HITCHING AND UNHITCHING STEEP DRIVEWAY
Trading in my TT for a new FW next week. My driveway is tight plus it goes steep up to where the rear of the FW will sit. I am used to the steep driveway with the TT and the electric tounge jack. Any...
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If there is only a two foot difference in elevation you will not even notice it. You will like towing a 5th wheel. However if the street is that narrow in front of your driveway you must be aware that 5th wheels react much slower to steering wheel corrections as you back up. Go to a shopping mall somewhere and practice. It just takes some getting used to. I have learned that it requires me to pull forward a few times a foot or two to get the truck positioned better.
I used to be very proud that I could back a pull camper or boat into my driveway without pulling forward corrections, just back it in to the applause of my retired truck driver neighbor. Then when I brought the 5th wheel home that first time it took a few tries and some wheel marks in the grass to get it in, thankfully my neighbor was not home that day. Now after 5 years I can put it back with little problem but I still have to pull up slightly a time or two for corrections.
I used to be very proud that I could back a pull camper or boat into my driveway without pulling forward corrections, just back it in to the applause of my retired truck driver neighbor. Then when I brought the 5th wheel home that first time it took a few tries and some wheel marks in the grass to get it in, thankfully my neighbor was not home that day. Now after 5 years I can put it back with little problem but I still have to pull up slightly a time or two for corrections.
