Scary fifth wheel/gooseneck hitch
Just looked at a clean '97 F-350 XLT Super Cab dually for sale locally. It has a home made (?) Gooseneck/5th wheel hitch. Four foot by two and a half foot 1/2 inch steel plate, bolted entirely to the ...
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The first fifth wheel hitch I ever saw, many years ago, had two plates of 3/8 steel that bolted to the fender wells of the truck bed, then a crosspiece that sat in saddles on top of those plates. The fifth wheel was in the middle of that cross piece. It would tilt fore and aft, but there was no side to side tilt possible. the guy who owned the rig was a fire bomber pilot, and he towed his trailer all over the West during fire season.
That hitch was not home-made. It was a commercially available unit, sold by most RV dealers.
It simply worked!
That hitch was not home-made. It was a commercially available unit, sold by most RV dealers.
It simply worked!
