Has Anyone Used This Configuration?
I posted this image as a joke a few days ago, but it got me to thinking more seriously. If I wanted a fifth wheel layout, but I also wanted to keep my truck bed, this towing configuration could be a ...
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Dayle1 wrote:
It adds length which is not desirable. As stated, there is only one pivot point and since it is now behind the trucks rear axle, the trailer should back like a TT. But it probably also will sway more like a TT. Another negative is now you have another item to park somewhere, you can leave it hooked to the fiver and disconnect from the truck, but then hooking up later will be a bigger problem.
Since the dolly is attached to the truck, it is not another trailer but an extension of the truck and should not be considered double towing in any state.
The guy I spoke with who had a dolly, said that his FW turned noticeably wider with the dolly than on his FW hitch, due to the fact that the hitch point swings =out= and puts the swing point further to the outside of the turn radius than if hitched traditionally.
Lyle
