may be surprised at the answers you will get.

As for buying a fifth wheel for your truck, be sure and find out what the weight capacities for your truck are and then use those weights as a basis for looking at fifth wheels.  You may need a Ford dealer to look and see what differential ratio you truck is equipped with to determine that weight.

Good luck with all the research and enjoy the looking.

Terry

(Oh, yeah.  We are the ones in Oklahoma City that Pieere referred to, but we are by no means the experts.)



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mdrabideau


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Thank you for such a warm welcome. We will check into the forum posts for more info.

Hope to put up some photos soon.

Mike & Deb.



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