5th Wheel Hitch Information.
Hi all. My wife and I are taking delivery of our new 2014 Hemisphere Lite 327 res next week. We currently have a TT so I have to get a 5th wheel hitch for our truck. It's a 99 F250 Superduty CC with a...
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Mr_MrsSchlepprock250 wrote:
Thanks guys. Sorry it's taken so long to get back, I've been busy. I've been looking at the Curt linked Here. Does anyone have any first hand knowledge or opinion on this one. Yep, truck is a short bed so I definitely want a slider. Of course 'm looking at some what of a budget, but not a set dollar yet. And also just some more info, the truck has Firestone Ride Rite airbags.
And This Curt is 16k but has the Economy slide jaw. The first one I posted has the standard double jaw. Any opinions on the two. Is one better than the other?
Well in my opinion better than both of the Curts would be the twin jaw Reese. My reason is experience, towed over 20 miles with the handle UNLOCKED. Not something I would do intentionally, but the fact that I did it is impressive. So the why I was able to do this? Well it is good design of the jaws. The jaws on the Reese have their pivot point behind the pin. The Curt the pivots are even with the center of the pin.
This is the Curt Jaws.
You will notice the jaw pivot points are right in line with the center of the pin.
This is the Reese twin jaw, notice the pivot points are behind the pin, the harder the pin is pulled, the tighter the jaws close!
