Which 5th Wheel Hitch?
After ten years in a 30'TT, I'm planning to graduate to a 5th Wheel. I drive an F350 long bed diesel. I assume everyone has a favorite hitch, probably the one in the bed of his truck, but what should...
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RCMAN46 wrote:Maybe a little background on those "failures":agesilaus wrote:
I would avoid Reese, they have many more reports of problems whereas I have never seen a report of a problem with B&W or Pullrite. As someone who went to engineering school and is basically conservative I would not buy an Anderson.
I have only seen two hitches on this site that have actually failed. One was a B&W and the other was an Anderson.
There have been reports of Reese but no actual hitch failures. Most common problem is high hitching and disconnecting the hitch. Both I would consider operator error.
There are probably more Reese hitches by at least a factor of two than all other brands combined. As such there will probably be more reports of problems.
The Andersen deformed under heavy braking but was still usable.
The B&W hitch "failed" when the truck and 5th wheel rolled over. Kind of like your radiator fails when you hit that tree head-on.
