Fith wheel hitch mount
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re fith wheel hitch
I am buying a 25 foot camper, I have A 2002 f-350 supercab with short bed and someone told me his buddy mounted it behind the axle and didn't have problem the gvw is 7000 lbs and is a tadem?
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The short of it is....Do Not Do That!
You will cause the front end to be disproprtionately light compared to the rear and you are setting yourself up for an unstable condition which may well bite you in the **** with crosswinds.
I checked this out with my previous truck with a manual slider set to the rear and it got my attention real quickly.
Install an extended hitch pin box (if your rig will allow it) or get some kind of slider....puhleeze.
You will cause the front end to be disproprtionately light compared to the rear and you are setting yourself up for an unstable condition which may well bite you in the **** with crosswinds.
I checked this out with my previous truck with a manual slider set to the rear and it got my attention real quickly.
Install an extended hitch pin box (if your rig will allow it) or get some kind of slider....puhleeze.
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First, the camper must have the hitch extension for a short bed, second, go to an RV dealership and tell him just what you want and if you buy it there have them install it then there is no mistake. I have a 5th wheel, wt. 15,000 and hitch weight 3,280, have a Reese 20k rocker, hard to beat. Don't mess around with a lot of my buddies did this and did that stuff or you might have a bunch of extras holes in you bed and still won't pull right.
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Originally Posted by davi7469
Had a 32' Fiver with a Reese Slider Hitch. It's mounted centered the rear axle or slightly forward. I have short box Super Crew cab FX4. Pulled great in normal position but you wouldn't want it behind. Extreme loading to read of vehicle.
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Originally Posted by timcommon
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
Look at the price....over $3,000.00
WOW!"
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I paid $2,100. out the door installed for the 16K SuperGlide.
That sure aint chicken feed but the rig is the very best I have seen and now I just crank and go with nary a thought to 5er-cab interference. Talk about piece of mind.
When you consider the $$ you have already invested in your truck, this seems a little easier to swallow.
Also I had a Reese manual slider om a previous truck and though it worked OK, there was an annoying fore & aft slop in that rig that would produce a bump on start and stop. And I had a couple of situations where I couldn't get out and put the slide to the rear due to traffic and it got a little hairy.
Food for thought......
Look at the price....over $3,000.00
WOW!"
.................................................. ............................
I paid $2,100. out the door installed for the 16K SuperGlide.
That sure aint chicken feed but the rig is the very best I have seen and now I just crank and go with nary a thought to 5er-cab interference. Talk about piece of mind.
When you consider the $$ you have already invested in your truck, this seems a little easier to swallow.
Also I had a Reese manual slider om a previous truck and though it worked OK, there was an annoying fore & aft slop in that rig that would produce a bump on start and stop. And I had a couple of situations where I couldn't get out and put the slide to the rear due to traffic and it got a little hairy.
Food for thought......
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Your 5th wheel hitch should be mounted ahead of the axle,not to the rear or on top of it.I also have a Pull Rite hitch, upgrading from a Reese Hitch and believe me that made a ton of difference with pulling,turning and hooking and unhooking.If you are in serious doubt about installingit in the proper place please have your dealer do it to keep you and me safe on the highways.Have a good day.
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From: Pensacola, FL
Originally Posted by Yukon
Tim C, with the way that SuperGlide works do you have to be backed in almost perfectly straight to hook or un-hook? I have looked at these in the campgrounds and like the idea, but it seems if your rig is cocked a little you would have grief getting unhooked.
I thought so too. But when I reviewed Pullrite's promo VHS, that didn't look like a problem. Sure enuff now that I have it installed in the beast, the head just swivels to meet any offsets from centerline. The key here is that the head freely swivels up to 26 degrees either side of center before starting a rearward slide along the dual rails. I still wouldnt try to hook or unhook with any misalignment greater than an inch or so. But then my previous Reese which I used for over 10 years was not very forgiving with misalignments. Another note, during accels and initial braking, I always had a small bump with the Reese due to the open tolerance between the clam shell jaws and the king pin. The Superglide usrs a wrap around jaw with no discernable "slop" so there is no bump at all.
Hope this helps.
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I have a B&W turn-over ball underbed hitch w/5th wheel conversion on my 04 F250 Shortbed. The centerpin ends up just short of 2" forward of the rear axle. I can manage a 90 degree turn with my trailer. Mind you its only about an inch from the cab but it clears! It all depends on how the trailer is configured. My trailer has a pinbox that extends about 16" beyond the front of the trailer. That sets the pin at about 14-1/2" in front of the trailer. Here's a site that might help with understanding: www.lelandengineering.com/pinspecs.htm This site offers a pinbox extender: www.popuphitch.com/rv5.htm
I was considering the extender but after a couple of trips decided that I didn't need it.
I was considering the extender but after a couple of trips decided that I didn't need it.
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