Hitch pin location

Reddog1 wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:

No sliding hitch mfg. recommends towing at speed with slider rearward.

Have you verified that or is that an assumption?

B&W Companion Hitch
MANEUVERING POSITION
SLIDER OPERATION
WARNING:
Use extreme caution when moving the truck and trailer in the maneuvering position. Never exceed 5 mph (roughly walking speed) when in the maneuvering position, doing so may result in property damage, serious injury or death

WARNING:
The maneuvering position is only intended for parking maneuvers and not for towing.
Using the slider in any other capacity could result serious injury or death

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Recommended 5th wheel pin weight is 20% - 25% of trailers total weight
(TT is 10% - 15%)

I see that recommended by many people, but not by all.

Vertical Load (Kingpin) Percentage Recommended range - 15-25%

I have read other sites stating 10 to 25%.



Have never seen/read a 5th wheel pin weight recommended percentage of 10-25%

mfg. tow rating has listed in the fine print:
6. The recommended tongue weight for conventional hitch is 10-15 percent of the gross trailer weight.

7. The recommended tongue weight for Gooseneck and Fifth wheel hitch is 20 – 25% percent of the gross trailer weight

Old-Biscuit wrote:
The 360# weight is very low pin weight
20% of 5000# would be 1000#

So where are you getting the 360# pin weight figure?

I agree it is low. From what I see, using the OEM numbers it would have only been 8.8% from the factory.

I got the 360 pin weight from weighing. Truck & trailer= 13600. Truck only = 8500. That leaves total trailer weight of 5100. Trailer axles only on scales = 4740. Pin = 5100-4740 or 360.