Bought new 5th wheel toy hauler

[AKRiverRunner]

Bought used 5th wheel toy hauler

Offer accepted on a 2005 Fleetwood Gearbox 29 ft 5th wheel toy hauler. This will be my first 5th wheel so it will be a learning experience I'm sure. Looking to get some bed rails for the hitch installed later this week. The dry weight is 7,833, GVWR is 13,600 and dry pin weight is 2,000. Any specific mods I should look into planning in the near future besides the hitch? I don't plan on maxing out the cargo anytime soon. Probably be 1,000 lbs worth of toys or less on most trips.

 

[Burn Down]

Air bags and enjoy. 5th wheels pull so much better than bumpers.

 

[hrlyguy2]

Just watch low hanging trees.When jackniving make sure pin box clears bed rails.

 

[Gello]

Aux fuel tank makes those long hauls much easier than finding that right gas station. Good luck with it!!


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[AKRiverRunner]

I already have a 40g. aux tank. Up here in Alaska that has saved me up to $1/g. Not a done deal yet. During a walk through today it appears that the rear ramp door pivot pin is sheared off.

 

[Ne-max]

I am not a fan on the Toy haulers myself. Makes the inside of camper smell like crap, hard to keep clean, and wasted space if not camping. Had a couple buddies that have them and regret it. We all bought 27ft 5th wheels and tow a trailer behind the camper. Works out great for me cause I also have a small fishing boat I put behind camper if not riding atvs.

As for stuff I suggest. Get some good low hanging mud flaps. Rocks reflect off these like crazy and chip you tailgate fast. Make sure the Plastic wear plate is on camper so it don't ruin your hitch. Don't judge tires by tread on campers. Max Air vent covers are one of the best things to add to one. Also inspect for water damage like crazy. They don't seal these worth a crap.

 

[hrlyguy2]

I am not a fan on the Toy haulers myself. Makes the inside of camper smell like crap, hard to keep clean, and wasted space if not camping. Had a couple buddies that have them and regret it. We all bought 27ft 5th wheels and tow a trailer behind the camper. Works out great for me cause I also have a small fishing boat I put behind camper if not riding atvs.

As for stuff I suggest. Get some good low hanging mud flaps. Rocks reflect off these like crazy and chip you tailgate fast. Make sure the Plastic wear plate is on camper so it don't ruin your hitch. Don't judge tires by tread on campers. Max Air vent covers are one of the best things to add to one. Also inspect for water damage like crazy. They don't seal these worth a crap.

I would agree on all this too.

 

[Osubeaver]

The dry weight is 7,833, GVWR is 13,600 and dry pin weight is 2,000.

If those are the published weights out of the brochure, off the sticker inside, or did you weigh it? The brochure weights are absolutely useless, the sticker that is somewhere inside the trailer (often inside a cabinet) is closer.

 

[crbonline]

Offer accepted on a 2005 Fleetwood Gearbox 29 ft 5th wheel toy hauler. This will be my first 5th wheel so it will be a learning experience I'm sure. Looking to get some bed rails for the hitch installed later this week. The dry weight is 7,833, GVWR is 13,600 and dry pin weight is 2,000. Any specific mods I should look into planning in the near future besides the hitch? I don't plan on maxing out the cargo anytime soon. Probably be 1,000 lbs worth of toys or less on most trips.

My two cents...if you have a shortbed you gotta get an autoslider...expensive but well worth it. I would add go with the hitch that is underbed mounted...the ones that leave rails in your bed can get in the way. While I have the SuperGlide 24k model, if I were to do it again I would go with the B&W turnover ball gooseneck mounting kit with the B&W 18k autoslider. Awesome set up!!! Re: toy haulers and smell...true so every time you bring a toy with fluid into it, put an ample supply of drip catch stuff underneath and that will prevent most of it. Also drive with windows open so the smell doesn't build up right before you plan on spending time in it. Re: usefulness of the toy space when camping...I think you'll find that extra room to be very useful especially if you have the bunk bed with couch option. Just gotta keep it clean. When I got mine, I opted for the enclosed garage because we use it as the kids room...nice to shut the door and not hear all the bickering. Congrats on the new toy and enjoy!

 

[Chevy1925]

I am not a fan on the Toy haulers myself. Makes the inside of camper smell like crap, hard to keep clean, and wasted space if not camping. Had a couple buddies that have them and regret it. We all bought 27ft 5th wheels and tow a trailer behind the camper. Works out great for me cause I also have a small fishing boat I put behind camper if not riding atvs.

As for stuff I suggest. Get some good low hanging mud flaps. Rocks reflect off these like crazy and chip you tailgate fast. Make sure the Plastic wear plate is on camper so it don't ruin your hitch. Don't judge tires by tread on campers. Max Air vent covers are one of the best things to add to one. Also inspect for water damage like crazy. They don't seal these worth a crap.

strange, my family growing up and even me now have generally had toy haulers to hauler our quads/bikes/sand car/samurai. never had the interior smell or stink even with broke rigs in there. Now, we never stored them in there either. My 30fter is pretty easy to keep clean and clean up but the roll up carpet helps big time.

they are all built like crap though thats for damn sure.....

If those are the published weights out of the brochure, off the sticker inside, or did you weigh it? The brochure weights are absolutely useless, the sticker that is somewhere inside the trailer (often inside a cabinet) is closer.

exactly but even my interior sticker inside is off. hell the damn trailer came with 5200lbs axles yet they claim i can haul 12.5k in this thing . ive already upgraded one axle to 6k. just got to do the other soon. hauling my samurai in there puts me on the max payload.

 

[duranut03]

Just to go along with what was said before about checking for water damage. You can repair a lot of things on a camper but water damage is another story. If it has a musky smell run the other way.. Also be real sure to check outside walls for delamination. You do not want to start repairing that. Figure on a new set of tires too.

 

[Ne-max]

Be careful with the auto-slider. If I would have left my old one in I would have lost my tailgate. Most new campers are designed to work woth short bed trucks. I can jack-knife mine without hitting the cab now.

 

[Hoojs12840]

I have a bumper pull toyhualer. When I bought it I only had a 1/2 ton. While I've never had any issue with smell from toys in the back, if I had a 3/4 at the time I would have gotten a light weight 5th wheel and get a aluminum flat trailer to put the toys on and tow behind it. It so much easier to load multiple toys on a flat trailer without worrying about banging into anything. Also if I want to take a boat of anysize I could without worrying about fitting or loading inside another trailer.

All that said we use the extra space in our toyhualer to load bikes, canoe, all the outside items we take camping, plus we can just pull the screen down in the back and enjoy the breeze.