In my personal experience I much prefer to back up a travel trailer with a bumper hitch. Since the hitch is so far behind the rear axle the trailer responds to movement of the front end of the truck much quicker. Since the 5th wheel hitch is just in front of the rear axle movement of the hitch is much slower when the front end turns. So until the rear axle moves significantly nothing really happens. I have told others that I can back an equipment trailer through the eye of a needle, that I need a 10' door for a Travel Trailer and the Wide Open Range for a 5th wheel. I have never quite gotten comfortable backing a 5th wheel. Maybe I just haven't done it often enough yet .
