Have owned several fifthwheels,currently a Holiday Rambler Alumascape.Looking for a fifthwheel that is insulated and sealed up better,have looked at numerous brands and have not been impressed yet.Seems most manufactures are more interested in the glitter.Could they seal em up and devise an air to air heat exchanger for us hardy souls that camp in below freezing weather.The closes camper that I have seen around here that might fill the bill is a Titanium made by Glendale RV,gets kind of spendy buying stuff then finding out it really doesnt do what you expected.

Artic Fox models from Northwood Manufacturing are well built trailers and designed for cold weather. You may want to visit their website.

Here is a link to that manufacture:

http://www.northwoodmfg.com/

There used to be some videos on their website that went into how they build their trailers. They are well constructed (better than most, at least). Hunt around on their website until you find the videos

Here is a link to a forum for that brand:

http://www.afnash.com/

You can asked questions about the ability of this manufactures trailer to meet your 4 season needs.

I almost bought a new Artic Fox 5th wheel a couple of months ago (had narrowed my search to this brand), but ended up buying a used trailer from a friend instead.

OC is right. The story is that, originally, the Arctic Foxes were built for hunters who wanted something rugged enough they could take them off road into the boondocks and well insulated enough to use in the Winter (R18 in the ceiling, R7 everywhere else. I don't know if that's all true or not, but they are well screwed together and well insulated. We've used ours in subfreezing weather without discomfort (or frozen tanks). They tend to be heavy, but Northwood has a new model built with aluminum frames and I understand they are phasing in aluminum framing throughout the line. The Northwood line is definitely worth checking out. We love ours.

TC

Arctic foxes are great, also look at anything made by triple E ...they are made in winnipeg, manitoba, Canada and are known for being well insulated in the winterized models.

SAYWHAT
I was looking for a well built, extremely well insulated full time rig. I chose the rig in my sig after much research and talking to lots of full timers. If you're looking just to camp on the weekends the Carriage is kinda $$$$$, and heavy.

The Teton is well insulated & even has double pane windows.

Ditto on Artic Fox. As a matter of fact, I will be trading my present TT on a Fox this fall or winter. I am a vendor at several RV shows a year and have checked out a lot of RV's. VERY well constructed and a lot of care taken to build them right. Even the wife has mentioned it when she checks out RV's.
about how well the interiors are built. We will be buying the model 33A TT. We would love to have a 5'er but need the cap on the truck for our business.

Montana line from Keystone with the Artic Package I hear does pretty well.

My trailer is rated for 4 season and does pretty well.

It is not a 5er, (TraiLite by R-Vision), and I don't think much of their 5er's

The Keystone version of Artic package kinda sucks. I had it on my '02 Keystone Challenger 32TIB I just sold, not very impressive at all. Cheap single pane windows and slide out walls were about 1.25" thick. Defanitly get the HEHR double pane tinted windows, called G14 I think, on anything you want well insulated and pay attention to the slide-out wall thickness. Keystone does not make a "full timers" unit. I had my warranty voided on my brand new Challenger when they found out I was full timing. Says so right in the owners manual. Here's MY short list of full timer units (ie. built well, insulated well) Teton, Carriage, Travel Supreme and Alfa. None of the above are "weekender" units (means they are big, heavy and expensive). I have heard very good things about the Artic Fox brand also, low frills and built really well.

Before anyone busts my balls, there are other good full timers units I did not list. That's why I called it my list.

Thanks for all the replys!I actually use my fiver to stay in during the week and return home for the weekends leaving the camper onsite.I work Heavy and Highway construction about ten months out of a year and get about 4 wkends of family style camping in.The camper normally gets to around four differnt locations a year.Hate motels,been staying in the camper for the past 14 years as much as possible.Allways tell the guys at work if it aint got air,microwave and satellite it aint camping.

Saywhat,

Compare numbers with the Mobile Suite fivers.... Add dual pane package and you wont find better R-ratings. You also get a 15" (tripple square tubular) frame, which is the strongest in the industry, for much less than the high-end luxo-RVs.

RF

Hey Radio Flyer,never seen the Mobil Suite fiver.They got a website?Fill me in with some info!

Sorry SAYWHAT, should have posted it first off. Try this site:

http://www.doubletreervsuites.com/

RF