mister_d

I would say you need some sort of towing mirror.

We towed a 25' with our Expedition and now our current is 34'. With our Expedition we used the **** and McKesh strap to your door sets which both worked very nicely. We have the large towing mirrors for our current travel trailer and they're equally as great.

archham

Nope - not offended at all. It is true actually. I just dont mind the look-both styles look fine to me.

I do have to be careful going through a drive-thru and in parking lots. Haven't hit anything with them, but the day is not over yet !

ric_no_k

Well I've almost whacked myself silly by walking into one going through a parking lot. Was concerned more with making sure I wasn't scratching someone's ride and the SD truck mirrors were out of my line of vision and they stick out A LOT

Platinum_Sean

One nice thing with the ****'s is that if you have the power fold mirrors, with the ***** on, you can still powerfold the mirrors and the extensions do not hit the truck.

ric_no_k

Sean (or anyone else that uses them), since you have those I need to ask, does the extra mirror help with visibility right behind the trailer or is it more of a side view in the lanes next to you

Paxford

It will help to have mirrors, but you don't NEED them. If you have never towed before I would suggest you invest in the mirrors, but if you're very experienced you can handle the stock mirrors. A little trick, if you are running stock mirrors, instead of extending the view all the way out, extend the view all the way in. It sounds counterintuitive, but it gives you a better view of the vehicles closer behind the trailer. You'll feel more comfortable changing lanes knowing where they are.

Platinum_Sean

Its a bit of both. I have the **** reflectors aimed down the side of the trailer. Compared to the OEM ones, you can certainly see behind the treller at say 15 feet whereas with the OEMs, you might see behind at 30 feet. As well, I use them for lane changing too as they appear to have more side view as well. Weird as it sounds.

Next time out, I'll take a pic to show.

To see immediately behind my trailer (I sometimes double tow and want to see the Seadoo), I installed a wireless camera on the rig. (another topic for another day)

ric_no_k

No not really. Makes sense to me. Like I said before, I will be picking up a TT Saturday and wasn't sure about the **** mirrors and how much my visibility would increase and if I really needed them. Not a high traffic area here on the East Coast so I will probably tow a couple times without and make a decision. With the old popup you could see around it in all directions.

kozal01

iTrader: (2)

its not so much driving in traffic that i like tow mirrors for, its for backing. i can drive fine down the road without them but they are almost a requirement when backing the trailer up, especially the long ones. once the trailer gets a little bit out of line of the truck the stock mirrors are useless.

DonnyD25

Is that a custom opening in the back. If I recall you've done the blinker mod correct?