Heres my question: This hitch has a non-tilting plate(side to side), are these a pain to connect if the truck and 5th are not on level ground, must they be on the exact same plane to hook it up without a lot of hassle? I ask because if these are problematic I am not against getting one that has a small amount of side to side tilt and save myself the trouble of installing the one that comes with it and then realizing that I need/want a tilting type(which I would then have to mount a hitch for the second tme)
thanks, Brian
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Some of us were around before the hitch industry gave us a sliding hitch.
If you camp on mostly level camp spots the 2 way pivot works fine.
The vast majority had no problems. Just the ones like myself that camped in the bojacks with a shovel and a load of wood blocks :).
If your going to camp in spots that require 5"-6" of wood blocks under one side of the trailer to get level then you will have to use "some" blocks under the same side of the truck. If you don't then a wedged pin can be the result. Been there/done that more than once as some places we camped one side of the trailer was actually dug down for the tires and the other side blocked up to get level. You can see how a pin can get wedged in the jaws or the slot.
If you go with a 4 way pivoting hitch I would look at the used hitch market also. A expensive hitch isn't needed for your small 5th wheel trailer.
Google 5th wheel hitch brands and look at them all.
