Hi Everyone. Well, after 15 years the RV-Dreams Community Forum is coming to an end. Since it began in August 2005, we've had 58 Million page views, 124,000 posts, and we've spent about $15,000 to keep this valuable resource for RVers free and open. But since we are now off the road and have settled down for the next chapter of our lives, we are taking the Forum down effective June 30, 2021. It has been a tough decision, but it is now time.
We want to thank all of our members for their participation and input over the years, and we want to especially thank those that have acted as Moderators for us during our amazing journey living and traveling in our RV and growing the RV-Dreams Family. We will be forever proud to have been founders of this Forum and to have been supported by such a wonderful community. Thank you all!!
I just joined this group and at the moment I am at work pretending to work!!! I know nobody has done that before. I just posted on the introduction page under leap of faith, Terry & Jo were my first responses so I feel official. I haven't purchased anything yet but I am planning to leave in the spring. In fact the rally will probably be my maiden voyage...make way:) I have narrowed down my search to exclude MH bc I like having the seperation. The one that makes my heart flutter is a 35' 5th Bighorn. My question is can a single person haul such a thing? I can go smaller but why should I if I don't have to. Regardless of the size or type I am going to have to learn how to navigate it. I have never hauled anything or driven anything larger than a SUV.
Our 5th wheel is 37 foot and I have always pulled it with a Crewcab dually so we end up about 51ft in length.
I've often towed it, backed it into a narrow spot and several times parallel parked the truck and trailer without a navigator. It just takes practice and good mirrors.
Now days you can add cameras with a monitor to give you an even better view of what is going on around you.
Just take it to a big empty parking lot, put out cones or friends cars for practice parking, manuevering and panic stops to get a feel for the way it tows and reacts.
Then take it on a long trip on a fairly empty highway, up into the mountains and down some steep grades to get a feel for it. Once you're comfortable, try a busy highway, travel around town and driving at night which is probably the most difficult.
There are classes for first time RV'ers. Do a web search for RV driving schools.
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