Looked all over the site for the right place for this. Apologies if I missed a better place for it.....anyway long story short, I'm off to Canada for 2 weeks holiday just me and wife (1st holiday since 2009) once back I intend to buy either american rv or 5th wheel thing is I can't decide which would be best.  To break down costs an rv would be £230 road tax and approx  £200 insurance. 5th wheel is no cost per year. RV could pose a problem with manoverability especially the rear overhang as Wales and Scotland is a first and roads aren't american rv friendly. My 3500 is too big for parking spaces in my local town.... been fined twice for not being inside parking bay.....!  so pros and cons for both. Also uk/europe are really getting on diesels but I have both petrol and diesel so not bothered. I'm a mechanic so neither petrol or diesel or trailer is an issue

I like 5th wheels better than any other type RV and I own a truck camper . Does it really cost you guys double what we pay for fuel out here?  

Edited February 14, 20205 yr by JAG1

1 minute ago, JAG1 said:

I like 5th wheels better than any other type RV and I own a truck camper . Does it really cost you guys double what we pay for fuel out here?  

Oh yes. We're at £1.28 plus per litre so about £5.80 for uk gallon which is a little bigger than USA gallon, diesel is more than petrol/gas. Costs £130 to £150 to fill the ram. So about $7.56 per gallon

Last time out with my travel trailer cost £400 to £500 in fuel for less than 200 mile from home I did use the truck through the week though but not a huge amount

Someone is making money, that's expensive. Are wages even with expenses then? Like electrical contractors charge around 110- 120  bucks an hour here. What's it out your way?

4 hours ago, JAG1 said:

Someone is making money, that's expensive. Are wages even with expenses then? Like electrical contractors charge around 110- 120  bucks an hour here. What's it out your way?

I doubt electrical contractors are anywhere near that, would be around £100 ish converted to £. I might earn £200 per day and I'm well paid. Thing is our nhs is free, we have social security payments, state pension which is 9k per yr and rises with inflation, tax has to pay for it all.

 

11 hours ago, wil440 said:

I doubt electrical contractors are anywhere near that, would be around £100 ish converted to £. I might earn £200 per day and I'm well paid. Thing is our nhs is free, we have social security payments, state pension which is 9k per yr and rises with inflation, tax has to pay for it all.

 

What is nhs? Yeah as far as what electrical contractors are charging, that's not what they make, I think they pay their guys around 35-55 an hour. Contractor has a lot of overhead and insurance which is expensive.

1 minute ago, JAG1 said:

What is nhs? Yeah as far as what electrical contractors are charging, that's not what they make, I think they pay their guys around 35-55 an hour. Contractor has a lot of overhead and insurance which is expensive.

NHS   national health service. All free from a tooth filling to open heart

Thank you wil440, dental is expensive here and have to pay out of pocket 2,000 bucks for my worse tooth which needs a root canal and color matched crown. So it sounds like you have other benefits that help and about rounds everything out. 

Edited February 16, 20205 yr by JAG1

wow 2k for a tooth repair I guess open heart is a sell your home deal

My Dad beffore he died was very ill for maybe 10 years with copd which is lung related due to fumes and dust everything totally free he must have spent months in total in hospital, it's all swings and roundabouts and greener on other side of fence, it all has to be paid for one way or the other, ours is tax..... yours is lower overall tax but paid out of pocket... same difference

So.... how did the fifth wheel do in all your rain? It's good time to check for leaks when it gets stormy. I had several when my camper was new. I'm in rain country also and had the mindset that if there are no leaks I better look harder and it paid off.

Edited February 15, 20205 yr by JAG1

15 hours ago, JAG1 said:

So.... how did the fifth wheel do in all your rain? It's good time to check for leaks when it gets stormy. I had several when my camper was new. I'm in rain country also and had the mindset that if there are no leaks I better look harder and it paid off.

5th delivery postponed due to storm Dennis. To be fair it's on the east coast a fair bit further north than me and east coast seas and wind can be especially bad so probably a good call, going to try for next Sunday.... we'll see

It does really need to appear next weekend as we booked into a site for 5 days right down south around the 8th march as we have a christening to go to and figured lets take our own hotel

On 2/15/2020 at 11:42 AM, JAG1 said:

 they pay their guys around 35-55 an hour. 

  

1 hour ago, dave110 said:

  

Yeah tell me about it I think chicken cook house builders make mored'n I do. Electricians are making all the money

got delivered yesterday, decent weather for a change yesterday and today, back to terrible for tomorrow though, we spent yesterday and today checking everything over, all working good and as it should be, going away in it on the 5th March for 5 days so going to get water to it and check that all works ok but I've no reason to think it won't be all good.

Been a while since we bought it and we'd forgotten how clean it was.

2 slides in the lounge area one each side makes for a large open space

Looks good .  Those opposing slides do give a lot of room.  How long is that 5er?

It's 33 or 34ft long if I remember correct which is about right for the UK anything much longer will be a problem here

 

That is big even for here.  Mine is 27.5' (8.4m) from king pin to back bumper and I have trouble fitting in nation park campgrounds.

30 minutes ago, IBMobile said:

 

That is big even for here.  Mine is 27.5' (8.4m) from king pin to back bumper and I have trouble fitting in nation park campgrounds.

I did look at a 38 footer but decided it was way too long

24 minutes ago, IBMobile said:

 

That is big even for here.  Mine is 27.5' (8.4m) from king pin to back bumper and I have trouble fitting in nation park campgrounds.

 

Yeah, even here up north National park campgrounds are extremely dated and mostly not suitable for anything over 25 ft. I've gotten myself into some tight situations and I'm only around 27.5 at the most from ball to bumper (bumper pull).