Whoever said 5er's were easier
I'd sure like to know what you are smokin'! Because I'm just plain exhausted! Seems everything is a difficult learning curve on the new 5er opposed to over 30-40-50 years of bumper pull travel ex...
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Dutch I've suffered through same challenges you mentioned.I'm going to speed up your evolution.
1. keep a bucket or stool for home hitching use. Just keep it near wherever you park fiver.
2. Keep 2nd buck or milk crate in storage bin of fiver. Use it to hold your chocks or blocks. Make it the 1st thing you grab when setting up.
This keeps you from crawling in and out of truck to get the stool/bucket.
I also have a trifold tonneau cover. I put marks on cover and pin box to use a backup markings. Next I used a squeeze clamp on the hitch which extended the hitch by allowing be to see the clamp above the cover.
Spring Clamp.
For the breakaway cable. Get one of the coiled type. They are much easier to deal with
Lastly consider a camera for hitching. Like you I don't have a fancy newer truck with all the gadgets. But there's hope for us.
A swift hitch or Eyeball cam will make hitching a lot easier with your cover.
There is still a learning curve you will have to overcome.
However a few hints and gadgets will go along way towards sorting it all out
1. keep a bucket or stool for home hitching use. Just keep it near wherever you park fiver.
2. Keep 2nd buck or milk crate in storage bin of fiver. Use it to hold your chocks or blocks. Make it the 1st thing you grab when setting up.
This keeps you from crawling in and out of truck to get the stool/bucket.
I also have a trifold tonneau cover. I put marks on cover and pin box to use a backup markings. Next I used a squeeze clamp on the hitch which extended the hitch by allowing be to see the clamp above the cover.
Spring Clamp.
For the breakaway cable. Get one of the coiled type. They are much easier to deal with
Lastly consider a camera for hitching. Like you I don't have a fancy newer truck with all the gadgets. But there's hope for us.
A swift hitch or Eyeball cam will make hitching a lot easier with your cover.
There is still a learning curve you will have to overcome.
However a few hints and gadgets will go along way towards sorting it all out
