Bowtiepower00
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Been shopping for quite awhile. Wanted a shorter 5th wheel, for several reasons. Mainly storage, my RV garage is 48’ (just over 46 after accounting for the doors) and I didn’t want to park anything outside. Old ladies SUV will fit in front of this rig with her pulling under the hitch 3’. Allows me to park my truck (21’) on the other side of the garage and keep everything inside. I refuse to park 70k cars outside so I can fit an oversized RV In the garage. Still
Have room for a SXS and possibly a ski.
Wanted to be able to fit a 4 seat RZR pro or Mav, not sure on how wide I can go quite yet, that’s a discussion for another day. I know a 64” car will be no problem, I will test fit some of my neighbors cars to see if I can fit a 72” car when the time comes.
First Hauler was an Eclipse Iconic 1913 CB-LE bumper pull. It was a decent first trailer and got us to where we needed to go. It was small, but we made due. Sold it a couple of years ago at the beginning of the covid craze and got most of our money back.
I knew this time I wanted a fiver. I upgraded my tow rig to a Ram 3500 SRW Mega with HO motor, rear air ride, and factory pucks/ gooseneck for the inevitable upgrade. Towing in AZ and out west in general is pretty demanding, I wanted the smallest trailer I could fit a 4 seater in to keep things easy when we are hitting campgrounds and national parks. We do quite a bit of camping in the Midwest and many of the campgrounds we visit have limited space for larger trailers.
I didnt want a bunch of foo foo shit, and wanted to avoid any slides if possible. That really narrowed things down. I just want somewhere to hang out in bad weather, sleep, and have a decent size bedroom. I plan on keeping this rig for several years.
When Genesis introduced their Wanderer line I was intrigued. I originally wanted a 29ckwl. I was not able to find one locally. I went in to order one, but due to how Genesis batch builds trailers I was looking at several months before I would be able to actually order one.
They had several 28SAWL models in stock. I ended up pulling the trigger. 31’ish overall length, 17’ of space in the garage area and 75” of interior width between cabinets. I’m not 100% I’ll be able to fit a 72” SXS inside, I’ll worry about that later.
No slides, minimal fluff, and about $16k cheaper than the Genesis Supreme units. Only a single 15k AC, 30 amp service, and 4K gen, but that’s alright, I don’t stay anywhere over 100 ambient. Might have to add another AC at some point, time will tell, if I do, I’ll probably just add a portable and plug it in with another 120 line when we are on shore power.
Looking forward to finally being in a fifth wheel, prices are absolutely nuts, but I got a decent deal and my son is 9, I don’t want to waste precious years waiting on the market to come back to reality. The smaller trailer should tow like a dream behind the Ram. I’m going with the Anderson hitch (I know, save the BS…) I know of several who use it and like it, I didn’t want to have to fight removing a B&W hitch from the bed, and it was about half the price after a generous discount.
Eclipse layout:
Genesis layout:
Have room for a SXS and possibly a ski.
Wanted to be able to fit a 4 seat RZR pro or Mav, not sure on how wide I can go quite yet, that’s a discussion for another day. I know a 64” car will be no problem, I will test fit some of my neighbors cars to see if I can fit a 72” car when the time comes.
First Hauler was an Eclipse Iconic 1913 CB-LE bumper pull. It was a decent first trailer and got us to where we needed to go. It was small, but we made due. Sold it a couple of years ago at the beginning of the covid craze and got most of our money back.
I knew this time I wanted a fiver. I upgraded my tow rig to a Ram 3500 SRW Mega with HO motor, rear air ride, and factory pucks/ gooseneck for the inevitable upgrade. Towing in AZ and out west in general is pretty demanding, I wanted the smallest trailer I could fit a 4 seater in to keep things easy when we are hitting campgrounds and national parks. We do quite a bit of camping in the Midwest and many of the campgrounds we visit have limited space for larger trailers.
I didnt want a bunch of foo foo shit, and wanted to avoid any slides if possible. That really narrowed things down. I just want somewhere to hang out in bad weather, sleep, and have a decent size bedroom. I plan on keeping this rig for several years.
When Genesis introduced their Wanderer line I was intrigued. I originally wanted a 29ckwl. I was not able to find one locally. I went in to order one, but due to how Genesis batch builds trailers I was looking at several months before I would be able to actually order one.
They had several 28SAWL models in stock. I ended up pulling the trigger. 31’ish overall length, 17’ of space in the garage area and 75” of interior width between cabinets. I’m not 100% I’ll be able to fit a 72” SXS inside, I’ll worry about that later.
No slides, minimal fluff, and about $16k cheaper than the Genesis Supreme units. Only a single 15k AC, 30 amp service, and 4K gen, but that’s alright, I don’t stay anywhere over 100 ambient. Might have to add another AC at some point, time will tell, if I do, I’ll probably just add a portable and plug it in with another 120 line when we are on shore power.
Looking forward to finally being in a fifth wheel, prices are absolutely nuts, but I got a decent deal and my son is 9, I don’t want to waste precious years waiting on the market to come back to reality. The smaller trailer should tow like a dream behind the Ram. I’m going with the Anderson hitch (I know, save the BS…) I know of several who use it and like it, I didn’t want to have to fight removing a B&W hitch from the bed, and it was about half the price after a generous discount.
Eclipse layout:
Genesis layout:
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