Who has "Trained" the "other half" to Tow

[WhittleBurner]

Their husbands both had to work all weekend, so they decided to hook up the trailer and have a nice weekend. At their age, yeah, I would have, too.
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You're never to old for a ladies weekend.

[Houndbb]

You're never to old for a ladies weekend.

Marcy,

I wholeheartedly agree, they’re just a bit tamer now (probably won’t be navigating the St. Lawrence shipping lanes in a big old houseboat again)!!!!
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[D2Reid]

I have met a number of traveling nurses and widows that RV on their own. They have no spouses to train. Pretty impressive people.

[chillybob]

Hell will freeze over before that happens in my territory! My wife will not even sit in the driver’s seat with the key in the ignition while hooked up. However, when comfy in the right hand seat she does a pretty good job of getting the rig where she thinks it should be.

[Txfivver]

I have met a number of traveling nurses and widows that RV on their own. They have no spouses to train. Pretty impressive people.

I fall into this group, do it all myself but no one to argue with can be a good or bad thing lol.

[Cahriad]

If I tried to "train" my Alaska raised RN, my nuts would be hanging off my hitch. She did show me a thing or two about hitching, towing and driving in adverse conditions when we first met. I still defer to her when there is an unusual issue that I have not encountered before in our trips. Was in awe when she backed up our 32' into a space that still gives me chills.

[tjndsa]

Hi! This is the Mrs. We are relatively new to the RV life, bought our first rig April 2019. And at this point I have no desire to tow it but that can change. Prior to getting our RV, the only thing we had to tow was a 10' utility trailer for our Harley. I have no problem driving our current TV but never with the Harley in tow. Not something I wanted to do. However, there was one instance when we brought the Harley home after getting new tires, that after he took the bike off the trailer to drive it up our narrow gravel drive, I surprised him as he was coming down the drive to back the truck & trailer up the drive, by backing the truck & trailer up the drive myself. It took a good bit of time, pulling forward several times, but I was able to do it. He remained back there allowing me to do so and would have taken over anytime if I indicated as such. I appreciated how patient he was and felt good about how I handled it. All this being said, we are in the process of selling our current TV and getting a bigger one. Yes, I plan to learn to drive it, and when I'm ready, I will learn to tow our RV too. As far as set up/take down, we do as some others. We both have tasks to perform and help each other when needed. We also go behind the other and double check things to make sure nothing has been forgotten/left undone. In our eyes, we decided to do this adventure together and so that's what we're going to do. We have dear friends that have done this for many years, and they also suggested we purchase the travel insurance to help in the event he become incapacitated; that is in our plans too.

[shutterbug]

My wife tows from time to time so that she has some practice. You never know when one partner or another may get hurt or incapacitated somehow, so I think it's important that she understands how to tow and is comfortable doing it.

With that said, 95% of the time when we're actually out though, I tow and she assists in every part of setup and break down (except the stinky slinky, somehow that task always seems to fall on me )

[tjndsa]

My wife tows from time to time so that she has some practice. You never know when one partner or another may get hurt or incapacitated somehow, so I think it's important that she understands how to tow and is comfortable doing it.

With that said, 95% of the time when we're actually out though, I tow and she assists in every part of setup and break down (except the stinky slinky, somehow that task always seems to fall on me )

Yep. When we're together it seems, he's the one who handles that job, but when he's at work (gone for weeks at a time) and I'm staying in the RV myself, I take care of that job too. Sometimes, you just do what you have to do.

[cpe111]

We decided it was important for either of us to be able to do all the jobs that need doing. Just in case one of us becomes incapacitated or only one of us is around for some reason. Generally my wife handles the inside and I handle the outside including towing but from time to time we switch it around just to keep in touch.