At what point does length cease to matter?

I'm discovering many places that I can't fit since moving up to a 44' toyhauler...

That's what she said.

I went from a 23ft TT to a 43ft fifth wheel..... its big but easy to pull, and not really a problem to maneuver except for gas stations. I exclusively use the truck lanes now where before I could stop at any ol mom and pop gas station and be fine.

Jayco-noslide wrote:
I don't get saying that a long 5er is easier to back than a shorter one. We with our 25 footer and a friend with a 34 footer tried to get in a site at a national park. I got in easy and he couldn't at all and it was because of length. Don't believe that length doesn't matter.

What has ease of backing have to do with getting into a site????

I don't get saying that a long 5er is easier to back than a shorter one. We with our 25 footer and a friend with a 34 footer tried to get in a site at a national park. I got in easy and he couldn't at all and it was because of length. Don't believe that length doesn't matter.

DReisinger wrote:
dd992emo, I rode the 807 out of Long Beach, 66-70 SNIPES RULE MM2

DR, always nice to hear from a fellow FRAM sailor! My first ship was USS Epperson (DD-719). The other five were all destroyers, too. Couldn't imagine being on anything else.

dd992emo, I rode the 807 out of Long Beach, 66-70 SNIPES RULE MM2

One of the problems I mostly see when with owners upgrading
from a shorter trailer to a longer one is getting use to the
tail swing of the trailer

I'll second this one.We went from a 32'to a 42'.Very big tail swing difference.The first time in a tight campground,I about took out the power ped.Scared me the way the DW was hollering at me.LOL.Watch this closely.

One of the biggest things I've found is once situated and ready to back in, the length of the truck really matters. The front swings too far in to the site across from where the trailer needs to fit, especially when they are perpendicular.

Height also becomes quite a situation.

As one person stated, "the feel of towing a fiver vs towing a TT is no comparison and will not go back to a TT :)

The fivers tow that much nicer, easier to get around turns, much easier to back and now have tons of room with slides.

The DW and I upgraded from a 33ft 5th wheel to a 41ft 5th wheel, it have two axles and I feel like it pulls the same with my F350 with a 6.0 diesel.

It is also 101" wide but looking in the mirrors it seems to me about the same as the old 5er we traded in. Also the trailer we traded in weighted in at almost 9k empty, the new a 5er weights in at over 12k empty. :B

One of the problems I mostly see when with owners upgrading from a shorter trailer to a longer one is getting use to the tail swing of the trailer. I have seen operators almost hit picnic tables, power and water pedestals with the DW screaming to stop either at the top of her lungs or on a radio.

That extra five or six feet or more in same cases may not seem like allot but if your use to say 6ft behind your axles and you got to say 8ft, size matters. Also the distance from your pin to the front of your axles as well matters at were you are going to start you swing when backing into a spot.

The last thing to remember is the longer you are the easier it is to back, the shorter you are the harder. Why, the longer you are the trailer turns slower, the shorter you are the quicker the trailer turns. Example backup a 10ft trailer and then try one with the axles at 20ft, believe me your will know the difference fast :D