Goose neck and 5th wheel?
It has been forever since I have been on this forum as I have been out of the RV scene for a while. Looks like we are finally getting back to it. I have a truck with a goose neck hitch installed. I ...
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If I were regularly using a goose neck hitch in my ranch operations, and needed to occasionally haul a fifth wheel trailer, my preferred choice would be the B&W Companion, even though that means hauling the fifth wheel hitch in and out of the truck bed.
But most of the folks I know around here simply put a goose neck adapter on their fifth wheel trailer. Ratings range up to 20,000 pounds (which is really heavy heavy for a RV fiver) and quality varies. Convert-a-Ball might be the best, but relatively expensive. Nobody I know who has done this has broken their fifth wheel frame, but they've all had Carriage trailers, and Carriage is probably above the norm on fifth wheel frame quality.
But most of the folks I know around here simply put a goose neck adapter on their fifth wheel trailer. Ratings range up to 20,000 pounds (which is really heavy heavy for a RV fiver) and quality varies. Convert-a-Ball might be the best, but relatively expensive. Nobody I know who has done this has broken their fifth wheel frame, but they've all had Carriage trailers, and Carriage is probably above the norm on fifth wheel frame quality.
