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08-12-2012, 06:08 PM
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Unfortunatly my DW has never towed ANYTHING and has no desire to do so.(sigh) 
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08-12-2012, 06:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Central PA
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DH does not camp, so I do all of the towing. When we go out I usually drive. Sometimes I have DS drive so I can have a break.
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2010 Jayco 17Z Ex-Port
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Nights Camping 132 - Nights Camping in My Z 102
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08-12-2012, 06:28 PM
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Location: Rochester, NY
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My wife tows our 228 with her Outlook. Being a teacher with summers off she has the time to take it out all summer and has towed it everywhere, starting at the dealership, where she raised a few eyebrows and gotta couple way to go girl, when she pulled it out of their lot.
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08-12-2012, 09:12 PM
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Location: Arizona City
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Wife won't drive anything over the size of her Suzuki sx4. Enough said hahaha.
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08-13-2012, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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My DW enjoys driving highway miles, but still needs instruction while backing. I'm very proud of her.
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08-13-2012, 08:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Mound
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Only 3 people tow my trailer. Me,Me and Me. My wife won't but says she wants to learn but we have not had time to go to the school for her to practice.
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08-14-2012, 07:42 PM
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Location: Indian Trail, N.C.
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My wife refuses to drive the TV alone...never mind with the TT attached. She knows that she needs to learn in case anything ever happens to me while we are on a trip but we can never find time to take the combo somewhere to practice. Besides, I really don't mind doing all the towing, it actually relaxes me.
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08-14-2012, 08:05 PM
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Location: Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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My wife does not like driving the F150. I don't think she will ever pull the trailer
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08-15-2012, 06:21 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Central Virginia
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It's my truck, but DH tows it. (I sit quietly with my eyes closed and my knuckles white). BUT, I'm the one who backs it.
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08-15-2012, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
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I do all the towing. Wife hauled the 2007 jayco pop up once. SHe has expressed a great deal of interest in hauling the 1990 Jayco 25ft TT. Once camping season winds down I'll take her to our work parking lot after hours and let her practice. She has all begun studyin gfor her CDL as she has the opportunity to drive tractor trailers at our work.
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08-15-2012, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: White Salmon, Wa.
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The DW will drive the truck but dosn't like to but no way will she tow anything.
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08-15-2012, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: N.E. Pennsylvania
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My wife has never driven our truck. She has absolutely no interest in driving the TV and TT. But she does offer me a great deal
of instruction and critique when I'm driving.
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08-15-2012, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Hillsboro, MO
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The DW drives the TV (she drove an F150 when we started dating[one of the things that attracted me to her]), but I do all the driving while towing. She will pull the trailer forward and back it onto the leveling blocks after I get it backed into the spot. Maybe this off season I'll talk her into towing on the road should an emergency arise.
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08-16-2012, 02:46 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Southern Indiana
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I will be the main driver towing the TT. My wife says that's a "Man Job"!
Nice to see there are still some things a woman thinks us men are better at!! 
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08-16-2012, 07:04 PM
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Ever since I was a kid I have had problems getting car sick. Even now, just studying a map for a while while we're moving can make me feel queasy. My wife? She can sew, quilt, read a book all day in the passenger seat. Needless, to say, I do pretty much all the driving on trips. She has pulled our old PUP in the past, could probably handle the 25-foot Jayco TT in a pinch, but this is the best division of labor. She does give me nice shoulder rubs goin down the road. 
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08-16-2012, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: North Idaho/Arizona
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We decided a long time ago that Sallie should know how to pull the trailer in case of an emergency. She enjoys towing the trailer.
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08-17-2012, 12:42 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Phoenix
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My hubby won't let me drive after the first time. We were bringing our new baby home and were in the flats of Western Nebraska/Eastern Colorado. Hubby needed a nap. He was getting 10mpg while he was driving. After I drove a few hours, we needed gas. He did the math and saw that I was getting 7. He's never let me drive again.
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08-17-2012, 04:26 AM
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My little 115 lb wife takes her turn pulling the fifth wheel. She is edgy backing but I am glad to do that!
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08-20-2012, 07:32 AM
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Location: Livermore,California
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I tow our Swift all the time but the dw has towed it around town and practiced backing it up in a vacant parking lot near our home. In an emergency, she could do a fine job. Also she knows how to hook up the wdh and sway bar and get the tt ready to go, just seems like a good idea to me, I think even older children should have an idea of how to get things hooked up......happy camping!
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08-20-2012, 09:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PhxKim
My hubby won't let me drive after the first time. We were bringing our new baby home and were in the flats of Western Nebraska/Eastern Colorado. Hubby needed a nap. He was getting 10mpg while he was driving. After I drove a few hours, we needed gas. He did the math and saw that I was getting 7. He's never let me drive again. |
Kim, you were either going up hill or driving into the wind. Keep on pulling.
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