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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laknox wrote:WTP-GC wrote:fj12ryder wrote:
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.
I don't have the time or interest to go back and find the story, but I believe the truck stayed upright and the 5er rolled because the hitch head disconnected.
Which is how B&W designed it. They'd rather sacrifice the trailer rather than both the trailer =and= the truck, where the people are. At least according to statements B&W made afterwards.
Lyle
It might be true that someone at B & W stated the hitch was designed this way. I refuse to believe that the hitch truly was designed to separate in order to prevent a roll-over. To that end, I would argue that had it not separated, there's a chance that the truck weight and directional momentum "might" have kept the trailer from rolling. For B & W to state that its designed to separate in order to prevent dual rollover makes me ask the questions:
"at what point"
"at what force"
"at what weight"
Too many variables for the hitch to be absolutely designed this way.
