My 5th wheel shudders violently when towing.
I have a 2015 GMC 2500HD Crew Cab diesel with a B&W turnover ball hitch and a B&W companion hitch towing a 2006 Cedar Creek Silverback 29LRLBS (unloaded weight of 10,070 lbs. The hitch was installed ...
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fj12ryder wrote:
I would be looking strongly at the truck as having an issue. You've commented that all the fixes involving changing hitches and even changing trailers only made a slight improvement. When the only common element in all the changes is the tow vehicle, then that's where you should be looking, IMO.
You're talking about changing to a gooseneck adapter when, in your own words "It actually did tow slightly better with it.". "Slightly better" simply isn't good enough. You should be able to tow with no issues, if not you'll never be happy with it.
The common element is anytime I pull a trailer connected to that hitch in the bed it has been problematic. I can pull our Case 435 skidsteer on a bumper hitch trailer and no issues at all. The skidsteer weighs 6,800 pounds and it's on a 3,000 pound trailer. I can pull my 29' enclosed trailer with 5 snowmobiles in it weighing around 7,000 pounds on a 1500 mile roundtrip and no issues whatsoever. As soon as I throw the companion hitch in the bed and back under that camper.. all hell breaks loose. My truck isn't an old clunker either. It's a 2015 with 24,000(ish) miles on it. It gets serviced regularly and exhibits no issues on anything but towing the 5th wheel camper.
