5th wheel hitch
Hopefully this doesn't sound as a dumb question. I am in the works to get a 5th wheel RV, all my past experience was with class A's. Now that I have a good pulling truck I am looking into a ...
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yep - the forces are still there on the gooseneck (purpose built, not 5th wheel with adapter). The difference is that the gooseneck trailer frame is built to withstand those forces, whereas the 5th wheel trailer frame is built for the 5th wheel towing forces.
When you put a gooseneck adapter on the 5th wheel kingpin, you're "generally" exceeding the forces on the frame that it was designed to handle.
I don't think the gooseneck design puts more weight or load on the truck - but don't know for sure. But comparing a gooseneck trailer to a 5th wheel trailer is apples to oranges, unless you meant "same trailer with a gooseneck adapter puts more weight on the ball than 5th wheel hitch does." Hitch weight is hitch weight. Completely determined by the forces applied straight down on the ball, and influenced by trailer/frame empty weight and balance, and then further influenced by trailer load and balance. Ok, so maybe for technical argument sake, a gooseneck trailer "may" have heavier hitch weight than a comparable 5th wheel trailer, because the gooseneck frame is beefier, therefore more static weight ... ??? maybe.
When you put a gooseneck adapter on the 5th wheel kingpin, you're "generally" exceeding the forces on the frame that it was designed to handle.
I don't think the gooseneck design puts more weight or load on the truck - but don't know for sure. But comparing a gooseneck trailer to a 5th wheel trailer is apples to oranges, unless you meant "same trailer with a gooseneck adapter puts more weight on the ball than 5th wheel hitch does." Hitch weight is hitch weight. Completely determined by the forces applied straight down on the ball, and influenced by trailer/frame empty weight and balance, and then further influenced by trailer load and balance. Ok, so maybe for technical argument sake, a gooseneck trailer "may" have heavier hitch weight than a comparable 5th wheel trailer, because the gooseneck frame is beefier, therefore more static weight ... ??? maybe.
joe_dejesus wrote:
But those forces are there when towing a gooseneck heavy trailer.
Arent real gooseneck trailers putting more weight/load on the truck itself with their long gooseneck arm?
i was under impression gooseneck trailers by design put allot more weight on truck than a 5th wheel trailer?gkainz wrote:joe_dejesus wrote:
question: is there any difference between andersen and one of these?
http://www.etrailer.com/Gooseneck-and-Fifth-Wheel-Adapters/Convert-A-Ball/CAB-C5G.html
Yes - night and day difference.
Andersen does not change the flex forces applied to the king pin and trailer frame, whereas the above transfers the flex forces by extending the level arm on the kingpin by the length of that adapter.
