First Challenges of the 5th-Wheel

When we arrived in Abingdon it wasn't as easy as just pulling in and setting up the 5th-wheel. This was when we realized living in a camper wasn't going to be all rainbows and butterflies. We decided to park our camper, not at a campsite, but at a mobile home park. The pros were a cheaper rent, but we were in charge of paying our own utilities. The con was the city of Abingdon was ridiculous in how they wanted us to set up our camper.

The city first made us pour cement footers, use mobile home metal tie-downs, set our camper on cinder blocks, and build steps to our front door. Our trailer was meant to move, but that was the exact opposite of what the city wanted. According to them, it needed to be secure so that it wouldn't blow away in a tornado. Ironically, a few short miles down the road is a permanent campground that doesn't have all of these requirements. The only difference was we were in a mobile park versus a campground.

All of these requirements only ended up delaying our set up for a few days. Luckily, our landlord allowed us to stay at his campground for free in the meantime. We do prefer living in the mobile park for the fact that we have more space, consistent neighbors, and are closer to town.

These are the cinderblocks that had to go under our camper. This is the front of the trailer.  

Here are the metal tie-downs located in the front of the trailer that we had to attach. We wrapped them in pool noodles and duct tape to help make them less harmful. 

This picture shows the back of the camper where the cinder blocks and the metal tie-downs are located.
It was quite the process we had to go through just to get the trailer set on our piece of land. It definitely isn't going anywhere, that's for sure.