Intermittent jerky towing of 5th wheel
Bear with me: Bought a 2016 Denali diesel 3500 HD SRW truck then an Open range light 5th wheel. Bought a B&W turnover ball hitch. Pulled camper home, no problem. Ran over bush and into light mud. Tur...
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jerem0621 wrote:
Okay, what you are using is called a Gooseneck adaptor. It converts the standard fifth wheel king pin into a Gooseneck hitch. Some fifth wheel camper manufacturers tend to discourage the use of this style adaptor as it can put increased stress on the fifth wheel frame and damage the frame. I think that a poster was alluding to this earlier in the thread.
It's just another thing to check on. See if your particular frame manufacturer recommends a Gooseneck adaptor or not.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
How did the other trucks lash up when they tested your rig - did they use the gooseneck adapter or did they use a standard hitch? You might have some frame flex and/or frame damage from using the gooseneck adapter. I wonder if you could have cracked the frame when you were pulling thru the mud - that would be a lot of added stress. Check it out.
