When they raised the trucks up to make the 20 year olds happy, I guess the good old boys came along to. Maybe it is harder for the repo boys to reach the keys, I still like to set on the tail gate, can't do it on the new ones, and can't reach over the sides any more and get things out very easy, but than the pickup companies are all going broke, but if they did it right why are the broke.
2005 Chev 5.3 Supercharged 395HP 425 T hp. Two wheels on front, 2 on back. one seat, tint windows. front and rear bumpers, headlights, windows. Door on each side. Heater, floor mats, junk behind seats, some dirt. Pulls so hard.
I agree that the extra steps are a pain, but the way I see it, the bedroom area has to be that high so it will clean the bed of the truck, you can’t change that. That leave you with two choices: Make the main cabin lower and have 4 or 5 steps to get you up to the bedroom and bathroom. Create a hydraulic lowering system that would lower the entire rig once you get to your destination. I can just imagine the expense of such a system, and if it failed to re-raise the rig when you are ready to leave, the angle of the hookup would make it non-towable because the bed rail clearance at the back of the truck would become too small.
Our thoughts on this are to build a set of collapsible steps that we can use instead of the fold out metal steps.
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Earlier I posted that a few companies in Elkhart make RV's handicap/elderly accessible, so that solved your RV height issues. Now your steering the thread in the truck direction and you can't get up on the tailgate. Well here you go -
Ford now sells a option that add's stairs and a handle to the tailgate. Just what a good little TROLL needs to get up on that tailgate......
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It's a safety thing - We're tall and off the ground so the commercial diesel drivers can see us better and don't have to worry about hitting us at the fuel stations. Could do the same by mounting a fiberglass pole and orange flag but that would be geekie
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2006 Silverado 2500 Ext-cab / reg box / D/A
2006 Jayco Eagle 325BHS
2001 Goldwing, Cyclemate trailer and a tent (to remind me why we have the Jayco)
1999 BMW 1200C (007 bike) too cool to part with
This one looks great, so the why I see it everyone wants a lower 5th wheel, but have been going along so as not to unpset the guy down the street who has his cap on side ways and his truck has been jack up a ex. 12 in. off the ground. Just remember he is always high even when he sleeps.
Actually, there's very good common sense to making the 5ers higher. In our 5er's and most RVers 5er's, nearly all the utilities and liquid tanks plus much of the storage etc is in the "basement" level. This also eliminates or greatly reduces the need for costly space robbing wheel wells but it does make the trailer higher off the ground. This basement also adds a great deal of strength to the 5er's frame and structural integrity. Travel trailers (which we have had several of) usually lose a lot of usable interior box room to the furnace, fresh water tank, pump, converter, storage, etc because of generally having "no basement". Plus they normally locate the holding tanks below the floor between the simple frame rails with poor or no insulation and/or heat flow to prevent the low temperature liquid/plumbing freezing. There's day and night difference between the temperatures the same quality line/model level TT and 5er can sustain without liquid freezing occurring in lines, tanks, valves, etc.
There's a big difference in "walled", insulated, usable space between a normal lower travel trailer type RV and a 5er. For example: A 30 ft 5er will generally have a basement approx 24 feet long by 8 feet wide and if it's only 12" (1 foot) high, it adds about 192 cubic feet to the usable walled inside heated space. Then add the frontal area ahead of the bulkhead, usually approx 2' X 3' X 8' in size and you have an additional approximately 48 cubic feet of enclosed space to utilize. That's approx 240 cubic feet of space in just a 30 ft 5er that a travel trailer doesn't have as interior, walled, heated, space. Storage etc must come from the coach box interior space in a TT. I'm only using the measurement of the actual RV coach box size of 30 feet and not the usual ball to rear bumper length travel trailers often are spected as. The actual box is generally 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 feet less in true length. Take a tape measure with you to a dealer and it becomes very evident. 150 cubic feet of things won't fit inside a 100 cubic foot space no matter how hard you stuff it! Something has to give! The tanks and utilities have to go somewhere and that takes "room"! A 5er gets this "room" naturally and sensibly by it's design but it does add to it's height. That's why a 5er looks so much bigger inside than a same brochure size TT. One might note that travel trailers have also gotten a lot higher off the ground over the years so the wheel well expense and room robbing is lessened some. A few of the higher end units have even gone to a "mini" basement of sort to gain more room inside the living area and better their "all season" capability.
Sure, it would be nice to have a 5er with an exterior height of 10' but you'd have to be only 4' tall to walk around in it! Think I'll be very happy with our taller 5ers cause my old knees can't handle walking on....
2004 Chev 2500HD D/A crew cab LB 4X4, Air Bags & upgraded to 3500HD
Lance 990 Legend Camper 11' 4" with my 2' X 7' rear porch with box
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36 ft Carriage 5'er (took a tree falling)
Lance 915 Camper (just sold)
So there tail ends don't "Drag" on every driveway , Like our old Terry, it use drag on some driveways (aka) our driveway, some Gas Stations driveways. There's a Toy Hauler made by KZ RV that drop down to the ground so you can drive your toy right in, without a ramp. Very Cool... Dock.. .,
First RV was a new small Starcfaft Metor tenttrailer(1991) Then we got a larger 1993 Starstrem Tent trailer.(1994) Then in 1999 we got a very used 1989 Fleetwood Terry Resort Fiver then in 2008 we got a new KZ Spree Fiver..Dock, Debbie & Dusty & Rockydog
It is simply due to the fact of the growing pick-ups. Why do you need a 2009 8' tall half-ton that towers over my 2006 3/4 ton just to haul a lawn mower and some beer. Be careful how much beer as you may max your payload and the weight police will get you. BUT at least least they are making the "man-step" for them! Bottom line is bigger truck = bigger 5vr
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