Switch to Bumper Pull?
My knees are starting to give out on me, and so I'm considering selling my Rockwood 5th Wheel, and buying a Bumper Pull. Going up and down the steps from the living room to the bedroom can sometimes b...
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TBammer wrote:Terryallan wrote:
I believe you nailed the biggest advantage. In a 5er, everything is up or down stairs. there are even more steps up into the trailer itself.
As for hooking up. Electric tongue jacks make it pretty easy.
Then there is the truck bed. then there is a chance you may not need as large of a TV.
It is really your choice. You know how your knees are. Mine won't take it.
Interesting, as I was thinking that I would want a 5er as I got older. So, the hitching up is less on the knees than the stairs into and within the trailer?
Really all you got to do is stand there while the jack raises it up, and down. I raise mine high enough that the spring bars just snap into place. I only have to bend over to hook the chains, and plug in the 7 pin. And I have a backup camera that guides me to the ball.
And the entrance to my TT is only 2 steps high, as opposed to 4 for many 5ers.
