Fifth Wheel

Post by **ColdHouse** » Fri. Apr. 21, 2023 4:07 pm

Going to acquire a used fifth wheel. 2013 42 Footer.

Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Fri. Apr. 21, 2023 6:49 pm

Now I have a place to visit

Post by **Paper** » Mon. Sep. 25, 2023 7:17 am

davidmcbeth3 wrote: ↑Fri. Apr. 21, 2023 6:49 pm Now I have a place to visit

Or, he can bring it right to you!!!

Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Mon. Sep. 25, 2023 7:24 am

Paper wrote: ↑Mon. Sep. 25, 2023 7:17 am Or, he can bring it right to you!!!

He'll have to put a trailer hitch on his Tesla and plan for a 12 hr trip to account for refuel stops.

Post by **Paper** » Mon. Sep. 25, 2023 8:47 am

Fifth wheel Tesla.. You might have the next million dollar idea, right there.

Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Mon. Sep. 25, 2023 4:39 pm

Paper wrote: ↑Mon. Sep. 25, 2023 8:47 am Fifth wheel Tesla.. You might have the next million dollar idea, right there.

I had a 2007 Nissan Altima Hybrid ... it ran on all electric (EV mode) for whopping 2 mile "spurts" in all-EV mode. It could run in all EV for 2 miles, then the ICE would kick in...10 miles down the road the batteries would be recharged and you could get another 2 miles on EV.

I slapped a trailer hitch on it...had no problems towing with it on all-EV.

That car had a 100K warranty with its catalytic converters where the all ICE Altima had 60K ...sure enough the car's cat went out at 95K..took 3 weeks for the dealer to figure out that the car had 5K left on the warranty. Then free cat installed, saving me $3000. And in that 3 week time frame I sought an exemption to emissions testing (found out cat was bad during a test). My state disregarded federal law (if it costs too much then you get get an exemption~at least at that time--anyone has a cat issue or expensive emission repair issue ? I could likely find the part of federal law or CFR, just shoot a note to me) and said I had to spend the 3 grand and then if it failed then they would grant the exemption to emissions -- the complete opposite of federal law; I was about to file a civil suit when the dealer called and said it was covered by the warranty so it cost me nothing....the state dodged a bullet on that one.