In my experience the back-ability of tow vehicle and trailer is dependent on the distance from the back wheel of the vehicle to the ball divided by the distance from the ball to the wheels on the trailer (single axel) or Vehicle/trailer. As that fraction approaches zero the trailer will become very easy to back. If it goes greatly over 1 then the trailer will become impossible to back. With an 18 wheeler that ratio is probable about 0.2. Watch a truck driver back the trailer into impossible places. Compare that to backing a 4' utility and a normal car where the ratio could be as high as 1.0

Whoa Josh!!! Gee, thanks for all the neat "links" you posted for me!! I was in reading last night for quite a length of time, & there is much info on alot of this stuff! Now, I'm not sure if Missouri's type of foliage & flowers are similar to ours here in Idaho, as I think they might "differ" a bit... mostly due to our Desert climate right in our area. The MOBOT Herbarium Instruction page was a "mind-blower," as it was some really in-depth reading, and I could go for hours on that one! Wow! I was really glad to hear you know what "Prickly-Pear" Cactus' are, because they grow wild here, by the "scads," and alot of folks use them in their rock gardens & such. When roaming or hiking in the mountains or Desert areas around here, you really have to watch where you're stepping, because of the large groups of them that grow everywhere! I've even seen them growing right out of the tops of lava rocks around here... with no soil!!! Too bad I can't figure out a way to get the beautiful blossoms off of them to "press & dry!" (... that would be a real fiasco` though, because of how sharp they are!) You had mentioned the "Yucca" Plant. That is one I am not very familiar with. I did try to grow some "Yucca" at one time out here, but as usual, I had no luck. It is just too dry on our Ranch here. I will have to ask around & see if folks grow any Yucca around here. I have not navigated around on the Site much here yet, since I have been a Member, so haven't went into the "Native forum" yet... but will do that. Thanks. You are right when you stated that right now, we should have a vast array of tiny flowers & things growing out in the Desert here on our Ranch. Always in the Spring time here in our area, everything of Nature is just loaded with many unusual Spring flowers & foliage. I am hoping to get out and pick some wild "Indian Paint Brush" to press & dry, that's for sure! This was something I wanted to do over the Easter week-end, but our weather was really stormy with alot of high gusts of Wind,... so I couldn't get out to do that. I am like you Josh... not only do I like to attempt to press & dry "flowers," but I also like the foliage... alot of it, & am always so interested in dried "leaves" and such. "Moss" fascinates me too!! I was reading on some of the previous "links" you gave to me on various plants, & it was telling how to "skeletonize" leaves & such... That was quite interesting to me! (maybe something I'll have to try sometime, but realize it's also difficult to do.) As far as me "trading" any plants from your area, I would be willing just to send you some of my Western "sage" foliage from out here... because that's all it is, is "leaves," but I would have to "press & dry" some first. Let me know what you think? Thank you for responding & Posting Josh.. it's always good to hear from you, & I will be in reading more of the info in the "links" you sent to me as well. Take care, & I will anticipate hearing from you again~ Warmest regards, ~ IndianPaintBrush ~

Elaine - my first popup was a '96 Coleman (really a Fleetwood) that had the front storage trunk and that was a continual leaking problem for some of those models (up until maybe 2002). Anyway, there were some posts over on www.popupexplorer.com where repairs were made and some got into detail on how they made them. Anyway, had never heard of a leak problem in the front wall of a Palamino before - may I suggest - (if you have not already done so), go over there to popup explorer and make a post with your problem and see what kind of response you get. There's a gazillion popupers over there and someone might have just had the same problem and have some detailed information you could use. Some years ago a friend had one of those orginal popups that had come out in the late 1960's (Apache?) and for some reason he had some wall problems that also affected the bed rail on one side of the camper. What he did was to cut a length of 2 X 4 to fit for a brace which worked for him until he found the time to repair it right. Could that be something that might work for you until the end of this camping season? Dale

Thanks for the response. Yes, the PB side has more barbs than the PEX side. I found info about the fitting on the net, and I provided a link to it (I hope it works). Take a look and tell me what you think. I know what your talking about with the PB cinch rings, but this fitting includes a ring for the PB side that is exactly like a PEX crimp ring. I'm assuming I can use the PEX tool, but I thought I'd run it by the informative people here first. Here is a link that might be useful: fitting details