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Build quality on RV's , 5th Wheels, and Tag-Alongs generally speaking, suck. Forest River is the lowest of the low. That being said, if Forest River is the gutter, everything else is curb-high at best. 5th Wheels are great for space, and have large amounts of storage under floors of the camper. Pay attention to not only where but how accessible your fresh water, electricity, and black water hook ups are. Based on your brief description, A good place to start is what is your truck? I read the 2500 Ram, but motor? Tow package? rear end ratio? How experienced are you with towing? How experienced are you with towing 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 lbs? What is important to you in a camper? Is it going to base camp for other adventures? Are you going do be doing much dry camping ( no hookups for water/electricity) or visiting campgrounds and treating it like a mobile hotel room? How important is entertaining out of you RV? Is the 2 couples (4 people) your most likely scenario? No nieces or nephews who are going to beg to come along at some point? Are you willing to sacrifice creature comforts of home? Things like 20 minutes showers. Do you want it to be a "home away from home" ?

<blockquote data-quote="Agnotology" data-source="post: 8374680" data-attributes="member: 59864"><p>Build quality on RV&#039;s , 5th Wheels, and Tag-Alongs generally speaking, suck. Forest River is the lowest of the low. That being said, if Forest River is the gutter, everything else is curb-high at best. 5th Wheels are great for space, and have large amounts of storage under floors of the camper. Pay attention to not only where but how accessible your fresh water, electricity, and black water hook ups are. Based on your brief description, A good place to start is what is your truck? I read the 2500 Ram, but motor? Tow package? rear end ratio? How experienced are you with towing? How experienced are you with towing 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 lbs? What is important to you in a camper? Is it going to base camp for other adventures? Are you going do be doing much dry camping ( no hookups for water/electricity) or visiting campgrounds and treating it like a mobile hotel room? How important is entertaining out of you RV? Is the 2 couples (4 people) your most likely scenario? No nieces or nephews who are going to beg to come along at some point? Are you willing to sacrifice creature comforts of home? Things like 20 minutes showers. Do you want it to be a &quot;home away from home&quot; ?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Agnotology, post: 8374680, member: 59864"] Build quality on RV's , 5th Wheels, and Tag-Alongs generally speaking, suck. Forest River is the lowest of the low. That being said, if Forest River is the gutter, everything else is curb-high at best. 5th Wheels are great for space, and have large amounts of storage under floors of the camper. Pay attention to not only where but how accessible your fresh water, electricity, and black water hook ups are. Based on your brief description, A good place to start is what is your truck? I read the 2500 Ram, but motor? Tow package? rear end ratio? How experienced are you with towing? How experienced are you with towing 5,000, 10,000 or 15,000 lbs? What is important to you in a camper? Is it going to base camp for other adventures? Are you going do be doing much dry camping ( no hookups for water/electricity) or visiting campgrounds and treating it like a mobile hotel room? How important is entertaining out of you RV? Is the 2 couples (4 people) your most likely scenario? No nieces or nephews who are going to beg to come along at some point? Are you willing to sacrifice creature comforts of home? Things like 20 minutes showers. Do you want it to be a "home away from home" ? [/QUOTE]

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