This is just a bit of a follow up to A Bit Of An Upgrade… really. After installing the new camera on the 5th wheel, I went ahead and installed a new camera for hitching up. Now obviously hitching up a 5th wheel is a bit different to a tow ball and having a camera in the right position makes it so much easier… So the view in the ‘mirror’ is now a bit different!

The cameral is aligned with the hitch centre line so it should make reversing back on to the pin a doddle…. OK I have square it up a bit since taking the photos! The system I opted for allows the addition of up to 4 cameras to the screen and I have the option of displaying any combination of these cameras in single camera, two camera or four camera in various patterns, all easily configurable from the screen. So for the moment I have it configured so that each camera is displayed full screen and I can simply swop between them using the CHannel button.

Mounting the camera was pretty easy…. I used a short length of 50mm aluminium angle and with a deft bit of drilling in the right places it allowed me to mount the slim licence plate style camera on the top of the Roll-N-Lock cover.

From a distance it doesn’t stand out too much. I sprayed the aluminium angle with etch primer then a couple of coats of black bed liner so it almost matches into the black of the Roll-N-Lock… but a quick glance I don’t think you would notice it from the rear.

So I think that is that project finished…. until I decide to do the trailer side view cameras that is!