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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Posted: 08/12/18 01:00pm
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fj12ryder said
bshgto1 wrote:
And there you go we are talking about a barely adequate design and materials as apposed to over the top design and materials set up for 3 million miles of towing and a driver that is attentive to the connection as apposed to the camper owners that for the most part haven`t got a clue of the dangers. Not sure about you but don`t believe I`ve ever heard of a truck hitch failure but on a regular basis you here about your wonder hitch failing or the owner dropping the camper on his bed because " I thought it was connected" " what does high hitch mean?" it`s all over this forum and the others as well. Myrtle Beach 3 weeks ago right in front of my camper the guy dropped his unit leaving on the bed of his new truck, he had to beat his tailgate lose with a campground borrowed sledge hammer to free up the wedged pin box made for quit a morning coffee break show, yep wonder hitch sold to him by the dealer. The deal with the AU is you can`t miss the fact that it`s connected even if your stupid and you don`t have all the known or not known issues with Grandpas hitch.
You seem to be the only one talking about "a barely adequate design" but I've yet to see anyone else, and any papers that back up your opinion.
You said in your previous post that a hitch that had moving parts was just waiting to fail, but the hitches on semi's have moving parts and won't fail. Guess you're the arbiter of what will fail and what will not.
Wow, you've never seen an over-the-road driver drop his trailer due to an "Oops" moment. I have, quite a few times, and seen them drive off without hooking up the air, and trying to drive off while still hooked up to the dock. Guess those are just the ones that "haven`t got a clue of the dangers".
And please post up those B&W hitch failures that happen "on a regular basis". Please, I'm very interested to see the facts that back up your opinions.
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OK, look about 13 posts down in this section there is 4 pages that show how your wonder hitch has failed and how you will beg it to release if conditions aren`t prefect, yep try that in the pouring rain with the wife hollering " is the water on yet". Like I said there is no comparison to the new style hitches.
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fj12ryder said
bshgto1 wrote:
And there you go we are talking about a barely adequate design and materials as apposed to over the top design and materials set up for 3 million miles of towing and a driver that is attentive to the connection as apposed to the camper owners that for the most part haven`t got a clue of the dangers. Not sure about you but don`t believe I`ve ever heard of a truck hitch failure but on a regular basis you here about your wonder hitch failing or the owner dropping the camper on his bed because " I thought it was connected" " what does high hitch mean?" it`s all over this forum and the others as well. Myrtle Beach 3 weeks ago right in front of my camper the guy dropped his unit leaving on the bed of his new truck, he had to beat his tailgate lose with a campground borrowed sledge hammer to free up the wedged pin box made for quit a morning coffee break show, yep wonder hitch sold to him by the dealer. The deal with the AU is you can`t miss the fact that it`s connected even if your stupid and you don`t have all the known or not known issues with Grandpas hitch.
You seem to be the only one talking about "a barely adequate design" but I've yet to see anyone else, and any papers that back up your opinion.
You said in your previous post that a hitch that had moving parts was just waiting to fail, but the hitches on semi's have moving parts and won't fail. Guess you're the arbiter of what will fail and what will not.
Wow, you've never seen an over-the-road driver drop his trailer due to an "Oops" moment. I have, quite a few times, and seen them drive off without hooking up the air, and trying to drive off while still hooked up to the dock. Guess those are just the ones that "haven`t got a clue of the dangers".
And please post up those B&W hitch failures that happen "on a regular basis". Please, I'm very interested to see the facts that back up your opinions.
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OK, look about 13 posts down in this section there is 4 pages that show how your wonder hitch has failed and how you will beg it to release if conditions aren`t prefect, yep try that in the pouring rain with the wife hollering " is the water on yet". Like I said there is no comparison to the new style hitches.
