short bed - sliding hitch vs sidewinder?
Newbie to 5th wheel arena. I'm in the throes of figuring out my next rig. I'm planning to go with a short bed "half-ton" (nay-sayers, please hold your tongue this time...already hashed that out ...
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N-Trouble wrote:
I assume by short bed your talking 6.5" and not the little 5" beds you seen on some of the newer 1/2 tons?
Sliders are heavy and you likely don't need one with most new 5ers have tapered nose caps. The Andersen hitch moves the pivot point back ~5-6" which gives some additional clearance vs a non-sliding hitch and in most cases will get you to 90" with a 96" wide trailer.
For you application I would highly recommend the Andersen Ultimate Aluminum hitch which comes in at only 30lbs,
Finally googled this thing. Very unusual. Lots of interesting good features.
I wonder though...how difficult is it to get that ball lined up perfectly enough when you're docking? On the one hand, you would be able to see it out the back window...but on the other hand it looks like a less sloppy connection than a typical ball hitch. Any troubles with that?
