Anybody Towing A Wide Body 5th Wheel With Short Bed?

Sounds like you have it all figured out.

Thanks,
Yes this was a big consideration in the choices.
Short answer is, fully loaded truck and trailer the whole package is just under every category of load.

You may want to figure how much your truck can "CARRY". More info on truck will help along with engine, trans and gearing. I'm guessing your tires will only carry around 3,100# each.

Many wide body rv's will put you over the rear tires ratings.

Don’t worry about the PullRite SuperGlide, it’s the golden standard of auto sliders. We’ve used one very happily for the last 3+ years. It’s not loud, or loose. It just works, I (and many) highly recommend it. Good positive wrap around on the kingpin too.

I haven’t pulled a wide body with it, but plan to in a year or two when we “upgrade.”

Looked real close at the O.R. Light series.
Man the whole Open Range product is pretty amazing. Great value. :)

I've only got one season under my belt (5 trips, 1800 miles) with my rig: 6'4" box with an auto-slide hitched to a 100" wide Open Range that's 31' long. I'm mildly surprised at how easily it tows without getting blown around and I managed to get into one state park site that was at a fairly tight angle.
JK

Thanks for the great input!
Sincerely appreciated. :)

Yeah, the 3rd gen Ram at 140" wheelbase is a short trip to the back window... lol It's only about 29"-29-1/2", based on the center of the wheel wells.

Before laying down the cash, I am going to contact the two mfgs of the wide body units (Keystone - Montana, and Alpine) to ask about The arc distance needed from the center of the pin.

Would absolutely love to have an air bag pin box. :)
I was watching some YouTube videos of the Pullrite auto slider (I've spent a lot of hours Youtube-ing different hitches... lol). Very cool concept, but seemed a bit loud and a bit loose. I'd like to find someone where I could get a good look at it in person. The ones I saw on YouTube may not have had the latching mechanism adjusted up taunt.

We have a '14 Ram 3500 short box 4X4. Pull '13 Arctic Fox 27-5L, 102" wide, just under 30' long. Use B&W non slider hitch. 5er does have 5th AIRBORNE pin box. This combination pulls better than any other 5er we've had.

While I have been towing several FWs, with several different 6'9" bed Fords, since 99, with standard hitches, without issue, they were not WB FWs.

Two things...the Ram has a shorter distance from rear axle center to cab. The other thing, the shape of the WB front cap, and length of pin box can make it work/or not work.

Hope you can hear from Ram owner, with that setup, to give best answer.

Jerry

I have pulled wide body 5th wheels with short bed trucks since about 2005. I've always used the B&W hitch and never used a slider. I am extremely comfortable pulling trailers and have never had a problem. The best and safest is an auto slide hitch.....I would either be careful with a standard hitch or go full auto slide...don't bother getting a hitch that needs to be unlocked to slide. The other possibility would be to go with a Sidewinder. There is a slight chance something could go wrong with a Sidewinder.