Gooseneck towing of 5th wheel
I just bought a Keystone Montana 2004 3295K 5th wheel. It has a Fifth Wheel to Gooseneck Adapter Hitch. Does anyone have experience towing a 5th wheel with this as opposed to traditional 5th wheel hit...
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MountainAirMan wrote:
I haul with the an adapter. No problems in four years of use. My 5er is approx #12k. There is no additional stress at rest, the concern is taking off and stopping. I see lots of pictures of damage but no one claiming it was due to a gooseneck adapter.
I examine my frame work periodically because of all the doomesday complainants. So far, so good. We recently traveled to Lake George, Niagra Falls,back to Lake George, and home to western Va with no signs of any cracks, fatique marks or broken welds. We traveled some "very" rough roads in New York and Pa.
BTW, from an engineering view the shorter your pin box the less stress exerted. I happen to have a rather long box.
Some day if I fgind the time and get too anxious about it, I may weld a few additional gussets at key stress points.
So you take the overhang cover around pin box mount off and check the pin box mount structure ??
