Need Help With My 5th Wheel/Truck

Short bed 5.5 with Anderson Hitch

TerriASelf wrote:
Trucking Company that does all the work for the Camper Sales installed it.

the weights seem to be within spec, but a short bed pickup raises some concerns as to where they mounted the hitch.... its almost necessary to have a slider in a short bed pickup, and if someone has tried to cheat geometery and gravity by mounting a fixed hitch rearward in an attempt to keep the front corner of the trailer from hitting the cab of the pickup, then that will be the issue...

Not sure about the weight of the tires but we did buy new ones for that purpose. Sorry, I am a lady and do not know too much but my husband doesn't ask questions.

Trucking Company that does all the work for the Camper Sales installed it.

Short Bed

Camper Dry Weight 8147
Truck shows 8500 from what I see.

Report back with what load range and carrying capacity is on the truck tires, GVWR of the RV, what hitch and as mentioned center of axle to center of kingpin connection either fore or aft, LongBed or ShortBed and anything else you can think of.

THEN we can help.

who installed the 5th wheel hitch/plate in the truck?... if it was installed in the right spot, there is no way the truck could "wheelie"....

do you have a short bed pickup or a long bed?....

if the hitch is installed in the correct spot, it will be 1 to 2.5 inches ahead of the rear axle... the further the hitch is outside of these specs, the towing problem will increase exponentially.... too far the the rear and you will have a wheelie problem..

as opposed to a "BUMPER PULL" trailer, the truck should be able to tow a slightly oversized "5TH WHEEL" trailer without problems as long as the hitch is set up correctly... UNLESS its highly mismatched, in which case you would have other problems as well...

TerriASelf wrote:
I have a 2015 Ford F150 2.7 eco boost and we bought a Wildcat Light Fifth Wheel. I ask several times over to make sure that we could pull it and were told yes. We just got off the first trip and every time we hit a bump, our truck would wheelie. Someone please help me understand what to do. My husband bought air bags and on the way there had them set at 15 but on way back set to 8. The trip was a scary nightmare and I do not know what to do or how to fix the problem. Someone please help.

Sad fact is that a goodly number of salesmen lie to make a sale. Please post the exact model Wildcat you bought as well as the weight numbers from the sticker on the driver's door pillar on the truck. Should have front/rear axle weights, gross weight of the truck, gross combined weight and payload.

Lyle

Sounds like a dangerous situation.
I can't imagine the front wheels come off the ground of a truck that has a fifth wheel attached; seeing that the fifth wheel is connected over the rear axle of the truck rather than the bumper.

What is the weight of the fifth wheel and what is the GVWR of the truck? These two numbers should tell the story as to whether or not you should be using this truck to pull the fiver.

Lastly, you would not be the first person to be sold a unit that their vehicle couldn't handle. Many RV salesmen really don't care so long as you can pull it off their lot. I am sorry if that was the case in this situation.