5th wheel vs Bumper Pull!~ help a newbie
Been all over the East Coast pulling a tent trailer with a fs pickup- easy-peasy. The wife and I are now looking towards upgrades and retirement. Started looking at Bumper Pulls and now really le...
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garysol wrote:
I am a past TT owner that now owns a 5th wheel and is going back to a TT. One of the reasons for us going back to a TT is I miss having my pickup truck available for bikes, firewood and items like that. I also hate having to haul my 300+ pound slider hitch in and out of my bed anytime I need to use the truck as a truck. I will miss the roomier feeling of the 5'er and the ease of hooking it up. I suspect my fuel mileage will dramatically improve with the lower profile of the TT.
Likely if your fuel mileage improves it will be because of a lighter TT, your current 5er weighs in at 11,640# dry with a GVWR of 15,500#.
There are not too many TT that weigh close to that, even if 40' long, if near equal the 5er would likely get better fuel mileage.
If you had chose to tow with a Long bed could have gotten a lighter hitch, that and many state no issues with towing with a SB, if the 5er is designed correctly.
Bikes, bike racks solve that issue, not a bumper rack, but a pin box rack, I currently have a two bike rack pin box mounted, could easily be four. When posting about the bike rack before, someone posted back that they did a four bike rack with a SB TV without issue.
Firewood, you can get a lot of firewood in the bed below the swing of the pin box.
I am not trying to change your mind, just solutions to some of the issues you have.
