Back up camera for truck and even on a fifth wheel??

[partsman01]

Okay, now that I have a newer truck to replace my written off truck and it has a few more bells and whistles than my old truck, I was thinking of getting a back up camera, like my brother did on his new dodge, then I started thinking has anybody put a camera at the back of the fifth wheel also and if so how does it work for backing up?
Just thinking it might be pretty slick to have not only on back of truck, but also up on the back of the fifth wheel.
Anyone do that?

[W4RLR]

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[W4RLR]

I went with Rear View Safety. They have a monitor that attaches to the rear view mirror on the windshield, and I can select one of three inputs (I use only two) I have a camera on the tailgate, and a camera on the rear of the fiver. When I'm not towing, I use the tailgate camera. When I'm towing, I switch between the two, as I get a great view of all four of the fiver tires with the tailgate camera. Full wired system cost about $300.

[brett_robin]

Last summer I purchased a Motorola wireless Baby monitor. The camera can pan in all Directions. I have a 41 foot sandpiper with a window in the back. I fabricated a mount to hold the camera. I wasn't sure if it would even work. we took a two week trip and it worked perfectly. I was able to see the road and if I wanted to see in the trailer I just panned the camera 180 deg. to check things out on the fly. If your trailer gets lonely it even plays lullabies.

[AZ_T_T]

I installed a Taddi Brothers wireless camera system last year and I love it!! I think i like it as much driving as I do backing up! One bad thing about the wireless is there is interference when the truck engine is running at certain RPM.

[BB_TX]

Love the backup camera on the truck and the large display screen. Would like it on the 5er but have not done it yet. Montana (and maybe others) offer it as an option on their 5ers now.

[ReneeG]

We have a backup camera mounted on our fifth wheel, but don't use it for backing up. Too many other variables to be aware of. We use it for going down the road to see what's behind us, etc. We have a backup camera on our TV and use that to line up with the hitch on the fifth wheel. When close enough, I let the tail gate down so DH can back up the rest of the way and hook up. Works perfectly.

[Learjet]

My Sig. truck came with a back up camera...works great.

The 5'er I just bought came with the Furrion Wireless camera, works great also. you can leave it on going down the road, not really what it is made for, but you will get signal break up every so often. For backing it is terrific.

[RoyB]

My back up camera that came with my 2010 Truck sure get used alot.

Has a nice large display in the console and has the foot markera and alarms when you are getting close to something.




This is mounted in the rear tailgate and shows the hitch. You can watch the trailer hitch go right over the top of the ball mount when hooking up the trailer.

This does flare up some at night when it picks up light from something. If this was on the back of the trailer it would have to be mounted high and looking more down to prevent the flare up.

Roy Ken

[RollandB]

After purchasing our Yukon (not our TV) two years ago which has a rear view camera on it, I'll never live without one. It gives such a better view of what's behind you. I'm needing to,replace the radio head in my TV and an shopping. 2 din unit so I can install a camera in it.

[GrumpyandGrandm]

Garmin's RV 760 has the optional wireless back-up camera and it works great. I use it as rear view camera and have never lost the signal and you can switch between GPS and camera as you are driving. The road warnings (low clearance, sharp curves etc) still pop up on the screen with the camera on.

[southernkilowat]

Just finished doing this exact mod on my trailer yesterday. Got the kit from Rear View Safety and couldn't be happier with it. It came with a heavy duty disconnect kit and cable and I mounted it at the hitch next to the weight dist hitch bars. Mine came with two cameras, a huge 7 inch color monitor with sound, and all the wires, cables, nuts and screws I needed. I can see behind me now, and it made it super easy to back down a curvy 800 ft driveway and up a hill!

One of the best things I have purchased in a long time!
I got mine from HERE

I thought it was a bit pricy when I ordered it, but now that its here and I saw how heavy duty it was, I understand why.

[northmeck0255]

We have one from Rear View Systems. The camera mounts on the license plate bracket, so you don't need to drill holes in your rig.

[crcr]

Here's a good way to install a backup camera for the truck. It's an Edge Insight CTS monitor. I installed a $12 backup camera I got off of Amazon on the license plate frame (it gives a beautiful picture), ran a wire, and plugged it into the back of the monitor. When I put the truck in reverse, the monitor automatically switches to the camera view. Then when you take it out of reverse, it goes back to the custom gauge configuration you have chosen and set up, which is what is shown in the pic.

The monitor plugs into the OBD2 port under the dash, and you can pull any items of a myriad of data that the ECM has off there and display it. TFT, Trans Fluid Temp was especially important to me, also ECT, Engine Coolant Temp, and with the addition of an exhaust manifold probe kit, I got EGT, Exhaust Gas Temp. You can mount the monitor anywhere you like.

[consumeratlarge]

I put one on the back of my 24' trailer which is towed by the 31' motorhome. I ran the cable up to the front and bought a Magellan gps that had a big 7" screen that would also accept video in. The video in on the GPS used a different ring of the input plug than normal, but that was probably to make sure that only 'their' cords would work. Just buy an apple 4 ring plug that adapts to several RCA connectors. Find the one that works, it's that simple.

Anyway, next I put a switch to send some 12v to the camera in back. Now, when I flip that switch, the camera in back of the trailer appears on the GPS screen. I can also see the back of the motorhome, since that 3 camera system was untouched.

To make things even more complicated, since I like to tinker, I added a camera inside the trailer, with infrared lighting, to watch the fragile load, which is very close to the edges of the trailer. That also has a dedicated switch, so that it will also interrupt the gps screen when I flip the switch, and show up on that nice 7" screen. GPS continues to work, with voice commands, during this. I think the model was a 170 Magellan (not sure), and it has it's quirks, but was pretty cheap, a hundred and something.

Dual camera kit with quick release plugs was gotten from Ebay, and I'm sure it's Chinese, but it works so far. It came with a coily cord to go between trailer and back of RV.

I wire tied the cable along the bottom of the frame, tucking it away from harm's way whenever possible, and ran it up through a rubber plug in the driver's area, that was very pliable and easy to fish the line through. Then just added an extra fused output for the switches.

I like it, and for a couple or 3 hundred bucks or so, why not? More information is better, especially when the transmission is in reverse.