I am almost all done packing the new 5th wheel, just a few final items like tv, memory pad for the bed and a toothbrush left to pack.
The toy hauler is MUCH bigger and heavier than the Excel.....so much so that I had to buy a bigger truck.
I found a Ford F-350 with a diesel for a great price and had it shipped to Utah from Texas. Nice truck and was almost everything the dealer said in his ad. I did have to replace the exhaust pressure sensor which was not to difficult. My eyes are getting a bit weak and I need lots of light to see small details and if there is something shiny all I see is twinkles.
The Ford makes my old Dodge feel like a sports car. We traded the Dodge in on Sandy's new car......she was involved in a accident when a young girl ran a stop sign.....sure miss her Saab and my Dodge, but we are both liking her 2012 Ford Escape.....too new Fords and they are both white. We got what seemed like the most trucks for the money.....I like my F-350 too, sorry hope his feelings are not hurt. The big Doge trucks are very popular and I understand why......too bad it makes used ones so much more expensive than the Fords. I never even looked at the GM trucks don't like the looks. I did look at a old semi tractor that had been setup for 5th wheels, but got cold feet thinking of repair bills???? Never know with something like that......sure was cool though.
I have been rushing to get out of Ogden and very worried that I would not be done in time, now I'm ready to go, but the weather is holding up and I feel ok with just a little bit of health stuff so I'm going to wait till the long weekend (5 days) is over for Sandy. Will give me a chance to help her out with fall chores and I can have her help me get the toy hauler out of the driveway.
Our driveway is on a busy street and I found I need to build ramps over the curb to keep from dragging the rear of the trailer getting in and out. With the long truck and 40 foot trailer I completely block the street and it is crazy to see how angry it makes other drivers. I had one guy drive over the curb onto my driveway behind the trailer and back off the curb, lucky I saw him in my mirrors in time to slam on the brakes and miss the a**. It happens almost every time I try to line up to back into the driveway and I try not to dilly dally. With this trailer it take more time as I need to build the ramps while the truck and 1/2 the trailer are pulled out onto the street.
It is more difficult to get the big Ford to swing the frontend when backing so it take more room to turn the traile when backing and I have not found the sweetspot for backing into the driveway right next to the fence with just one try......frustrating for an old longhaul driver, I was pretty good at backing back then. The longer the truck the harder it is to back trailers......I do not think I even want to tryto back Sandy's little Buro with the F-350.
Another frustrating thing with this truck is the dually wheels.......I can't see the trailers in the mirrors very well, my car trailer I do not see until it is 4 or 5 feet off to the side and that simply sucks......I need either a set of flags on the rear of the trailer or a rear view camera for the car trailer, at least the toy hauler is tall enough to see which way it is turning.
Next year I may not even bring it here, I can park it at my daughter Randi's place. Why not two 5th wheel trailers, I have like 12 vw bugs thwre already.....THANKS RANDI AND MATT you save my butt.
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