Towing a full profile fifth?

djgodden wrote:
Any recommendation for a trucker route app which includes clearance data?

If you have the Uconnect Radio package from Mopar, you should have gotten The navigation system and they have a Low Clearance up date.
The Navigation System in my 2016 does.

Veebyes wrote:
Looked at a few of the full profiles a couple years ago. What were the designers thinking?

Thinking of people who wanted more of a home and less of a trailer.

Veebyes wrote:
What do you get with a full profile 5er? You get that much more cubic capacity to heat or cool. You get a bunch of cupboards way up high where you cannot reach them without moving a tall step stool around.

Looked at a few of the full profiles a couple years ago. What were the designers thinking?

What did I get with a full profile 5er? I got a unit where I never have to hit my head indoors (I'm 6'5"). That's pretty important to my wife, as she claims that I'm not rich or good-looking enough to get away with being stupid. Apparently, concussions cause cumulative damage.

What I want to know is: Why the heck are all RV doors only 72" tall? I'm 77" tall, and I can't count the times I've whacked my face against the wall above the door.

There is a website that has lists of low clearances that can be loaded onto a GPS: LowClearances. It costs a few bucks, but it's a handy list.

I got it and consider it money fairly well spent. I only bought the one-time download, not the lifetime jobby.

Any recommendation for a trucker route app which includes clearance data?

2oldman wrote:
Tree limbs. That's been my biggest nemesis.

Completely agree! I, at 13'4" so always look up as we travel. Many trees in towns and some in State Parks are the challenges I most often see.

^^^^^^^But a truck GPS will also try to route you around any non-truck streets/hiways. That can be a real pain at times.

Get a Truck ( 18 Wheeler) GPS and it will keep you on the safe routes

I'm 13'5" high and have been to most of the states in the lower 48. Years ago I have another fiver that was over 13' and had to stop for a 11'. Backed up about a half a miles in an old Pa. town. That was an education. Anyway we use a Garmin RV GPS and for the last 2 1/2 years has kept me out of trouble. We like back roads state and federal parks. One time in an overnight park in of all places Pa. again I almost took down some low hanging power lines. My wife caught it as the wire was going under my front AC. US routes ie: truck routes have been fine for traveling. Last word is to always be aware of your surroundings.

ford truck guy wrote:
I guess that is a good example for the 4X4 - VS - 4X2 Debate !! !

Of course the other side of the debate would be that he wouldn't have gotten that deep with 4X2. :)