New to forum, just bought my first 5th wheel TT!

Dan, I'd be =real= leery of installing those wheels on the back end of that rig. FW frames simply aren't designed to have that kind of stress put on them and you face the very real chance of bending the frame, or at least flexing it enough to cause damage to the superstructure and/or any number of components, from plumbing to gas lines to =all= the paneling (inside and out).

Lyle

DutchmenSport wrote:
Congrats on your lucky find! If you have space at home, do several "driveway" camps in it now running all the systems to flush out any hidden unknowns. Also, if you use it at home, when you hit the road, you'll be all familiar with it and not have to through a learning curve in the campground.

Hitch up a few times, pull out on the road, drive around, get comfortable with it, then bring it home, park it again, set up. Repeat 2 or 3 times before your first true outing and you'll be whiz, get to know the trailer, and find everything that may need a bit of maintenance attention.

But more important, that 3 year old will have an absolute blast!

We started our first kid tent camping 6 months after they were born (so the first one was born in December). We started our second kid tent camping 4 weeks after she was born (June). They grew up with it. We had an absolute blast.

Now all 6 of my grandkids love to go with us. My one grandson and my son live with us now. When the grandson was 1 year old, my son started camping with us again. Now that little boy is 5 years old and is so excited every time we go "out", he's almost busting at the seems.

Your 3 year old will have an absolute blast in the camper. Let her enjoy it at home too!

Good luck and congrats!

We towed it up to a friend's camp for last weekend. I installed Air Lift airbags with wireless compressor in my truck last week and it towed great on the 100 mile round trip.

Unfortunately it will not make it up to our house currently as it goes from our bridge to a steep hill and the back will drag. Ordered the 6" diameter caster wheels to weld onto the rear of the frame so I can get it up to and down from the house. Its currently parked in the grass alongside our driveway right as you turn off the county road.

Found one issue with the inverter. The inverter is supposed to run the fridge while on battery/12v vehicle power. Inverter and remote switch both turn on but fridge won't kick on.

Congrats on your lucky find! If you have space at home, do several "driveway" camps in it now running all the systems to flush out any hidden unknowns. Also, if you use it at home, when you hit the road, you'll be all familiar with it and not have to through a learning curve in the campground.

Hitch up a few times, pull out on the road, drive around, get comfortable with it, then bring it home, park it again, set up. Repeat 2 or 3 times before your first true outing and you'll be whiz, get to know the trailer, and find everything that may need a bit of maintenance attention.

But more important, that 3 year old will have an absolute blast!

We started our first kid tent camping 6 months after they were born (so the first one was born in December). We started our second kid tent camping 4 weeks after she was born (June). They grew up with it. We had an absolute blast.

Now all 6 of my grandkids love to go with us. My one grandson and my son live with us now. When the grandson was 1 year old, my son started camping with us again. Now that little boy is 5 years old and is so excited every time we go "out", he's almost busting at the seems.

Your 3 year old will have an absolute blast in the camper. Let her enjoy it at home too!

Good luck and congrats!

USAFBILL wrote:
were you wearing a mask when you handed the guy the money???

Nah, just a smile :B

were you wearing a mask when you handed the guy the money???