New 5th W owner from NH

[DonH81]

I just bought a new 2023 Fuzion 419 that we’ll mainly use for 18-20 MX races a year, around the east coast (almost all boondocking) and hopefully a handful of family camping trips.

I have a new 2023 Ford F350 diesel dually for pulling her around. So far, my only trip was bringing it back home to northern NH from Cincinnati, where I bought the unit, but I was shocked at how effortlessly my truck towed it. Most of the the time, I forgot I even had a trailer back there, lol.

My first question would be, what is everyone’s go-to, RV specific, GPS app? A lot of the tracks we go to are off the beaten path and in the past I’ve gotten stuck at RR trestles I couldn’t get under or turns I couldn’t make with my old Class A because Google maps assumes I’m in a car. And backing out of those situations would be a nightmare with this behemoth.

[Camping family]

Get a truckers map or check around for a truckers gps. I use a truckers atlas. Also us my gps that you can set for length, weight and height.

[jsb5717]

Welcome aboard! Many here use one of the Garmin RV GPS models. We have the 770, which seems to take good care of us.

[Roper46]

Welcome from south Georgia and congrats on your new Fuzion. I also use a Garmin RV gps, the 785. It works great and you can set two different profiles, one for the RV and the other just for the truck. I use the gps and the dash cam for every day driving.

[NH_Bulldog]

Welcome from the only Henniker on earth!

Many folks recommend the standalone Garmin GPS unit, but I don’t like dashboard clutter so we use the RV Life Pro GPS App for iPhone and connect to the truck’s built-in screen via Apple CarPlay for a seamless experience. The app allows us to set all the truck/trailer specs and has been working great for us over 10-15,000 miles of trailering each year.

[dutchmensport]

Welcome to the forums and congrats on your new Fuzion! And yes! Towing with the 1 ton trucks is such a nice experience. Just don't get too relaxed and forget completely the trailer is there. It's so easy to do ... until you decide to make a turn or pass someone.... then you get the .... oh crap! moment! and immediately make a sudden correction move!

Happy camping! Enjoy!

[jxnbbl]

Welcome from Jackson, just over the notch!

I use the good sam, rv life and harvest host planning tools and mainly keep all my trips in the good sam planner since that is where we started and I have a history of all the trips/places we have stayed for future reference as landing/avoiding spots.

Originally I used various online phone GPS based apps and then started using the Garmin RV 770 and won't go back. As stated before I hate the 'dashboard clutter' but it just is a good interface that has never gotten us in trouble. I do use other phone apps as I think they are better to find truck stops for diesel etc.

[spicercars]

Welcome from northern MN.