Advice on towing a 5th wheel

Towing a FW or trailer of relatively the same length, your overall length will be shorter with the FW due to the FW having overhang over the truck. FW's I find are easier to tow. The pin weight is over the rear axle of the truck so there is very little tail wagging the dog. It's much more stable and I find easier to back up. As a general rule you will need a bigger truck with a FW than a TT because you need more payload capacity in addition to tow capacity since the pin sits in the bed. I went with an 8 foot bed with a FW because the shorter truck bed would have forced me to get a slider hitch to keep the front of the FW from hitting the truck in a tight turn. We looked at TT's vs FW and it's hard to beat the floorspace and floor plans in FW's when comparing the two. We love our FW and made the right choice on a FW and truck combination.