Slider hitch - How to Question
After several years of bumper pull, we bought a fifth wheel about a year and a half ago. I have learned how to tow and back a 5th. I have a short bed truck and up until about 2 months ago, I had no ...
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4x4ord wrote:
I"m 100% satisfied with my rigid hitch and will never own a manual slider because I know if I had a slider I would never take the time to slide it anyway. I recomend to anyone who thinks he needs a sliding hitch to get an auto slide. Have any of you with sliding hitches tried leaving the hitch in the rear position all the time? Does it feel any different running down the highway in the slid back position.
As many know, the Andersen is used by many ,and yes its slightly rear of center if I chose to run it that way, and I have. No where near my Reese slider in the rear position ,but still not centered on the axle or forward of the axle.
I can ,and will turn the Andersen adapter around with this new fifth wheel, it puts my kingpin in the same position that my Reese does, very slightly forward of center. I could of ran it the same way with the previous fifth wheel, but this new one has the more rounded front corners. With my old Montana the only time I moved the Reese back was to back into my RV pad, it was a tight fit. With the Andersen towing it further back I didn't have an issue. I think with being forward of the axle with this new fifth wheel ,backing into the RV pad will not be an issue.
I know some on this forum that have NEVER towed with an Andersen have said this is an issue being just rear of center ,but not true at all, have towed thousands of mile with the Andersen now.
