New 5th wheel doesn't tow well
I just bought a brand new Jayco Eagle HT 30.5 MBOK. Unloaded weight is 9635 lbs, max loaded is 11950 lbs. Dry hitch weight is 1795. Optional 16" wheels with Goodyear tires. My TV is a stock 2013 GMC ...
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jmtandem wrote:HE DOESN'T HAVE A GN.
Not so fast, partner! The Anderson hitch that the OP uses attaches to the truck thru the ball in the bed just the same as if it were a goose neck connection. The attachment point from the ball to the fifth wheel pin is elevated to accommodate the pin and the pin is modified with a ball attachment just like a goose neck would have. The hitch does not have the typical flat plate and pin connection with locking jaws. It is much more like a goose neck in how the fifth connects to the hitch and the hitch connects to the truck. Absent the elevated section that moves the ball vertically to accommodate the pin ball modification it is essentially a goose neck hitch.
It's not a true GN pin. If it was it would connect on the base of the trucks bed. He would have an after market pin with a GN attachment. That would give him a 90* angle from the pin down to the GN ball in the truck bed. That could create the push pull.
But that's not what the OP has. His connection is in the same place as any other 5th hitch.
