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Grant,
Knowing how to back up your 5er will also strengthen your confidence so that when you do find yourself in a construction zone, dead end road due to wrong directions, accident in front of you, washed out road, etc. you won't be "sweating it". Yes, these have happened to us.
I was worried when we got our 3400, so a Highway Patrol Trooper friend and I set up cones, like Montana Sky suggested, in a large parking lot and practiced scenarios and backing for about 6 hours. Then we hit the freeway and practiced "panic" braking using the manual override of the Prodigy brake controller, to see how short a distance could be achieved on various surfaces (dirt vs. pavement). This practice paid off more than once in our travels so far.
One more piece of advice, if I may. Don't trust the bridge height signs. When DOT comes by and repaves (adding a couple of inches of macadam), they don't always re-measure and post a new sign!
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