Making it easy
Someone listed their trailer as being for sale recently and hinted at the reasons why. What have you done to make your travel trailer easier to use? My biggest was to purchase a HD pickup that did n...
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We are selling it for several reasons. First, my husband is entirely non-mechanical and panics when anything goes wrong. Second, related to the first, we both massively appreciate all the help we've gotten from other RVers when that happens, but it's also an occasion for humiliation for him. Third, as a 75-year-old disabled vet, he's finding it increasingly difficult to crawl around under the truck hauling heavy chains, manhandling heavy WD hitches, etc.
We sold our Class A years ago because he wasn't comfortable with yet another vehicle, especially one that we bought used - he lived in fear of something going wrong. So the trailer seemed like an easy way to continue self-contained travel - a box on wheels, with no motor. It turns out to be a lot more complex to set up and use. The hitching process often takes a long time and is physically difficult for him. I can help but only so far, since my knees prevent me from crawling around under the truck.
We leased an F-150 to haul it, which it does very well. While we know that some people don't bother with WD hitches and sway control bars, we haven't tried that - knowing as little as we do about what's going on, we don't want to take any chances.
I posted another statement about selling the trailer, which someone saw fit to report without telling me why. Shortly thereafter, it was removed, again without a word to me - it just disappeared. Those kinds of treatment aren't conducive to encouraging people to post here. So I'm posting this reply because TomG2 was kind enough to encourage me to do so. I hope our experiences, both with the trailer and here, are helpful to others.
We sold our Class A years ago because he wasn't comfortable with yet another vehicle, especially one that we bought used - he lived in fear of something going wrong. So the trailer seemed like an easy way to continue self-contained travel - a box on wheels, with no motor. It turns out to be a lot more complex to set up and use. The hitching process often takes a long time and is physically difficult for him. I can help but only so far, since my knees prevent me from crawling around under the truck.
We leased an F-150 to haul it, which it does very well. While we know that some people don't bother with WD hitches and sway control bars, we haven't tried that - knowing as little as we do about what's going on, we don't want to take any chances.
I posted another statement about selling the trailer, which someone saw fit to report without telling me why. Shortly thereafter, it was removed, again without a word to me - it just disappeared. Those kinds of treatment aren't conducive to encouraging people to post here. So I'm posting this reply because TomG2 was kind enough to encourage me to do so. I hope our experiences, both with the trailer and here, are helpful to others.
