Fifth wheel safety chains?
I purchased an Anderson fifth wheel hitch system that has a large ball that connects to an adaptor on the trailer king pin. There are several systems coming out that are similar in design. A friend j...
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IHnutz wrote:Strabo wrote:
A Kingpin is a Kingpin, a trailer ball is a ball. Regardless of where it's located.
Kingpin beats ball.....Everytime.
Tell me why this http://cornprotrailer.net/grain-dump-trailer trailer with a GVWR of 20,000# has an unsafe gooseneck BALL hitch and not a KINGPIN? IMHO a properly designed gooseneck hitch is just as good as a fifth_wheel hitch.
Yep, that's why all the over-the-road Class 8 tractor/trailers use gooseneck hitches - oh, wait. They don't.
Generally, gooseneck and pintle hitches are favored by agricultural users as they do have benefits in articulation in off-road environments. However, gooseneck hitches are still a ball hitch and subject to regulation as such.
Rusty
