Our fifth wheeler and ute

rayjanet · Member

Our fifth wheeler and ute

Cruising Cruze · Guru

Welcome to the site
And thank you for your service Ray
Lovely combination to get around and see things

Cheers John

Vic41 · Guru

Welcome and a very nice rig. smile

Are 5th wheelers very hard to hook up/unhook for older people? confuse

chopit · Senior Member

Fifth wheelers are always impressive.
Great looking set-up.
Cheers

Dougwe · Chief one feather

How,

Welcome to the gang from me too, enjoy here and out in the playground.

Nice rig too.

Johanna · Veteran Member

Only if the wheels fall off Vic.

Vic41 · Guru

Johanna wrote:
Only if the wheels fall off Vic.

Hmmmm.....I'll have to remember that......did you get my pm awhile back? confuse

Woody n Sue · Guru

Why is it that people think hooking up to a fifth wheeler is hard look out the rear view mirror and you can see the hitch , can't see the tow ball under the rear bumper isn't that' harder ???
Give me a fifth wheeler any day

Woody n Sue · Guru

Looks good hope it treats you well

PeterD · Guru

Vic41 wrote:
Are 5th wheelers very hard to hook up/unhook for older people?

The only one I have seen that was hard to hitch up was one where the turntable in an F250 was mounted lower than the top of the tail gate. He would have to back up the vehicle until the hitch pin was within the tub and then his little wife would go under the van and push the tail gate closed. She then had to vacate the space before he could back up and engage the pin. If you are getting an American ute then order it with a cut away tail gate so the cut-away will clear the hitch.

As woody said, isn't it easier to back up when the hitch in view than when it is buried way down at bumper bar level? You will find that many times the van si at the correct trim when you unhitch. Hitching up is then just a matter of backing under, when the hitch engages it auto locks. It's then just a matter of getting out, checking if it's OK and attaching the umbilicals.

Dunmowin · Guru

Vic41 wrote:
Welcome and a very nice rig.
Are 5th wheelers very hard to hook up/unhook for older people?

Vic, send a PM to Andrea. I believe she has done a lot of hitching up their fiver over the past year or so.

PeterD · Guru

rayjanet wrote:
Our permanent home since 12th August 2008 is "Kozwi", a Venture 690 (now Winjana) from Toowoomba

Missed this one earlier. When did Venture and Winjana amalgamate? Their respective web sites indicate their factories are nearly7 km apart by road. I have been informed that the people who set Winjana up were disgruntled employees of Venture.

Vic41 · Guru

Thanks Peter D and Dunmowin.

Wood n Sue, never having had a 5th wheeler and knowing nothing about them, my simple question was "are they hard to hitch up" not that I think they are hard to hitch up, perhaps when you are 15 years older than your are now (like I am) and have health problems you will understand why I posed the question.

-- Edited by Vic41 on Wednesday 29th of October 2014 11:47:58 PM

Phillipn · Guru

PeterD wrote:
rayjanet wrote:
Our permanent home since 12th August 2008 is "Kozwi", a Venture 690 (now Winjana) from Toowoomba
Missed this one earlier. When did Venture and Winjana amalgamate? Their respective web sites indicate their factories are nearly7 km apart by road. I have been informed that the people who set Winjana up were disgruntled employees of Venture.

I don`t know where you got your information from, you have the bull by the tail.