Sharon and Richard give us a tour of their custom DRV Dallas model 5th wheel coach. This full-timing rv has some very nice features, and is coupled with a beautifully matched HDT puller.
Your home is absolutely beautiful. You are very talented. I loved your plaque GOD BLESS OUR HOME....Thank you so very much for opening up your home for me to see.
A great video of a gorgeous rig. I love the oak joinery-and your beautiful tabby Scruffy. :) Scruffy's very stealthy because he matches the woodwork. HeeHeeHee. Thanks for sharing this.
Nice! We just started our RVing life. We have a 24" trl, Amerialight 04. We have gone out twice now as we are getting to know our little home. In time we will upgrade as we become more experienced, thank you for the tour of your home! getting more and more ideas like your water and solar systems, but will work on that later :)
Hi. love this set up. Great tour. My ? is how hard is it to find RV lot with enough space for truck and RV while traveling around. How much longer is this set up over class A with tow car. Thanks, Jim.
+james miller The older campgrounds are often not setup to handle longer (65 to 70+ foot-long) rigs. A simple call ahead will let you know if they can handle you. However, our longer rigs are becoming more and more familiar, and campgrounds will know EXACTLY what size of rigs they can accommodate. We see class A's at 40 feet towing a 14 foot long vehicle plus the three foot tow bar ending up at around 57+ feet. Remember both the Class A motorhome itself, and the 5th wheels are right around 40 feet when disconnected. That is a pretty common length in campgrounds. In either case, just disconnect, and your resultant length is in the 40 foot length range in both cases.
Do you need a special license to drive the rig? Single axle in year but thought maybe there is a weight limit with a regular license. Just wondering as I would love to have a rig like that if decide to go for a large heavy 5th wheel. Also want to say great video and beautiful coach..
Hello Jim. It depends on where you live (your home state or province). There are unique rules in some, but generally you can operate these with non-commercial operator licenses. Because our RVHaulers are usually titled as motorhomes, all you need is the license needed to operate a diesel-pusher motorhome. Thanks for the great question.
+Bob Shaw hello Bob. Solar will charge the house batteries but not directly power air conditioning. Air conditioning will run from an inverter that is large enough, backed by a large battery bank for some periods of time. The solar can't keep up with the draw from an AC for very long.
very nice coach, isn't the tractor really overkill to tow these. I guess that would be kind of neat adding a platform for the dirtbike, streetbike, 4 wheeler. deer cooler without losing the space of a toy hauler.
+Warsrogue Thanks for your question. Actually, these are far too heavy to tow (and stop) with a pickup truck. There are other trucks out there, such as the Medium Duty Trucks (often called MDTs), but they are more expensive than our Heavy Duty Trucks (HDTs), and really just pickups on steriods. My customers completely agree with your second comment - the flexibility to carry your toys on the RVHauler is a great attraction.
+Warsrogue Not really, you need some power and weight to pull these things safely , so many people have a dually F350 trying to tow something weigh out of it's class, most of all this truck can stop this load without jackknifing .
