Re: [VAC] hello and question

[John Anderson <janderson@lsol.net>]

Some people seem to fear pulling a trailer over some certain magical length.
Why, I do not understand.  You aren't going to parallel park with a 24' anyway.
If you have to back up, for example, a longer wheelbase trailer is actually less
susceptible to jacknifing. The only disadvantage is if you have to back around a
corner into a particularly narrow space.  I had to deal with this when visiting
in rural Connecticut where the road was narrow and lined with low stone walls,
and "my parking spot" was a 10' wide driveway "cut" in the wall into a pasture.
But other than that, we have successfully negotiated any thing and everything,
including fast food drive-through windows, with our 31' Sovereign. Don't worry
about length.  Worry about height and weight.  If your tow rig can handle the
weight, and if you never try to pull a 10' high trailer (remember the A/C unit!)
under a 9' overhang, you'll be fine. 31' gives a lot more livability and storage
than 24', and it probably won't cost any more money.