Jbird
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Ive been through an Alpenlite,a Travel Supreme,and a Mobile Suites,all of which I liked, and all of which are too much for an old man to handle. I've browsed till I'm sick of it looking for similar quality in a shorter (32'max) fiver. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Twomed
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These things are impressive...maybe too short?
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chiefneon
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Howdy!
I would suggest you look at Artic Fox made by Northwood Manuacturing. Check the link below.
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Mobile suites (DRV) makes a 32' RV. Do a search you will thank me!
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Have you looked at the NuWa Hitchiker trailers? The true HitcHikers ceased production in 2012. Some Petersen Ind (Excel) units were made for a couple of years until Excel folded. They are well built trailers.
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We nearly bought an OutdoorRV, a sister company to Northwood. There may not be any formal connection but Lagrange, OR is a very small town.
They are nothing like DRV, but do a better job than most.
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Don't know why the builders don't think that there are people looking for a less than 36' quality fiver.
Way back when we were looking the max length we were after was 32'LOA. This was 2006 & we narrowed it down to three models to look for. A Mobile Suite 32TK3. A Carriage 33CK? Alpenlite 34RLR.
We had getting into state parks in mind & we had the ability to dry camp comfortably for more than a couple of days in mind.
All three had similar quality of build. All three had similar floorplans. All three had 100gal FW capacity. The hunt was on for a lightly used of any of those models. We found a virtually new Alpenlite 34RLR Ltd. Fifteen years & well over 2000 nights use later, there has been no itch to relace it.
These days a quality smaller 5er is even tougher to find. Arctic Fox seems to be one of the few.
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We love our Cougar- see signature. She is just 31ft.
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Jbird
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Thanks all for the suggestions. Artic Fox is about as close as Ive been able to get,but the shortest just not a good floorplan for me. Really frustrating that nobody tests the market. Same problem with travel trailers.
That Cougar 27SGS is a nice floorplan! Wish they made it in the Premium series.
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Jbird wrote:Thanks all for the suggestions. Artic Fox is about as close as Ive been able to get,but the shortest just not a good floorplan for me. Really frustrating that nobody tests the market. Same problem with travel trailers.
That Cougar 27SGS is a nice floorplan! Wish they made it in the Premium series.
Accepted it is not a premium model, but we have found the quality to be very good. ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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