Oct-24-2013 03:52 PM
Oct-28-2013 11:17 AM
SDcampowneroperator wrote:
Most certainly your camper is not aluminum 'framed' but aluminum superstructured. The frame is steel. Check it with a magnet.
Using a goose neck adaptor on a rig designed for 5th wheel adds a lot of leverage to the frame. The pin box attachment frame is not designed for that added stress. Warranty will be voided.
It is a PIA to have a 5er hitch in the bed of the truck, but I feel it is offset by the ease of hook up.
Oct-28-2013 09:08 AM
Oct-28-2013 06:21 AM
Old-Biscuit wrote:
Ever seen the pin box structure and overhead frame on a 5vr.
Compare that wide spread, thin cross beamed structure to a goosneck trailer design.
YES some folks use a gooseneck adapter...and don't have any known damage.
Then some folks who have never used a gooseneck adapter have had a complete frame/pin box failure.
It's your trailer.......use what you want.
Personally I stick with a hitch design that the 5vr frame was designed for......and not add an additional stress.
Enough of that happening with the bouncing going on while traveling on the bad roads.
Oct-28-2013 05:31 AM
TXiceman wrote:
Other than the shock reduction in the Goose Box, it is really no different that the G/N adapter as for additional stresses on the pinbox area of the trailer. manufacturers void the structural warranty if you use a G/N adapter for a reason. It is not good for the trailer frame.
K
Oct-27-2013 08:50 PM
avantidave wrote:sdetweil wrote:
see the Andersen Ultimate Fifth Wheel hitch if you want to limit the impact on the FW
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I have gone from traditional 5th wheel hitch to gooseneck adapter and now to Andersen Ultimate, which is for me the best yet.
Oct-27-2013 06:31 PM
Rally's attended so far-21
Oct-27-2013 06:24 PM
Oct-26-2013 05:30 AM
Oct-25-2013 09:43 PM
sdetweil wrote:
see the Andersen Ultimate Fifth Wheel hitch if you want to limit the impact on the FW
Oct-25-2013 01:19 PM
Oct-24-2013 07:28 PM
MJO21 wrote:
Do you think the "ultra lite" would be safer. ( dry weight 5100lbs). Or be more dangerous because "ultra lite" is lighter therefore weaker?
Oct-24-2013 07:18 PM
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