Hooked up overnight

We hooked ours up Wednesday night. Pulled the camper out of the barn and up near the house and plugged it in. Last night we filled it will water, food, clothes and put the bikes on the rack. Now tonight after work all we have to do it unplug it and hit the road.
We never leave the jacks down as I'm also afraid I'll forget to pull them up before we leave. Also, I don't think that extra day or two of having the weight on the truck is really going to make much difference in the life of the springs. Unless of course you are grossly overloaded.

5vr hooked up to truck being towed down the road is all fine and well then why in the heck would it HURT anything staying hooked up while stationary.
No bouncing up/down, jerking back/forth, tilting side to side etc.


Fridge.if turning on for cool down.....reasonably level....good to go

Umbilical cord.....
SOME trucks the 'battery charge' line remains hot with truck ignition key off.
Ford isn't, Ram is...Chevy/GMC not sure
So if 5vr battery is LOW then truck battery could be drawn down.

Hooked up, umbilical cord still plugged in and on shore power..why not!

Walaby wrote:
I hook up the night before ALL the time. I hook up the umbilical cord the night before AND hook up to shore power.

Never had an issue. Now, I have a TT, not a 5er, but I highly doubt that matters.

Mike

Same with me for about 12 years, ever since I installed a 30a plug at my house.

Lyle

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.

I do it all the time. Just did it this afternoon as a matter of fact. We're pulling out at oh dark thirty tomorrow.

All hitched up and ready to roll. Sitting here, I think I forgot to fold the steps up. Remind me in the morning, will ya? They don't fit through the gate folded out. I know, because I tried once with our last rig.

I leave mine hooked to shore power and hooked to the truck quite often. So far no issues. Been doing it for many years.

I hook up the night before ALL the time. I hook up the umbilical cord the night before AND hook up to shore power.

Never had an issue. Now, I have a TT, not a 5er, but I highly doubt that matters.

Mike

Any danger in having the 7 way umbilical hooked up to the truck AND being hooked up to shore power?

Like several have mentioned, have the fridge fairly level, even if you need to put something under the FW tires.

Fords have an automatic shutoff, stopping current from truck battery, so plug in the cord, no need to worry about TV battery.

Yup, hook it up, be ready, just do a head count before leaving in the morning.

Jerry

I personally put the landing gear down to take some pressure off the springs of the pickup. Others obviously disagree, but I think the additional weight will wear the springs on the pickup quicker.

Mine is hooked up in storage for months some times.
Overnight? No worries.