IdaD wrote:
A fifth wheel can't leverage the truck like a TT can because it hitches over the axle instead of 4' behind it. The heavier pin makes a difference too, but the hitch point is the real key. And yeah, they're largely idiot proof too - just hitch it up and go.
Exactly! We recently purchased a 225MK Laredo which has around 800 pounds dry hitch weight. Dropping the weight on the hitch ball drops the rear of my 2015 RAM 3500 4x4 similar to what the 2800-3000 pin weight of our 5th wheel does to the truck. I have an equalizer hitch to brings the truck back up to the proper percentage of weight on the rear axle.
Going down the road the travel trailer's effect on the RAM is quit different than that of the 5th wheel. I call it a hobby horse effect relayed into the TV. Chris
