Hooked up overnight

EgorKC wrote:
There are 2 things to consider. 1st I would use the landing gear to take most of the weight off of the truck. Landing gear is nothing to raise in the AM and why leave the truck squatting? 2nd I would not hook up the umbilical until morning. There is a potential for a parasitic drain on your truck battery, for instance gas detector, inverter fan or running fridge overnight. Unlikely to cause you any grief but why take chances.

Keep in mind this opinion is worthless, but then aren't all?

Greg

X2, especially on lowering the landing gear just enough to take some weight off of the truck. Don't raise too much, remembering that the fiver is still attached to the truck! The only concern is if the fridge is running and is too much off level when doing this. However, the slight rise in angle would probably not put the fridge in jeopardy as long as side to side leveling is good. Better still, if you don't need to run the fridge leave it off.

alexleblanc wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Rarely unhook traveling from NW WA to SoCal and back. Just drop front jacks for stability.

totally off topic - what a beautiful looking rig! nice setup.

Thank you!

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Rarely unhook traveling from NW WA to SoCal and back. Just drop front jacks for stability.

totally off topic - what a beautiful looking rig! nice setup.

The night before a trip I get my 5'er out of storage and park in front of my home. Plug it into shore power, turn fridge on, pack it with clothes etc. Next morning I load the fridge, unplug power and we're on our way.

When traveling we'll sometimes pull off the highway for the night at a Casino lot or Walmart. Never unhitch or put the stands down. Sleep for the night and back on the road in the morning.

Why would there be any problem having it hitched for the night? It tows hitched!!

Why do you think staying hooked over night would hurt anything , when you are bouncing down our wonderful roads don't Hurt anything

4x4ord wrote:
We got home on Monday and parked out in front of the house and I still haven't bothered to put down the landing gear and unhook.

What's your hurry?!? :B

Rarely unhook traveling from NW WA to SoCal and back. Just drop front jacks for stability.

my typical Thursday night ritual is to hook up the unit and pack it up while the wife is doing the groceries, this way once we leave work after lunch we simply drive home, pick the kids up at daycare and drive to the campground.

Never had an issue yet in 10 years to camping this way.

We do this all the time - hook up the night before so we can leave at 5am the next morning. We leave our FW plugged in to shore power and unplug the FW power to the truck. In the AM, all we have to do is unplug shore power and stow the cord, then plug in the FW to the truck, double check the lights and go. Where we park is on our property and is level, so if your site is not level, you may want to leave your front landing gear up till you pull out, but then again, you should be level hooked up. The only reason I mention this is because I'm a stickler for being level for any length of time for the fridge.

No problem and while it doesn't hurt to put the landing legs down, it won't hurt the springs if you leave the landing gear up.

If the springs can handle a big bump at 65mph, the static load just sitting there is nothing.