U-turns
We currently tow a 31' (I just measured it) 5th wheel with an extended pin box. I can "almost" make a full lock 3.5 lane U-turn with it without tapping the back of the cab of our short bed F250 and th...
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jmtandem wrote:Can you do a full lock U-turn without contact?
Why is that important? Just know how much truck to trailer angle you can have before contact and take it from there. A longer shank will allow for a tighter angle if it is that important. One thing is for sure you never will damage the rear window of a pickup turning a travel trailer around unlike some shortbed trucks and
fifth wheels.
After I found out I can't make a full lock U-turn with our short bed F250 and 31' 5th wheel, not with damage but with careful watching, I'm curious what others are finding with travel trailers since we're planning on going back to a travel trailer. Sometimes we run into instances where a U-turn is necessary. My mom lives at the end of a long street on a cul-de-sac just big enough to turn my F250 around at full lock left. My inlaws have a tight turn around on their 3 acre lot just big enough for a full lock U-turn with the F250. I'm just curious if, with a 30' TT, is it possible, out of the question or a maybe depending on other variables. If someone asked the same question in the 5th wheel forum about a short bed and 5th wheel, I can say with "my" rig, almost but no, I can't do a full lock U-turn without contact. Others can so it would be a maybe.
