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RooDude09
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Mar 18, 2020

Trying to decide which way to go on fifth wheel hitch

My wife and I are looking to switch to a fifth wheel from a bumper pull. I have a 2015 F-250 with short bed. The trailer we are looking at is equipped with a turning point pin box. I’ve seen and read ...
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cummins2014
Explorer
Mar 19, 2020
ACZL wrote:
Replace/install new rails, get a standard hitch to meet your capacity and keep what's on the trailer. If you are so tight on a turn, go opposite direction slowly to straighten up and try turn again. Had a slider hitch for over 10 years. Used it once. Got new hitch w/o slider for short bed truck, no probs. Just go slow-n-easy.


Well said, and IMO the best way to go for the OP .

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