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Re: 5er hitch options RAM MegaCab w/6'4" bed - Solitude 310GK
I have a 6’4” box Ram 3500 SRW and didn’t want the worry about taking out the truck back window or the nose of the 5th wheel so went with the Pullrite. It works very slick and you can jackknife easily to get into those tight spots BUT when hooking up or unhooking you pretty much need to be in a straight line (truck and trailer) - the Pullrite manual says you have an allowance of 10 degrees which isn’t very much. I have on 2 occasions been just outside these limits and got stuck. That is could not unhook nor rehook. It took a lot of maneuvering to get unhooked at which point the trailer dropped. It would have crunched the box but luckily the kingpin landed on the frame of the hitch. The landing gear were not fully extended but were down. You also need to know that with the Pullrite you will need a capture plate to make the hitch slide properly. This is only an issue if someone else is going to move your trailer( i.e. service) and they don’t have a sliding hitch. Having said that, itis easy to remove and install.408Views0likes0CommentsRe: Peace Arch border crossing
Well just an update to my post. At the last minute we decided to use the Pacific crossing which is a few minutes to the east, still easy to get to from the Tsawassen ferry. The lanes were tight but doable if you were careful and the height was not an issue. After the booth, cars had to weave through an obstacle course to leave the customs area but the officer radio’d to her fellow officers who opened the “ long route “ ~200 yds for us to leave the customs area. I asked her if we could have used the Nexus lane and she said while it was allowable it would have been very challenging making the necessary turns to leave the area. I also asked if Peace arch was possible for a vehicle of our height and she said “ I would like to say yes but honestly I am not sure.689Views0likes0CommentsPeace Arch border crossing
This will be our first year trying the snowbird thing. Our route will take us from Vancouver island to the lower mainland, possibly crossing at the Peace Arch crossing. We are in a fifth wheel that is 13’6” tall. Is there a height restriction at that crossing?2.8KViews0likes10Comments
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