MalcolmJoan
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What is the difference & which is easier to tow & back up with: Pop-up, Travel Trailer, or a 5th Wheel?
Ya gotta learn to use the mirrors, and not look over your shoulder.
As others said......Shorter the trailer = harder to control backing up.
The longer the trailer, things happen much more slowly.....and with a big trailer you tend to spend more time "looking" at a potential maneuver rather than just "going fir it" like you might with a short trailer.
Fifth Wheel trailers are the easiest to control. They respond very intuitively to your steering wheel input.
I haul all three types and I installed a receiver on the front of my truck when I have the need to precisely maneuver a standard type hitch trailer.
When I started hauling trailers, the best advise I ever got was.........#1.."hand on the bottom of steering wheel, push to the side you want the trailer to go" ...#2...Don't ask your wife to be the look out!"
Boy did I learn #2 the hard way:Wow1: