Today’s RV review is of the 2024 Alliance Valor 40V13 fifth wheel. This is an enormous toy hauler that really steps up the living space but still offers the ability to counter the expression, “You can’t take it with you.” With a 13-foot garage and wide-body construction, I bet you can.
What is the Alliance Valor 40V13?
If you’re looking for about as big a fifth wheel as you can get because you want to use the garage for either bringing along toys or work-related stuff or whatever it is, this is certainly one to consider. At 44’6” in overall length and with a gross weight of 20,000 pounds, this ain’t for the faint of heart.
One of the common complaints I hear about toy haulers, which tend to be legitimate, is that the main living spaces are second-rate. That’s not true here.
Main living space in the Alliance Valor 40V13
Inside the main living area in this trailer, you’ll find a three-butt couch over in a slide on the road side. All three positions feature a reclining feature with footrests—which would be a funny picture to see.
All three of your aunties kicked back on the couch. Hehe.
If you don’t want three recliners, or just choose not to tell that middle sitter, there is a flip-down armrest that incorporates a pop-up power station. Now, this is more theater seat-like.
There’s also a couch on the forward wall of the main living space.
Interestingly, there isn’t really a proper dining space, per se. But there is a flip-up counter extension on the U-shaped kitchen, and there are two bar-height stools provided there.
Across from the three-seat couch is a very large TV and an electric fireplace.
That U-shaped kitchen
I like the kitchen in this rig. When you’re in it, you’re pretty much the only person in there but you’re like the conductor of a food orchestra.
There’s a very large four-burner stove with a big oven and a large farm sink. Then there’s counter space that is shared with that flip-up counter extension, that’s also where you’d logically enjoy the fruits of that kitchen activity.
There are huge overhead cabinets, but I am not a fan of either glass or plexiglass doors. Stuff rattling around against these just gives me the heebie jeebies.
Large 12-volt fridge
Alliance was an early pioneer of 12-volt fridges, and this one is a larger model with French doors and a bottom freezer. For those who want a larger fridge, you’ll find it here.
If you don’t like the dining space in this area, you could open up the opposing seats in the garage area and use that for dining with a table between them. This is certainly a huge area and a place where some folks could go so the ones in the main living space wouldn’t have to talk to them.
This reminds me of my uncle, Tony, who would be this hard-hitting discusser of politics and engineering when I was a kid. All of us would be gathered in some living space in their house at family gatherings and then, suddenly, here he’d come.
Slowly the kids who weren’t sitting next to him would peel off and disappear and the last kid was left hearing him lecture about politics or education or engineering.
You could totally accommodate that here with people sneaking off from one living space to the next.
Excellent features in Alliance RVs
Something I really, really like about this rig is that there is a manifold plumbing system in the front pass-through storage where you can shut off individual lines. If a faucet leaks or the toilet won’t stop running, you can disable those fixtures without shutting down the whole system.
This is how it should be, especially with something this large.
For example, there are two different places where you could hook up a washer and dryer— one in the garage and one in the closet in the upper bedroom. I wonder what would happen if you hooked them both up—you could start a mobile laundry service!
Interestingly, though, the space where you’d logically hook up the washer-dryer in the cargo area would cover one of the furnace vents. Meh.
At least the rest of the furnace vents come from the cabinets and not registers on the floor. That means you’re not kicking dust and dog hair into them all year for that very special odor the first few times that furnace kicks on.
Single connector for sewer system
Something else that I really liked is that there is a single connector for the sewer system in this rig. That means you only have to hook up once to dump all the tanks in here. That’s a plus.
However, the connection is directly under the big slide room on the camp side, so expect to be crawling under there to pull the dump valves. You could also put in electric dump valves if you’d like. Then you’ve got the best of all situations, assuming you remember to hook up the sewer hose before you extend the slide room.
Since we’re talking plumbing, know that the shower on the upper deck actually has a step-down floor instead of the usual step-up floor. This gives more headroom in the shower—that’s a plus!
Boondocking and travel access
I wouldn’t expect a huge fifth wheel to be very travel friendly, and this one isn’t the worst I’ve seen since you can squeeeeeeeeze your way into the kitchen.
But boondocking is a real strong suit of these kinds of rigs, and that’s especially true with the standard and optional features.
Of course, the holding tanks on this are quite large. You can also get 640 watts of solar and a lithium power system. Further, you can get additional solar panels and batteries to extend the fun.
There’s also the option of an on-board generator. So, you can accommodate almost any off-grid camping that you enjoy.
That is, provided you can haul this thing to that destination. This is a really, really huge and very heavy beast.
What I would change
I like this rig for the most part. I’m not someone who would ever buy anything even close to the size of this thing, but I can see why people do. Further, if you’re a full-timer and you need a lot of space for vehicles or even for a workspace, this can be a good choice.
I already mentioned how I don’t like where the pull handles are for the gate valve, but kudos to Alliance for plumbing everything into one place.
Something I just can’t leave alone, you can get this with the usual RV appearance and it’s just fine. But you can also get this with a full body paint package. Now, everybody has their own taste, but who in the Mardi Gras chose this paint scheme? It seems that this choice of stripes and lines just screams, “Look at me—I wasn’t given enough attention as a child.”
Conclusions
I like the way Alliance is making decisions about things. It shows that the company understands camping and how we travel. There are some smaller trailers in addition to this very large one, but they share common features, like that manifold plumbing system. Oooh la la.
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Agree on the full paint scheme. U-U-UGLY!!! Someone had too much doodling time on their hands! 🙂
What is it with black and dark gray paint on RVs? Doesn’t anyone in Indiana ever take an RV to any place that is hot in summer? White is cool, black is hot, and I’m using those words for temperature, not how popular they are!
Years ago, we met a couple in a campground who had exactly the same trailer as ours. But ours was white with white rooftop vent-AC covers and theirs was a sand-shade with black covers. They complained about the AC not keeping it cool, while our AC had no problem. But years later, black and gray RVs, with black rooftop covers, are everywhere! Decorators are obviously more important than engineers in the RV industry.
Thank you, Tony! 🙂 Wow! What an RV! Thank you for the virtual tour via commentary! 🙂 This seems to be an ideal RV for a full-timer, or two, working remotely with a largish family. We are none of that, but I’m sure some (many?) are. Thanks again and safe travels! 🙂