Pulling A Fifth Wheel vs. Bumper Pull
I've been researching travel trailers and I'm not sure yet whether I want a fifth wheel or a bumper pull trailer. I've read more than once that a fifth wheel is easier to handle/more stable on the ro...
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horton333 wrote:Allworth wrote:
I generally agree with PPnG. Also I thing Horton may be using "alternate physics" in his wind analysis, since no one seems to experience this effect in the real world.
It's not my physics, and of course people do experience it. Does everyone acknowledge it, that seems to vary.
Ity is what you left out in your physics, the fact that with a TT the force of the trailer is applied 3' to 4' behind the TV rear axle, where with a 5er it is applied at the axle zero leverage on the direction of the TV.
Fuel mileage, well many that have switch from TT to 5er with same TV, report either no change or improvement in fuel mileage, with a heaver trailer. This is likely has to do with better overall aerodynamics, yes a 5er is taller, but the front is closer to the TV cab than with a TT.
