Jim Irish wrote:
Bought it yesterday. 10 week wait. We are very excited.
Now onto figuring out hitch and best way to learn how to drive it.
How to drive it ?? You mean learn how to pull it.:). We all had to do this at one time.
Have you ever pulled any size/type of trailer previous.
First off forget about keeping up with those that speed or the flow in heavy traffic until you have more experience. Swing wide on turns and watch both outside mirrors for other vehicle close to you. You'll do fine.
A hitch.
Just like a trailer there is no best 5th wheel hitch. We have about 5 good brands that will do the job. Most RV dealers can have several brands they sell. You can't go wrong with the Reese/PullRite/Curt/B-W/ Andersen.
The PullRite has three designs. One is the most popular auto slider (Superglide).....the the std 5th wheel PullRite....and the Superlite series design like the Andersen. The Andersen and PullRite Superlite weigh in the 40-60 lbs range depending on steel vs aluminum frame. Both are a GN ball type hitch. Check out PullRite and Andersen websites.
See what your dealer has to sell and work with him to throw in a hitch as part of the deal...some will....some won't.
Your short bed Ram may not need a slider with the new 281 CK Montana High Country. The trailer is new and no weight specs on Montana web that I could find but it should have the rounded/notched front corners made for short bed trucks....no slider needed. This is where your dealer should be able to help with which truck brand and bed length you have.
Short or long beds is a preference just like truck or trailer brands or vehicle colors.
I've made a living using long and short beds pulling GN/5th wheel/bumper pull trailers and couldn't tell one from the other with the same size trailers up to 38' and 24k lbs.
