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  1. Yes, we are the all white set up straight out from your rear.
  2. We are at the rally until Wednesday when we have to leave to head for another show in Wisconsin.
  3. We will be entering a vehicle in the car show on Friday and Saturday, may be a bit cold but we will survive hopefully. If you come by the show and see us by our custom van be sure to say hi.
  4. We will be at the rally later today but cannot stay for the whole rally.
  5. There were only a few of us there this year. We arrived later and only took one picture of our setup. I believe NTPA did take a few earlier in the week before we arrived.
  6. We had a custom built Toyhauler made by Dune Sport in 2019 for under $100k. We have over 50k miles on it behind our HDT. We put either our SUV or a full size van in garage and can carry our smart car on the bed of the truck. We typically go out for 3-4 months at a time.
  7. Since e-bikes seem to be accepted, you might want to consider doing an e-trike.
  8. In reviewing the video, you can clearly see the semi in the left lane is closing the distance on the semi in the right lane. The motorhome came quickly up on the right. The article on CDL life indicated the motorhome driver was ticketed, so clearly law enforcement thought he was in the wrong and I agree to.
  9. The setup that would require the least amount of space for turning to a full 90 would be a pin in line with the front edge of the trailer assuming a squared off front for the trailer. Rounded fronts change the calcs. A straight down pin box with the pin under the gooseneck area actually needs more room as you have to figure the distance from the pin to the farthest front corner which will be larger that just going straight to the side. An extended pin box gives you more clearance up to the point of 90 degrees and may even allow a little beyond 90 on paper but it will be such a small amount that it isn't worth the time to calculate it.
  10. I didn't see or hear anything in the videos that indicates how it communicates with the tow vehicle. I am sure they are working on a solution but the retrofit to an older tow vehicle may be costly. For less than their base model, we had a trailer built that is twice the size of theirs. We purposely went with slideouts because our previous trailers didn't have any and we were tired of doing a dance to get past each other. As with anything in RVing, it is all about what you are willing to compromise one. I think there is a market for it and will have people that want it, just not us as I do not see it meeting our needs.
  11. Most parks will allow emergency repairs as this is not a maintenance item. Check with the park management. It is possible to do the repair in the field with the right equipment. I would rather have that done there where you can still use your RV vs taking it to a shop where it might be tied up long enough that you have to get a place to stay like a hotel which will not be covered. (Check your warranty, it probably shows that full time use is not covered only recreational use.) Once Lippert has done the onsite repair, now you should be safe to move the trailer to a repair facility if you feel they did not do a good enough job.
  12. They look like they are mounts for some rear rollers for a trailer so they don't drag the rear bumper. We made some similar ones for some 5" rollers.
  13. Does one vehicle have the towing capacity to tow the other one on a dolly or open car hauler? When we moved from Indiana to MN we had 5 vehicles and a trailer to move and only 4 drivers. We pulled the trailer with one vehicle and the car went on a tow dolly behind another vehicle.
  14. It also depends on what you final goal is. If all you want to do is haul a 5th wheel RV, you only need to do a few things to a class 8 truck. Add a Jackaloppe for the wiring converter. Add a brake controller like a Tuson Direct Link. Add fenders to protect the RV, either move the commercial hitch towards the rear of the truck so you can turn the trailer without hitting the truck or better yet replace the commercial big hitch with an RV style air ride hitch and mount it at the rear between the frame rails. This part may be the hardest as you typically have to add a little bit of frame to do it. Anything else you do is just extra like making a hauler bed, carrying a smart car, adding extra water tanks, adding a generator, adding storage compartments, etc....
  15. I didn't see anything about how you control the self driving feature of the trailer. In other words where is the software and connections that sends signals to trailer to start the motors for the wheels and maintain the same speed as the tow vehicle. Same for braking and is an ABS system built into it? What about slippery roads and bridges, what keeps the trailer from pushing the tow vehicle around. How are turns handle so that the tires on one side turn faster than the other side. Since it is not motorized does that mean a new class of license plate and registration is needed as it is not really a towable but it is a non steerable motorized unit.
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