School me on 5th wheel hitches please
Hi all. We have been travel trailer campers for several years and have worked ourselves up to our current trailer which is a triple slide, 36ft long very comfortable mobile suite. However, we have d...
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Hi all. We have been travel trailer campers for several years and have worked ourselves up to our current trailer which is a triple slide, 36ft long very comfortable mobile suite. However, we have decided that the time has come to downsize a bit because the kids have their own rig now and we are too long to get into some of the campgrounds that they can.
When looking for shorter trailers, we discovered that 5th wheels were roomier and some of the shorter ones look like they would suit us. We haven't settled on one to buy yet but while looking, a salesman wanted to make a deal on selling us a hitch with the trailer which by the way was an adapter that converted the attachment on the trailer into a ball mount which then would drop onto a ball mounted on a frame in the bed of the truck. The whole thing just didn't look right to me. Being new to 5th wheels, I have no idea on what features to look for or brands/types. It does seem that units we have looked at all have a swivel feature that allows the trailer to be used with short box PU's which I have. Does that mean that feature is better then a slider hitch?
I would appreciate learning about different types of hitches and what features to consider when buying one. I will be towing with an F250 short bed with a V-10. Thanks in advance.
I may be mistaken, but I think he maybe selling you an Andersen hitch, was there just a ball mounted in the bed , and a long adapter on the fifth wheel that attached to the ball in the bed ?Or was there a triangle shaped frame that mounted to the ball in the bed, with a ball on top of that that went into a small adapter on the pin box.
Big difference in the Andersen hitch , and a gooseneck hitch, very doubtful they would be recommending a gooseneck hitch. The Andersen is a great hitch, and wouldn't hesitate to get one.
I switched over to Andersen after nearly 12 years of towing three different fifth wheels ,and two different trucks. Will never go back to those heavy conventional hitches slider or non slider. The Andersen would be a great setup on your truck.
