Fifth Wheel, Rear Kitchen, Dish Breaker

[BDeMartile]

ok so I just have to ask then why do you need glassware???

 

[Wiredawg]

I have to say having a mid-kitchen really works for us. We have stoneware and glass glasses. I lived in our 5er for 6 years and 3-4 roadtrips a year a not a single broken dish. I still keep waffle rubber (heck, id not know what it's called). , but that keeps everything together. I'm glad our entertainment center is in a side slide too. I rode a school bus in the back and it's the same principle w/ a long 5er or trailer. shocks and bumps are amplified in the rear.

Everyone has their preference, and mine is middle kitchen.

Cheers, Wiredawg

 

[GSykes]

Have had a rear kitchen for ten years, suffered broken dishes on the first trip, none since. The wife puts them in lidded plastic containers with that rubber matting as packing. The cabinet/drawer handles are secured with child locks. Cheaper than buying a new unit. Works for us.

Ever ride in the rear seat of a school bus? What a ride...

 

[ray1933]

No new dishes for us.

I'm going to bring this thread up and let the wife read through it. Reason being as we have some really old Corella type dishes that the wife wants to replace, ** they belonged to my X wife of 35 years ago ***



In fact they are nice solid plates that you could drop on cement and they would not break.



Our experience pulling a 5th wheel is very limited compared to most of yours but it seemed like every thing rode real well in the rear kitchen. The drawers stayed closed, doors stayed latched and of course I do not drive like I was in a race. Keep it set on 62 to 65 mph



Ray

 

[DonTX]

Thanks guys for all the comments, keep them coming! Wife has almost decided we can get corelle dishes and keep the rear kitchen trailer. Other than the breakage, it has been a super RV for us. .

My trailer has four shocks on it, I am going to pull an end and see if there is anything left of them. Might be worthwhile to look at a heavier duty shock, these look like something off of a Honda.

 

[AABEN]

WE have a fithwheel 38ft back bed room kitchen living room in front. We love the trailer 10. 000miles when in frunt room you can see all over it is the highest part of the trailed . Hard for some to look in. good to look out.

 

[SBettencourt]

I let my wife pack our new RK Jayco for the first trip and wound up with a few broken dishes within the first 100 miles. We repacked at the first rest stop and no more problems. I also had to put a strap across the drawers to keep them from opening. I think paper plates would get ripped in the cabinet of this camper. It is getting a set of shocks mostly for towing quality. They helped with my Dutchmen.
On the subject of Correlle, did you ever see one break? Carefully pack those as if they were valuable china!

I actually started this post back in September but the battery died in the old laptop... It was still saved by Firefox so I am posting now...
SteveB

 

[cwsoules]

Our 5er rear kitchen rides quite well as we have an air ride system. A big pot hole can cause things to jump around but we have have very little breakage in 75,000 trailer miles.

 

[DonTX]

We have got a set of plastic dishes now, and some plastic boxes to keep things from flopping around so much.

My springs are weak on the curb side, I have shocks on each tire. MorRyde makes a pair of axles that are supposed to do the trick, bet it costs more than the trailer cost.

I suppose we will just learn to live with it.

 

[ScottLewis]

SBettencourt makes a valid point about Corelle breaking. It's pretty tough but when it does break, it explodes. We've never broken any in the RV but when one dropped to the the countertop at home there were pieces all over the kitchen.



Dan

 

[rweis]

Retailer Crate&Barrel has all kinds of acrillic glasses, serving ware, plates etc.



I use a J lock to keep pesky drawers and interior doors in place. It is sold to lock sliding glass doors, but works exceptionally well on RV drawers and doors that are prone to open regardless of what kind of RV latch you use.



Ditto on the rubbermaid storage containers (ground coffee, cereal, sugar, etc).



Bob Weis

 

[DonTX]

We found a big set of Rubbermaid dishes, cups etc at next door neighbor garage sale, they had them for their RV. Looks just like china, but obviously will not break.

 

[Grizzly]

So far so good with our new Arctic Fox mid to rear kitchen. No broken dishes or glasses, which are real glass.

 

[jjordan1]

Get yourself some of the non slip product & line between your dishes & place in all cabinets.

 

[skorski]

rear kitchen

Go out and spend the money, buy a good 5th wheel like a new horizon. I have owned one for 12 years been i all 50 and never broke a dish. get what you pay for.

 

[Grizzly]

Go out and spend the money, buy a good 5th wheel like a new horizon. I have owned one for 12 years been i all 50 and never broke a dish. get what you pay for.

Yeah right, New Horizons are great, but they cost far more then there worth. When I was shopping for a new 5th wheel I considered a New Horizon, which is the only 5 star rated unit. One comparable to the 27' Arctic Fox we ordered starts at $75K and that doesn't include a generator, awning and many other standard feathers we got. Not everyone can afford such a luxury. So let's not snob folks just because they don't have what you do. Maybe not everyone wants one. Most people are perfectly happy with what they have and with some of the money saved they can buy all the dishes they want.

 

[ScottLewis]

I agree Griz.

My Challenger cost about $37K almost 9 years ago and has been to 49 states (I couldn't figure how to tow to Hawaii). I'm still very happy with it. In fact we recently discussed buying a new rig but decided any possible gains wouldn't be worth the money to us.



Dan

 

[kompressor]

I experienced similar problems with my RK Jayco. I installed a Trailair air ride pin box and I am very impressed with it. The 5th just kind of floats behind the truck, really takes away any jouncing in the truck bed.

 

[tom sweeney]

Larry..... you could have a Bedroom Kitchen and STILL bounce things around at the speeds you run... LOL.....