That went as expected-Part Deux
After my first failure to get the 5th wheel backed into the site. I got a friend of mine to help guide me this time and I ignored my wife(after 25 years of marriage that part is getting easier). Put...
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Allworth wrote:
Whoever sold you that trailer should be thrown in jail.
No, I don't think so. They were very nice and showed me a lot. From what I can tell from the responses, the problems I have had are pretty common. They are just nuances that I hadn't thought about. After 40 years of towing travel trailers, I did things automatically without thinking about them. Really, the same problems I have had now are the same ones I had when I began towing. They just present a little differently.
For example, when you go to unhitch a trailer, you often have to rock the hitch a little to get the latch on the trailer to lift up before you can crank the trailer up away from the ball. That is the same thing as what I had to do to release the pressure on the 5th wheel hitch. The only reason I assumed the handle would glide easily open is because it opened easy on the sales lot. That was because when it was shown to me how to hitch, we didn't actually move the 5th wheel so it never engaged fully. Now it makes sense.
I had to learn how to back a trailer but it was so long ago, I forgot how hard it was at first. I did it without thinking. Now I just have to learn a little different technique. I got it in the second time without a problem. Also, trying to back into a mud pit during the rainy season didn't help. Once I have backed it in a few times, I will pack the drive down and it will be easier. I think from now on it won't be that much different than the trailers. I am not new to RV's, just 5er's.
I am sure it has been done many times before, but I think I might start a thread for compare and contrast 5er's to TT's out in the general section. That might help me anticipate problems better.
