towing fiver with 6 1/2 foot bed
I have a 94 26 foot carri-lite that I currently pull with a 96 F-350 diesel supercab dually with the fifth wheel mounted 2 inches ahead of the rear axle on an 8 foot flat bed. The trailer also has a p...
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Redwing 64 wrote:
Is it common to tow fivers with 6 1/2 foot beds? How do you do it?
I've been doing it since 1988. That was when the only 'trick' available was the extended pin box that moved the pin to right at the front of the trailer. With that setup, max turning angle was limited to about 65 degrees, still sharper than any travel trailer can jack-knife.
Today there are so many options, manual and auto sliding hitches, Sidewinder pivoting pin box, curved front caps, so it is ez to tow with a 6-1/2 ft bed. But beds shorter than 6-1/2 ft really need an auto slider or the Sidewinder.
I still tow with a fixed position hitch, 4 different short bed trucks, 5 different fifth wheel trailers, never had a problem. Now with a curved front cap I can probably jack-knife more than 80 degrees, can't see why I would want any more than that.
