Gooseneck or 5th wheel
Greetings. We just picked up a 2006 Silverado dually for towing a 5th wheel that we've yet to buy. It has a virgin bed in it, so I have to buy and install a hitch. My question is for people who have h...
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Of the two basic adaptor designs, I may consider the Anderson type design......but, would “never” consider the old style, which essentially is a piece of pipe extending from the fifth wheel pin down to the ball in the truck bed.
The pipe type extension, acts as a lever, tremendously “multiplying” the torque the the trailer frame. If you study the differences in material strength, and geometry between a gooseneck type trailer and a fifth wheel trailer design......it should be obvious why you should not use the “pipe-type” adaptor! memtb
The pipe type extension, acts as a lever, tremendously “multiplying” the torque the the trailer frame. If you study the differences in material strength, and geometry between a gooseneck type trailer and a fifth wheel trailer design......it should be obvious why you should not use the “pipe-type” adaptor! memtb
