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Here's a lesson learned from someone that recently upgraded from a 27' travel trailer to our first 5th wheel. We went on a "shakedown cruise" at a lake about 50 miles from the house last weekend to make sure everything worked before venturing away from the nest for real.
As an engineer I assume worst case scenario and both chock and lock the wheels when parked. I figured that all my gear from the trailer would integrate into the 5er just fine. Turns out that the plastic chocks I used to lock the wheels while leveling crush under the Montana's weight when rolled on - need some bigger chocks. The wheel locking chocks I always used to apply pressure to the tires needed major adjustment to do the same job - and my trusty 1/2" dogbone wrench was on my pegboard in the garage so many small turns with a box wrench was required.
Man, this thing is a monster!!
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