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wa8yxm
Aug 02, 2018Explorer III
I have towed trailers of many sizes from small U-Haul to some reasonable TT's. to a 40' 5th wheel. and I now drive a motorhome.
Different skill sets. And though I drive a Gasser. a D/P also needs some different skills than a Gasser.
Some difference.
Towing a Long trailer you need to, when making a turn you need to pull WAY out across the road you are turning on.. Else you will hit the curb with the trailer tires and possibly hit a lamp post or sign post as well. I watched a man pull a 30 foot Brand New Cedar Creek out of a gas station and WHAM hit the concrete barrier that protects the pumps from some idiot ramming them and tear up his brand new sticker in window trailer... OUCH.
Gasser, I only have to worry about 28 Feet of my 38 foot Motor hom
DP I'd have to worry about around 35 feet of it.
That's the biggest difference.
Also since the motorhome is 8 1/2 foot wide (but then some TT's may be as well) that's the part that took the longest for me to adjust to.
And I tend to adjust ..... Swiftly.
Different skill sets. And though I drive a Gasser. a D/P also needs some different skills than a Gasser.
Some difference.
Towing a Long trailer you need to, when making a turn you need to pull WAY out across the road you are turning on.. Else you will hit the curb with the trailer tires and possibly hit a lamp post or sign post as well. I watched a man pull a 30 foot Brand New Cedar Creek out of a gas station and WHAM hit the concrete barrier that protects the pumps from some idiot ramming them and tear up his brand new sticker in window trailer... OUCH.
Gasser, I only have to worry about 28 Feet of my 38 foot Motor hom
DP I'd have to worry about around 35 feet of it.
That's the biggest difference.
Also since the motorhome is 8 1/2 foot wide (but then some TT's may be as well) that's the part that took the longest for me to adjust to.
And I tend to adjust ..... Swiftly.
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