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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exit 295 wrote:
Original poster here. Thank you all again for all of your information and suggestions. We were looking at a Grand Design 1/2 ton towable 5th wheel trailer yesterday. It was an early in the model year build and did not have the hitch that can be adjusted to make it a pivoting type like I had seen on other Grand Design models. I pointed this out to the sales guy and he brought over his "hitch expert" and we discussed possibly using an Anderson hitch with this particular trailer. He went into his sales pitch saying that they sell Anderson hitches but that if it were used with this trailer that it would void the trailer warranty. He said that the Anderson hitch has caused cracking in the front frame and cap of several trailers.
So, does anyone have first hand knowledge of this or is the salesman just trying to steer me towards another brand (more profit).
Personally, with what I have heard from you all is that I will stick with a conventional hitch when the time comes to buy and I am leaning towards a B&W Patriot.
You have to be =very= careful with which B&W you go with, as any pivoting pin box that requires a wedge may NOT be compatible with some B&W hitches. There are warning stickers on their hitches about using them. Now, if you have OEM hitch prep, and a NON-sliding Companion then, yes, you can use a pivoting pin box. NO sliders are compatible nor are ANY single-point mount Companions. A non-sliding Patriot, on rails, IS compatible.
This info is fresh from a chat with B&W CS about 5 minutes ago.
Lyle
