New camper home, pin box concerns,
The seller was kind enough to deliver the '09 KZ Sportsmen Toyhauler. He did so by using his short box pickup with a slider hitch that was set-up for the trailer in question. After backing my '09...
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fjrjohnny wrote:
Hoping that the two images are visible. They were taken while the king pin was an inch ahead of the rear axle. Looks tight to me. What do you think?
Is this picture with the hitch installed?? If not not valid, install your hitch, the hook up. Then measure, I think you will be surprised how close the 5er can be to the bumper
up2nogood wrote:laknox wrote:ford truck guy wrote:
Looking at those pictures , I it will not work.. I would want more clearance myself ,
It looks like the first turn you make , your rear bumper will take out your front compartment door.. Something is not right.
x2!
Lyle
Not a requirement for towing a 5er, get a 5er tail gate.
Our 1st 5th wheel came with a real short pin box and was just about that close to the bumper, I had no options as we were 150 miles from home. We hooked up and went to a cul de sac to turn around needed to make a three point turn, had DW watch close, but no issues.
The critical distance is from the front of the 5er to the pin. That needs to exceed the distance from the pin location in the bed to the corner of the bumper.
This is a SHORT Pin Box!
He can't even put his tailgate down to hitch up
