Challenges with a long(er) trailer?
Have to replace our 30' fifth wheel due to damage. My TV was pretty well maxed out, and more recent versions are just enough heavier that I'll be exceeding payload. So, looking very close at going t...
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I have yet to run into any real trouble with a 35 foot (ball to bumper) TT. Some tight spots, yes. Like actually needing my wife to get out and spot for me backing into a campsite with lots of close-in tress, or a sweating it just a little bit when forced to get fuel at and in-town side street gas station, rather than a truck stop style station with acres of room around it along the highway. But that is more a matter of how comfortable you are with towing in general.
I have professional trucker in-law who's overall length of truck and 5th wheel is nearly identical to my TV / TT and he has more trouble than I do because he's too used to tractor trailers.
I'd say my largest pain-in-the-neck is leveling in sites that are sloped. I've had a few spots where one end is nearly on the ground, wheels have 6 inches of blocks under them and then 3 sets of leveling blocks under the other end to get the unit all set to live in. I ended up mounting and small truck tool box on the rear bumper just for all the leveling blocks / chocks I carry.
I have professional trucker in-law who's overall length of truck and 5th wheel is nearly identical to my TV / TT and he has more trouble than I do because he's too used to tractor trailers.
I'd say my largest pain-in-the-neck is leveling in sites that are sloped. I've had a few spots where one end is nearly on the ground, wheels have 6 inches of blocks under them and then 3 sets of leveling blocks under the other end to get the unit all set to live in. I ended up mounting and small truck tool box on the rear bumper just for all the leveling blocks / chocks I carry.
