Is Hitching a Fiver Easier?
Okay, I've got a ton of experience towing a TT and using half ton and my previous dually truck. Zero experience with a fiver though. For those of you who went from a TT to a fiver.. did you find ...
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BB_TX wrote:
My truck has a tailgate mounted rear view camera. It has an alignment line displayed on the large display screen that makes it simple to align and back under a trailer hitch. And the display is clear enough to see exactly when the ball is under the hitch. So, with that feature, hooking up to a TT is no harder than hitching up to our 5er.
And some people have claimed that they cannot see their 5th wheel hitch from their truck's driver seat. Crew cab, short bed, and shorter people maybe?
I'm in this camp. Cannot see the hitch or pin from the drivers seat - crew cab, 6.5 bed, I'm 5'10". So it is usually a series of about 3-5 get out/get in before I hitch the 5'er. Reese Revolution doesn't help - you have to be perfect to get it all to pop together. Also have to be dead on straight, as with tailgate down, I can punch a hole in the 5th with the corner of the tailgate if I'm a few degrees off. Only about 4" clearance between dropped gate and fifth when straight on. Yes, I have had to repair the fiberglass skin of the Fifth.....
Of course, if the DW helps, then I may only have to get out once to confirm everything!
Truck has a backup camera, so I can hitch to my boat right on the money, each and every time, no matter the angle.
So I'm one where hitching a trailer is MUCH easier than the Fifth!
