Slider Hitch = More Control Backing Up?
My limited experience of two years with a 5th wheel was preceded with 20 years of travel trailer experience. I found it much more difficult to back up with a 5th wheel, especially if you are trying t...
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Retired wrote:
Using the slider puts some wag into the tail like a travel trailer. Wag that makes it easier to control backing up a 5th wheel.
Users of slider hitches - do you agree?
100 percent.
Not a new thing as manual operated sliding hitch owners have been doing this since the hitch industry gave us a sliding hitch and advertised that fact.
My limited experience of two years with a 5th wheel was preceded with 20 years of travel trailer experience. I found it much more difficult to back up with a 5th wheel, especially if you are trying to reposition the unit a few feet to the side while backing.
I have many years of backing GN/5th wheel/bumper pull trailers around construction worksites and loading yard docks , plus my RVs, but I find a GN/5th wheel hitch trailer doesn't react as quick as a bumper pull trailer and requires more steering input.
