WDH compared to 5th Wheel
The wife and I are looking at buying our first camper. We've found a few floorplans in our price range, some TT's and some 5ers. I'm aware that each has their pros and cons. I actually really like the...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
I've not driven a truck-5er combination, but I do know I've driven several tow vehicles with trailers. If the truck is too small for the trailer, towing is a nightmare. With the right truck-trailer-hitch combination, towing is sweet. I think 99.99% of travel trailer towing problems is because of too much trailer for the truck. Whereas, a 5er is more forgiving with the same truck.
I do know, my current rig combination (with the integrated brake controller) is a very sweet ride! We've done several long trips now (over a thousand miles one way) with this set up, and did not have any problems, sway, scarry moments, nothing. Truck and trailer acted as one unit. No problems.
(However, i-65 through Montgomery Alabama has us down to 35 mph. BUT everyone else was running about the same speed.) That was the only place I felt I had a trailer attached.
You post and sig pic reminded me of a conversation with a commercial RV delivery driver 15~ years ago. While browsing the TT's and 5th wheels, in came a new 32~34' TT towed by a well worn Chevy 3500 dually. I walked around the truck and there sat the coupler on the ball with no WD bars or sway control. I asked the driver about it as we've seen WD hitches used for even small TT's towed by HD pickups. He said he never uses those and hasn't had any problems. So home we went and I hitched up our then 4400 lb weighed 19' tandem axle TT to our F150 without the bars and it towed fine. We're thinking about going back to a TT of 25-30' and I'd like to do so without the need for a WDH and sway control.
