Is this the record for tightest backing up of a 5th wheel?

rhagfo wrote:
I would be renting a storage space, in Battle Ground, WA. Rates can't be that bad, would not be worth the frustration and effort to me!

That was our back-up plan if I wouldn't have been able to park the RV at our place.
But I prefer have it parked here despite the hassle: We are on a tight budget, saving money where we can, and the RV is also used sometimes by people staying with us, and when kids' friends are here for sleep-overs.
It is also nice to have it home since I do all the maintenance on it myself.

I wonder if putting the truck in 4 LO would be a little easier on the clutch. Also, would allow you to go 3 inches at a time instead of 12. But then again, sometimes when you know how to do something, that's the only way to do it.

I would not do it.

That is indeed tight. I think you'd have a few more inches clearance from the overhang if you built up your blocks even more, so the top of the trailer tilts out toward the fence. Just until you clear that front corner of the overhang.

You have more guts than I do. I might think about how I would get my trailer into that space but that's as far as it would go. My DW would have the first and final say.....NOT ONLY NO, BUT HELL NO!!!!!
Congrats to you, your backing abilities and your patience!!!

Just don't mention the war.

A neighbor had a tough job to get past that phone box in his yard, contacted the telephone company to come move it, cost him $200 and they got it out of his way. You might check and see what it would cost to move that box. Would give you some extra room to adjust your entry angle.

I'd have some damaged stuff if I had to park like that. My place is big enough I can pull in forward and take the driveway down to my shop in the back, turn around, and then either leave the trailer there or pull it back up to the house. Kudos, OP.

I would cut the overhang and hinge it if you like. That 8 inches would be like 3 feet difference. Or I would mix a drink and put the little lady in the truck. Just let her out to mix your second or third drink

Nice! I agree with the others about that overhang. Remove that and you'd save probably 15 minutes of back and forth.

Since you're only doing this a few times a year, it will probably continue to work. But if you start doing more RVing, I'd look at the mods you can do. As you mentioned in the video, when you're tired after camping, you're going to make a mistake.

I have a similar situation with my driveway (not that tight, but tight and I have to come in at an angle then straighten like that). I always err on the side of the fence - if I'm going to hit something I'd rather it be that. The brick house will do a lot more damage to the RV than the fence will do and the fence is cheaper to repair than the house will be.