PaulTGarrett
Grumpy old man
- Joined
- Jul 17, 2017
- Posts
- 506
- Reaction score
- 459
- Location
- Tampa Bay, Florida
- Ram Year
- 2012
- Engine
- 408 Cummins Turbo Diesel
The TT v 5'r decision is even more difficult for me because my wife is disabled. I am looking at a toy-hauler because she can drive her scooter up the ramp and practically into the living room. We are looking for a "comfy" toy hauler, not a utilitarian style. Her scooter and my 4x4 golf cart are our "toys", we want the rest to be nice and cushy.
First, she sleeps in a home-style hospital bed. Such a bed is the same size as a single so I can use a regular single bed and her bed in the same footprint as a king bed.
Next, she also has a -very- difficult time getting into and out of a bath tub unassisted, especially the micro-sized in the typical trailer.
Finally, stairs are extremely difficult for her. Soooooo.....
I have not yet found a TT with a "residential bathroom" and few and far between with king beds. BUT, if I go with the same basic layout in a 5'r, we get the bathroom and bed but then my wife then has to climb stairs to get to either.
*MY* part of the equation is that I really don't want to lose my truck bed space with a hitch (but will, of course, to accommodate wifey). With an aux fuel tank and tool box, welder and welding gas tanks, that's just a lot of crap to take out every time we want to roll out.
Finally -if- we do end up with a 5'r, will do one of the 5th wheel to gooseneck conversions, since I already have the bed set up for a goose.
First, she sleeps in a home-style hospital bed. Such a bed is the same size as a single so I can use a regular single bed and her bed in the same footprint as a king bed.
Next, she also has a -very- difficult time getting into and out of a bath tub unassisted, especially the micro-sized in the typical trailer.
Finally, stairs are extremely difficult for her. Soooooo.....
I have not yet found a TT with a "residential bathroom" and few and far between with king beds. BUT, if I go with the same basic layout in a 5'r, we get the bathroom and bed but then my wife then has to climb stairs to get to either.
*MY* part of the equation is that I really don't want to lose my truck bed space with a hitch (but will, of course, to accommodate wifey). With an aux fuel tank and tool box, welder and welding gas tanks, that's just a lot of crap to take out every time we want to roll out.
Finally -if- we do end up with a 5'r, will do one of the 5th wheel to gooseneck conversions, since I already have the bed set up for a goose.