5th wheel with Class III hitch on back - Excel - who else?

My 2011 Forest River Cardinal 3450 RL came with a hitch rated for 300 lb tounge and 3000lb load.

travelrider73 wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
3,000/300 here

So, Redwood claims this is acceptable from the factory, or that's just the rating of your hitch?

In all cases, I'm looking for what the manufacturers actually say is acceptable. Anyone could put a Class III hitch on the back of any 5th wheel, but that wouldn't mean that the frame of the 5er would safely tow the maximum capacity of the hitch rating. Redwood is a good product, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's capable, but just as a general comment for what I'm looking for here -- it's the manufacturer's "blessing" that I'm interested in. In case there was a problem, I wouldn't want my towing of a Jeep to make the warranty voidable.

Factory - standard feature 2" receiver Features Falcon

Lifestyle and DRV are two other manufacturers who offer 2" receiver hitches on their units.

http://www.lifestylelrv.com/index.php/walkaround/construction

Lifestyle - TOWING/HITCH For towing safety and convenience, Lifestyle offers an optional 2" hitch/receiver that is integrated into the frame with standard skid bars. It is tested and rated for 350 lbs. of tongue weight and 2,500 lbs. of towing capacity


DRV Mobile/Elite/Estate - ##2" Receiver Boat Hitch with 7-Way Flat Plug

DRV Tradition - ##2" Utility Hitch with 7-Way Flat Plug

I have never seen advertised weight specs or capacities for DRV's receiver hitch option.

OJ

Alot of Carriages came with a hitch. Several people do triple tow with them.

Mine came with a hitch. The book states it is a max tongue wt. 300#s. That would indicate a trailer of 3000#s or so.

Jerry

Nuwa hitchhiker has it on some of theirs, but they are no longer made.

Atom Ant wrote:
3,000/300 here

So, Redwood claims this is acceptable from the factory, or that's just the rating of your hitch?

In all cases, I'm looking for what the manufacturers actually say is acceptable. Anyone could put a Class III hitch on the back of any 5th wheel, but that wouldn't mean that the frame of the 5er would safely tow the maximum capacity of the hitch rating. Redwood is a good product, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's capable, but just as a general comment for what I'm looking for here -- it's the manufacturer's "blessing" that I'm interested in. In case there was a problem, I wouldn't want my towing of a Jeep to make the warranty voidable.

3,000/300 here

Francesca Knowles wrote:
I notice that Excel is careful to state that it can PULL 4,000 pounds with the factory-option hitch..link. No mention of hitch weight carrying capacity, though. Not sure if one could put tongue weight there for a 4,000 pound TT, for example.

They do also offer a presumably higher-weight carrying capacity "Hydralift" receiver that's capable of carrying a touring bike. That class of bike generally weighs five or six hundred pounds...dunno if that hitch can be used for towing, too.

My application would have almost NO tongue weight. I'd be towing a Jeep Wrangler with all four wheels on the ground - and only on the interstates and major highways. Once in town, we'd unhook. (Again, let's not get into the legality... I'll take my chances... and if I get busted, I'll get my wife to drive the Jeep out of that LEOs jurisdiction and then hook back up again).

travelrider73 wrote:
Excel states that their 5th wheel is capable of handling an additional trailer up to 4000lbs on a Class III hitch.

What other manufacturers actually state that their 5th wheel product can handle triple towing?

(Let's not derail this into a "is triple towing legal" thread, please... just looking for which manufacturers state that their rig is capable).

Thanks!

My '07 HitchHiker II has a rear receiver rated for 5000# with a 500# hitch weight... not that I'd ever want to jump through all the hoops to get a Kalifornia non-commercial Class A license to allow me to use it to tow an additional trailer.