Fifth Wheel RVer Protects His Investment
Ed and Barbra Allen have been full time RVers for over 17 years. During that time they’ve learned a few things about how to protect their investment. 
The nice thing about Travel Trailers and Fifth Wheel Trailers is that you can use your truck to run errands and scoot around town once you’ve parked at the campground. When I owned 5th wheels, I would back my truck up close to my king pin so that I could easily access my toolbox and when I left on an errand the truck was already pointed in the right direction. 
One time Ed backed his truck a little too far and dented his tailgate and bent his king pin leveling jack. After that he decided to start putting back-up chocks down on the pavement to prevent this situation from happening again. 
He simply places these behind the rear wheels of his truck at a safe distance from his king pin. 
Here's a video demonstrating how this works. Jim
The nice thing about Travel Trailers and Fifth Wheel Trailers is that you can use your truck to run errands and scoot around town once you’ve parked at the campground. When I owned 5th wheels, I would back my truck up close to my king pin so that I could easily access my toolbox and when I left on an errand the truck was already pointed in the right direction. One time Ed backed his truck a little too far and dented his tailgate and bent his king pin leveling jack. After that he decided to start putting back-up chocks down on the pavement to prevent this situation from happening again. He simply places these behind the rear wheels of his truck at a safe distance from his king pin. Here's a video demonstrating how this works. Jimposted by Jim Twamley at
6/28/2007 11:11:00 AM
2 Comments:
Re:5th wheels, ever heard of 5th wheel hitch braking loose from truck bed? Friend had this happen when he applied brakes hard to avoid accident, 5th wheel hit cab, broke back window. Thought they were bolted into frame and wouldnt break loose like this? Now am concerned about this happening to me. Thanks for anybodies experience about this.
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Anonymous, at July 1, 2007 2:11:00 PM PDT
Anonymous, make sure you physically inspect your hitch at least twice a year. If you are not certain of the quality of bolts holding your hitch, then by all means replace them with high quality manufacturer recommended grade bolts or higher. You can naver bee too safe. Also, it is important that you lubricate the moving parts on your 5er hitch as well. Jim Twamley
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Jim Twamley, at July 4, 2007 10:23:00 PM PDT
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