Bed Use with 5th Wheel Trailer???
Hi, I am currently considering moving from a bumper pull trailer to a 5th wheel. One question I have though is about the ability to use the bed of the truck to carry things with a 5th wheel hooked u...
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memtb wrote:
Bowler1, Many folks have a receiver hitch on the back of their 5er, for bikes. But... Can be used for many things, if the frame and received are of sufficient strenght. Some of us pull a boat or utility trailer behind the 5er....again if adequately strong and legal to "double" tow in your state.
I would avoid carrying bikes on the back of any trailer both 5th and TT. I have followed too many that I figured the bikes were going to fall off of very soon. With the pin box rack you can watch the bikes the entire smooth ride they get there. I have also seen several TT with a tongue mounted bike rack, that is above the propane tanks.
When in a level sight I can load and unload the bikes standing on the ground, at 66 years old and average build and strength not bad, if the nose is a bit high I just put the bikes in the truck bed and load from there.
wvcampers wrote:
One of the advantages of a fifth wheel is the storage that the trailer has. There are so many things that are left in the storage area that had to be removed from the truck after every trip. Because the travel trailer had such small storage areas. I find the fifth wheel much easier for that reason. Seemed like I was always carrying chairs, grill, outside rugs and other things from the truck to storage after every trip with the travel trailer.
While this is not true for some (working TV, tools in bed shell), this is certainly true for many, the two days to a week to "Get Ready" for a trip. With the 5er and basement we had it all in the 5er! Our best "Get Ready" time was 75 MINUTES! That was from walking out the door at work to pulling out of the storage yard with 5er in tow. This included about 4 miles from work to home, install hitch air up rear tires, load dog beds, throw the tote of perishable food from the home refer into the truck, and head over to the storage yard 2 miles away. This decision was made at about 8:00 am that morning, I didn't start the refer until at the yard, it was early October so at the end of the two hour drive to the park it was COLD!
