Turning a FW around in a Culdesac
We keep our FW in a storage area about 5 mi from our house. It's not terrible, but loading for trips, water etc, gets to be a bit of a pain. It would certainly be easier to bring to the house to load....
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way2roll wrote:rhagfo wrote:
Well we always kept most needed stuff loaded in the 5er year round, just had to load perishable food mostly.
What is your position on the cul-de-sac? Just before going full time we lived in an end unit townhouse. I needed to install a correct Track system and wet bolts, the townhouse driveway was at the 3 o'clock position on the cul-de-sac. I was able to swing around and nose into the driveway at the 9 o'clock position, then back down the other three units, with the front of the 5er just past the next door neighbors garage door.
We are at the 11:00 position, so not much of a turn while backing in. Not straight, but not too exaggerated either. I've backed in far worse places. The rub is the long section of street I'll have to back into but it is what it is.
We we hosted a coastal park in the winter, the site was angled the wrong way. The normal way would be drive down the road to a round about and back to do a short back in to the site. I found it easiest way to pull into the day use and then back about 300’ down to the site.
I have always used the hand on the bottom to the wheel and push the direction you want the tail of the 5er to go, just take take it slow and easy.
