Towing with slider in extended position?
Looking at alternatives to an auto slider. Do any of you tow your 5th with a manual slider locked in the extended position, to allow for enough clearance for no contact to the cab, and at the same tim...
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rhagfo wrote:
Not if the 5er is squared nose, when turned the distance from the hitch to the cab remain the same! You still have 4' of 5er to deal with.
A typical slider only moves the hitch back 14 inches. Getting a 14 in pin extension will accomplish the same thing. You can get them any size you want if your pin box will take the strain.
Moving the front of the 5er back that 14 inches allows even my square nose (BTW 42 inches from pin to edge not 48 inches) 5er to get as close to 90 degrees as I will ever drive.
If you are at 90 degrees you are in a bind and are sliding the rig around not rolling it.
