7 Pin Towing Connector for a Recreational Vehicle : While looking at the hitch of the fifth wheel, you might notice a really thick rubbery connector that goes between your tow vehicle and the fifth wheel. Most of the time these modern days, this connector is a 7 pin connector ( there can be others, […]
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RV Breakaway Brake Switch – Fifth Wheel Pictorial Guide
Recreational Vehicle Breakaway Switch : As you check out the exterior of the RV, you will eventually get to the defining characteristic of the fifth wheel RV and that is the hitch. When looking at the hitch, you’ll see there is more than just a mechanical connection – there is an electrical connection and then a […]
Fifth Wheel Hitch – Fifth Wheel Pictorial Guide – the RV manual
RV Fifth Wheel Hitch The Fifth Wheel hitch is the differentiating feature in the fifth wheel towable RV category. Towable recreational vehicles are broken into two classes which are determined by their hitch type. The travel trailer attaches to a ball on/near the bumper area of a truck and the fifth wheel RV attaches to […]
My redneck moment – Unsafe without excuses – leveling your fifth wheel RV
Just because your jacks can make it level doesn’t mean you should! I had the RV parked on an incline once before… and it never bothered me. But the FRONT of the RV was very close to the ground and the front jacks were only extended about 6-7 inches. In other words, the wheels and […]
RV Basics : Towing and Weight Terminology
When it comes to RV’s most people seem to assume that most terms are understood. One area that is ripe for misunderstanding is the simple terms around weight. I thought I would write a short article with a list about the different terms. GVWR – (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) – maximum permissible weight of the […]
RV Toad : Neat article on an electric cooper
While the RV is just a tent in the back of the mini-cooper, this was a really interesting article on an electric car charging from the campground pedestal. Since it seems that there is a preponderance of very technical people who are RV’ers (retired military, engineers, mechanics, and more) I thought this was of general […]
Very Useful Electrical Wiring Diagram for your Hitch Connector
This is one of the best electrical diagrams I’ve seen. I’ll be using this in the future. Its all the way down to 45 degrees F in Texas right now (brrrrr) so I’ll wait to do too much outside stuff. We’ll use this for our travel trailer as we need to figure out a problem […]
7 pole Extension cords for the Trailer lights and brakes
I know this seems SO OBVIOUS that it is painful, but we purchased Mr. Big (our pull vehicle for Puma our recreational vehicle) used and Mr. Big was already equipped with a 5th wheel hitch and a 7 pole receptacle for the 5th wheel. But we had a travel trailer and the only thing brought […]
The Second Pull – Wimberley to Mason
Thanksgiving 2009 : Sheri and I decided we would tow Puma (our recreational vehicle) from our very first RV park in Wimberley Texas to Mason Texas. I put a Google (thanks Google) map at the bottom of this post so you can see the route we took. We made a little video of some sights […]
About our Pull Vehicle Mr Big
Since our RV isn’t self propelled (called a pusher, or class C, or about 100 other names) we need to consider the vehicle needed to pull it. My wife’s 24 year old son has a big 1/2 ton Chevy pickup. At first we thought it would pull the Travel Trailer (we’ll call the trailer Puma). […]