Comparison between Bumper Pull and 5th wheel

Brassica wrote:
Is there safety data somewhere that indicates how well we amateurs tow or drive our big motorhomes? I was led to a TT because we were buying in the 3000 pound range.

My hunch is that a Class A motorhome is the safest. Fifth wheel towing would be next, it certainly works for professionals towing forty tons. One needs to mind the right turns so one doesn't drive over the curb, but that is not a problem that will put you in the trauma center. A travel trailer would be next. A Class A towing a "dinghy" is something I wouldn't want to touch. The physics of towing a car with a rather long wheelbase seems frightful to me. I could be towing in cross winds or slick conditions and have no "steering response" in the steering wheel to tell me what is going on back there.

I left out of my summary the Class C which don't handle the suction of a passing truck well; it is still safe. A Class B would be the funnest. As for a fifth wheel double towing with a boat back there: get right with the Lord.

Double towing behind a 5th wheel is an absolute breeze. I actually think my 5th wheel pulls every bit as nice with my enclosed motorcycle trailer in tow as it does without it. Some folks would understandably have a little trouble backing it up but that can be learned.