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Originally Posted by skyking
Looking good there. Great to use that space for storage.
I won't go that route if/when I boat tail the 5th wheel, because the combined length is already a problem so I have to be able to fold up my boat tail. Certainly not a problem on your RV, and no limit to the light stuff you can pack in there with no ill effect.
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There's roughly 145 cu.ft. of space back there, and not all of it is usable, but it still adds a lot of storage space. We've taken one trip to the mountains in this configuration. I didn't have the hitch on it, which forms the base of a very sturdy floor in it now, but I loaded it with big light stuff which freed up a lot of interior space.
Once I get the hitch dialed in and arrive at a final configuration for the tail, I'll remove the original back wall of the RV and extend the interior bedroom space back another 3 or 4 feet. The bed is built on a platform about the same height as the average diesel pusher bed so when the wall is moved back we'll gain the extra length in the bedroom at that height, and gain the same length below the height of the bed in the form of storage under the bed and above the hitch superstructure.
Because the suspension is so stiff, and the vehicle fairly heavy, I think this is going to work out really well. I probably won't have a chance to test it with the boat on it until March of next year, but there will be several trips over the winter with the quad and trailer in tow. The quad and trailer probably weigh 1200 to 1500 pounds with a tonque weight of 70 or 80 pounds. If there is any serious flaws in the hitch design hopefully they will show up towing the lighter load.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing some efforts by others towards fold up boat tails. That configuration will probably fit the needs of the most number of larger vehicles, i.e., trucks, RV's etc.