x96mnn
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Looking for some advice. I posted in the tow rig section my set up and looking or advice there on if I should be considering this or not.
Question for those out there who have towed a 30 foot plus trailer and your general do and don't. Like do you always ask for a drive through or can this thing be backed up. This trailer is 34.5ft and my old was 29ft, does the extra 5ft make a massive difference in backing up and maneuvering around?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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transamz9
Lawrenceburg Ky
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Is it a tt or 5er? Are you changing brands or style trailer? A lot depends on where the axles are placed on the trailer you have now and the one you are looking at.
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n7bsn
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I moved "up" 5 feet last year. It really can make a difference. A gas station I had NO issues with before, I had one *#&$^ of a time getting out of.
The biggest thing to watch for is getting into places that are going to be "not fun" to get out of. Like one poster here that had to back about a half-mile down a one-lane road, or one poor guy I watched. He had stopped to visit the museum in town, and instead of going out the way he came in, he went around back. Well, the road around back dead-ends at an old ammo-bunker. He had to back his fiver around two corners, on a one lane road.
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skipnchar
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Longer trailers generally are easier to back than short ones. consider the ULTIMATE comparison and try backing a small lawn trailer sometime and you'll see what I mean. Pull through sites are a real PITA in my opinion because they OFTEN place a tree right at the apex of the turn or outline the borders with rocks and longer trailer often won't track closely enough to make the turn. When I'm FORCED to use a pull through I almost always back into it.
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netaq
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Turns get wider as the trailer gets longer, but backing up becomes easier because its less sensitive to over correction. Pull thrus are nice but its no trouble reversing.
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therink
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My last TT was 34' including tongue. The main reason I got ridof it and moved to a fiver was because it was a nightmare pulling it on the highway. Manuevering and backing was no problem. My problem was trailer sway even with Reese dual cam set up.
Towing the fiver is a dream.
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Jack_Diane_Freedom
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I have a 35 ft TT and have not had any problems backing into sites or in/out of gas stations. It will seem huge at first but in a short time it will become second nature.
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x96mnn
Nova Scotia
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therink...you speak of trailer sway and I am glad you brought it up because its a real concern of mine. I had some bad experience with my last tow rig and do not want to go back to those days.
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therink
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x96mnn wrote:therink...you speak of trailer sway and I am glad you brought it up because its a real concern of mine. I had some bad experience with my last tow rig and do not want to go back to those days.
I tried everything to eliminate it but couldn't. I think my TT may have had too much trailer behind the rear trailer axles, plus it was 10k gvwr and high profile. All of that doesn't mix well with a bumper pull. Arriving at campgrounds with racked nerves just wasn't conducive to a good camping experience. I don't have that problem now.
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samsontdog
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I have towed my 34 ft TT and my 40 ft 5thw for the last 15 years (not at the same time) and I prefer the TT over the 5th w. In fact the 5th w is set up in Yuma as a rental now. I prefer 30 to 34 ft over the smaller RVs as they are easy to back etc. I have never in over 50 years of towing asked for a drive thru. Never had much of a problem getting in and out of Service Stations and have never refuled at a Truck Stop
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