{"id":2887,"date":"2019-04-25T15:16:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T22:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pippenings.com\/rv-living\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2019-04-25T15:21:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T22:21:58","slug":"hitching-fifth-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pippenings.com\/rv-living\/hitching-fifth-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hitch a Fifth Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I got my fifth wheel it was daunting to hitch up my fifth wheel. Connecting a fifth wheel seemed more ominous and dangerous than just hooking up a travel trailer, horse trailer or even less, my old vehicle dolly to my previous class A RV.  It was rightly so to feel that way as there are more serious errors and potential damages if done carelessly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous owners of my fifth wheel gave me a list to keep in mind and I expanded on it. Things to do and think about before leaving and arriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is the list that you can hopefully use for your pre-travel and arrival checklist with your fifth wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pippenings.com\/rv-living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/steps-for-hitching-unhitching-trailer-and-truck.pdf\">My fifth wheel hitching list<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, watch this video for a better understanding of how to hitch your fifth wheel: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RcCIYfftv7o\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I got my fifth wheel it was daunting to hitch up my fifth wheel. Connecting a fifth wheel seemed more ominous and dangerous than just hooking up a travel trailer, horse trailer or even less, my old vehicle dolly to my previous class A RV. It was rightly so to feel that way as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pippenings.com\/rv-living\/hitching-fifth-wheel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Hitch a Fifth Wheel<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[872,873,871,874],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pippi-peterson","tag-connect-a-trailer","tag-fifth-wheel-hook-up","tag-hitch-a-fifth-wheel","tag-trailer-connection"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Hitch a Fifth Wheel &#8902; 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