[DutchmenSport]

Congrats on your new Montana and thanks for hopping over to the Montana Forum. But nothing says you can't use both. I read through all forums offered by RV Life, but Keystone and Montana are my most used.

We were travel trailer owners all our lives and trailer is all I ever towed. Then about 4 years ago we got the Montana. Everyone said towing a 5er is so much easier. Well, it took me 6 months to a year before I finally go the hang of the 5er. So, if it doesn't come to you either right away, don't loose heart. It is different.

Now, that it's been almost 4 years, I can vouch that neither is better than the other. But, both are different in their own unique way.

When you get the camper in your possession, take it to an empty parking lot and practice backing in. Use kids hockey cones (from Wall Mart) and use them as markers when you back up, make turns and such. Put markers at your starting point (at the front wheel), and back up. Mark the arch of the turn. Then pull out of it, come around, and try to repeat it with the cones still in place. I did this over-and-over several times. It took about a year, before I realized I was backing into campsites and not stressing out any more.

Today, it's no problem.

Congrats again! And see you "out there" maybe, someday!