Hooked up overnight

As long as the fridge is level all is well.

If the truck doesn't squat in the daytime it won't squat at night. Our TT sometimes stayed hooked for a week at a time.

tim1970 wrote:
We are wanting to head out early Friday morning before daylight. Will it hurt anything (truck or 5th wheel) to hook up Thursday evening while it is still daylight, so we don't have to worry about hooking up in the dark?


Jayco Eagle HT 5th wheel (~10k lbs) towed with 2016 F-250.

No, it won't hurt a thing. I rarely unhook for an overnight and frequently hitch up the night before a trip so we can just load last minute stuff and go. I'll even do it the night before leaving from camping/vacation to get an early start headed back home. I don't ever drop the jacks and leave it attached to the truck because I'm afraid I'll have a brain fart and damage the jacks by just taking off in the morning without raising them. There's not enough jiggle in the trailer to bug us for an overnight stop to bother with putting jacks down.

Level for the fridge is the only concern I see. Good first post, wandering, on this RV forum owned by CW and GS.

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

When we're traveling we seldom unhook unless we need to level front to back.

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.

No

The only thought that comes to mind is whether the unit has the fridge running on shore power overnight and is it level enough, but generally, I wouldn't think its a problem.