Hooking and unhooking of axis

laknox wrote:

Gjac wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:
A fifth wheel reacts a lot more slowly to TV input to begin with. Meaning you have to move a lot farther with the TV to make a direction change to the 5er. Maybe you should look at TT's. You can back them into tight spots quicker and easier with a lot less truck maneuvering to get it there.

I did not know this. My only experience has been towing 18 ft boats off and on for over the years. Never towed a trailer or 5th wheel.

Um, towing a boat =is= towing a trailer. :B Only difference would be length. Now, FWs are a different kettle of fish, but not radically so. After towing one for a while, you'll wonder what all the hoopla was about. :B

Lyle

I guess you are right, when you don't know something and you try to research it there does seem like a lot of "hoopla". Of course there are varying opinions which are normal. I have been reading stuff on here about hitches, SB vs LB's, sliding hitches vs fixed hitches and understand more now than I did a few weeks ago but still concerned about backing into the space that I store my class A in now, which is about 13 ft wide by about 35-40 ft long,next the side of my garage. It is tight with my 33ft Class A. Did not know how hard a short 5th wheel(24-28ft) would be or how long it would take to learn back up. I guess I should have asked a general question first like going from a Class A or C how long did it take you to feel comfortable backing into a camp site?