5th wheel or pull trailer

With electric jacks a TT is just as easy to hook up as a 5er. to put tension on the weight bars i run the jack (electric) up until there is very little pressure on them.

My vote is the 5th. wheel for the following reasons:
1. you already have 5th.wheel experience, so no learning curve.
2. A 5th. wheel between 25 and 30' in length with one or two slide outs will make a world of difference to your living style needs.
3. 5th wheels are generally more stable when towing down the road. This is not intended to suggest that TT are less stable. I have driven both and currently have a 34' 5th. wheel.
4. 5th. wheels are easier to load and unload in comparison to a TT. Yes there are some a few instances where the pull handle on the 5th. requires a little coaxing. This usually occurs when the site is uneven. The TT can also have difficult moments when the trailer hitch and ball require some extra effort to disconnect.

mbopp wrote:
Have you considered a toy hauler and putting the bike in the back?

Its seems this would be easiest. I can't imagine it being very easy to get a cycle into the bed of a truck.

Have you considered a toy hauler and putting the bike in the back?

edbehnke wrote:
you have a 5th wheel, do you like it???? then just stay with a 5th wheel. you already have the truck.

you might have some problem putting up a motorcycle on a rack so I'd stay with a bike. we had a scooter on the front of our truck but it was hard for me to put it up all the time.

X2, if you're comfortable with the 5er, stick with it. Just my opinion. I've never owned a 5er but travel with friends that do and maybe the 5er would be easier to hitch up for you. Hard to beat a nice 5er.

I thought it could be difficult to hook up a tow bar on a pull trailer. I'm also wondering if pulling a trailer is as easy as pulling a 5th wheel. I travel mostly in the west so I am on hills a lot. I have no problem hooking up my smaller 5th wheel. I've seen people who have a lift to put a cycle into the bed of the truck, so I'm considering how to work that out also. I sit in one spot for a few months at a time to workcamp so it's become kind of important to be able to get a small cycle for errands. I don't like my present 5th wheel. It has no slides & is only 24ft. I would like something a little bigger. I have a 2005 one ton ram diesel so the truck shouldn't be an issue.

I guess I don't follow?

What are you concerned with as far as doing something that takes a lot of strength with a TT?

I have had TT all my life and there is nothing that takes strength to hook or unhook. Well, I guess jacking takes strength but I have had an electric jack for over 20 years so that leaves that out.

The WD bars may weigh 3 or so lbs a piece and it takes a little strength to lift them and put them in place but not and big strength.

When I have done 5 wheels the big strength move is pulling the latch bar. That thing can get really stuck sometimes and it takes a lot of strength to pull it.

Tell me what you are concerned with and maybe I can give you a better answer.

you have a 5th wheel, do you like it???? then just stay with a 5th wheel. you already have the truck.

you might have some problem putting up a motorcycle on a rack so I'd stay with a bike. we had a scooter on the front of our truck but it was hard for me to put it up all the time.