laknox wrote:
Wood chip wrote:
Most guys I speak to outside this forum say I dont need a slider with the new 5th wheel front cap designs and extended Pin boxes. I would sure like to save the weight and the money and just buy the conventional companion. Decisions Decisions! If I elect a slider I will go with the Pullrite. If no slider, then the companion.
My FW has a very square front and I have a crew cab SWB 4x4 D'max. I can NOT hit my cab going forward, in either direction. ALL will hit when backing up, just a bit sooner without a slider. Frankly, in talking to FW owners over the past 10 years, most have said that if they needed a slider, they were in a situation that they shouldn't have got into in the first place. Sorta like what some people say about 4wd. :-) I have a gooseneck trailer, so have the Turnover Ball and Companion FW Hitch. Love both and the company is great to deal with.
Lyle
I don't believe anyone has a real issue on normal turning, slider or no slider, the issue is with the backing. If I get what you are saying you can turn in a circle without ever making contact with the bed. I turn pretty sharp going forward, but can see the possibility of eventually hitting if continuing in a circle. It sounds like you can't. When backing as you say eventually you are going to hit, well sure you will, but for some that is beyond 90 degrees slider or no slider, with a slider you have the same capability of backing as one with a long bed, and sure at some point you can make contact with the bed, but as said its beyond 90 degrees .
You are making the analogy that needing to use a slider in a situation that you shouldn't be in, well thats kind of crazy, first , on some setups, you don't have the ability in the first place to back in where a long bed application has no problem. If thats the case then you limit your ability to back into a spot, where you could easily with the long bed, thats not being in a situation you shouldn't be in, thats being in a situation that you can't back in because you have no slider. For many, and I have never had to pull my slider, but I am sure that day may come when I need to get into a tighter spot, I think that is more the norm, then saying you got yourself in a situation that you shouldn't have. Bottom line if you think you will be okay don't get a slider, but saying you never will, that could be a long shot. Your choice.
