Thinking about a 5th wheel...
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I am leaving for Nebraska next week for 2 months of work. I decided that because I already have a fifth wheel I might as well live in it. I spent 4 months out there in 08 and spent a lot of money in a hotel. Time will tell if it is worth it.
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Just reading through the pages again, and wanted to add something else I had yet to think of.
My advice would be to find something older. Especially if you are living in it, just for a job site situation. Chances are, you will find things you dont like about it and things you would change and you can use that knowledge to upgrade to a newer nicer one in a couple years.
Older ones, however, will generally outdated colors for curtains and carpets. These can be easily changed, if desired.
I know I mentioned in an earlier post of the changes we made to update our curtains and valances, as well as the new carpet that was already in our (1992) rig when we bought it. THose picturs as promised....
I took down the valances and the fiancee and her mother re-did them in camo fabric bought locally. (Real Tree All-Purpose, the best of course). We then attempted to dye the curtain fabric, with little success. So we bought some (cheaper) curtains to match the camo. Just some ideas...
My advice would be to find something older. Especially if you are living in it, just for a job site situation. Chances are, you will find things you dont like about it and things you would change and you can use that knowledge to upgrade to a newer nicer one in a couple years.
Older ones, however, will generally outdated colors for curtains and carpets. These can be easily changed, if desired.
I know I mentioned in an earlier post of the changes we made to update our curtains and valances, as well as the new carpet that was already in our (1992) rig when we bought it. THose picturs as promised....
I took down the valances and the fiancee and her mother re-did them in camo fabric bought locally. (Real Tree All-Purpose, the best of course
). We then attempted to dye the curtain fabric, with little success. So we bought some (cheaper) curtains to match the camo. Just some ideas...
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Of the next Riffraff East
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Don't know much about them, but have seen plenty of them in the campgrounds. Very nice looking rigs. Don't think the company has been around too long so the camper is probably not too old.
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Joe here is a google search for that Ameri-Camp.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=...1974faf5e3db50
I have never heard of that brand before.
What I do know is a small number of manufacturers make a lot of different brands of trailer.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=...1974faf5e3db50
I have never heard of that brand before.
What I do know is a small number of manufacturers make a lot of different brands of trailer.
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Of the next Riffraff East
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That is a lot of trailer, but it will be worth it and should last you a long time. Like Dan said, there aren't but a few makers and a lot of names. Wouldn't surprise me if somewhere, under a cabinet or behind a door, it says Fleetwood..