TT to a 5Th Wheel

N-Trouble wrote:

IdaD wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Even at 30' to 33' a 5er is a big advantage, FAR more stable, inherently more stable!! With a TT even with a Hensley when the deification hits the rotary oscillator, the true pivot point is still 3' to 4' behind the rear axle! That will push the back one way and force the front the other way. I took too many engineering classes in school.

The step issue, I partly solved our issues by adding steps! Made each step smaller. added a step into the bedroom level and replace the three step entrance with a four step that all the risers are the same height.

Some of the TT guys swear up and down that the Hensley type hitches make their travel trailers tow the same as fifth wheels and those statements have never made sense to me. I guess I've never tried to understand the physics of it, but at the end of the day it seems to me that your physical attachment point is still 4' behind the rear axle and your travel trailer is still lighter on the tongue than a fifth wheel is on the pin. But I admit I've never used that kind of a hitch.

Those are TT guys that have never towed a 5er.

I'm a guy that's done both. I have to agree that the Hensley I used to tow a 31' TT with an F150 gave just as stable tow as our current 5er and 2500 does. Zero push pull while overtaking a semi using the Hensley. Same as my 2500 and 5er. If I ever go back to a TT and it's a fairly large one I'll definitely use a Hensley.