Serious RV Type Question
Post Fiend
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Cow Town, CA
also with your bed cover you can just roll it up and hook up and then when needed you can unhook and roll the bed cover back and dont have to wory about the hitch getting stolen.....that is if i saw the bed cover right in your pics...
Tuned
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Sacramento Ca
that is a very good point also in many states you can have passengers in the 5er so if you have kids or a wife that likes to stop every 50 miles to pee or eat or something just put them in the back and let them do what they want and you can just keep driving! cant do that with a TT
you can also typiclay make a much tighter turn in a 5er as you can just about jack knife it without really any issues.......tyring to turn in a tight area not out on the road that would be bad in anything....
you can also typiclay make a much tighter turn in a 5er as you can just about jack knife it without really any issues.......tyring to turn in a tight area not out on the road that would be bad in anything....
The last trip I was on I had to turn around on a narrow road. With the 28.5 ft 5er, I pulled into the turn, stopped, backed up while intentionaly jackknifeing the rig and then pulled forward to complete the turn. If I had a bumper pull I could not have made the turn. I do not know what I would have done.
Post Fiend
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From: Cow Town, CA
i think there are a LOT of people here with TT, and bigger is not always better. you can get a small 5er just like you can get a small TT but the 5er has many bounses over the TT...if he wanted to get a TT i am sure that everyone here would help him find the one that is best for him...he asked what we like and we told him
Lead Driver
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From: Scio, OR
I've towed both and the 5th wheel is definitely easier to tow. The one downside I can see to a 5th wheel is it significantly reduces what you can put in the bed of the truck.
It really depends on what you're looking for. If you want all the comforts of home, and can afford it, you probably want a 5th wheel.
If you're like me, and want a place to sleep and cook while you're in the woods, and to be able to put the quad in the bed of the truck, you want a small bumper pull.
It really depends on what you're looking for. If you want all the comforts of home, and can afford it, you probably want a 5th wheel.
If you're like me, and want a place to sleep and cook while you're in the woods, and to be able to put the quad in the bed of the truck, you want a small bumper pull.
New User
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I don't have much to add to what's been said. The 5th wheel is definitely easier to tow. Cross winds don't affect a 5th wheel as much. We have a 30-footer with the living area at the back and a large picture window. It's brighter inside with that arrangement.
Postmaster
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From: Utah County, UT
This sounds close to what we have. The only thing to add that I hadn't thought of until someone posted it a while back was most 5th wheels will have some type of steps in them. For some people, steps are not good and perfer haveing a single level trailer so to say. With that said, I would look for a 5 that fits your floor plan model.
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Some other thoughts - with a TT you need a load distribution hitch and a sway control.
A fiver doesn't need an LDH, and they are usually stable enough that sway control isn't needed either.
Both of these contribute to faster hook-up and setup.
Shock Absorbers can be added to either one, and comes stock on some of them. They can be helpful.
No trailer I know of just now has anything like a swaybar/torsion bar in the suspension.
One of the plusses with an LDH though, is that you can vary the lift at the tongue to compensate for different loading.
Also keep in mind that if you want dual sway control bars, the front ball mount will be on the LDH head. If it doesn't have two mount points for them, the LDH would have to be changed if you wanted to double them up.
By the way - avoid LDH heads that use spring pins to retain the load bars. The spring pins wear out, and can let a bar drop out of it's socket. I always liked Reese/Huskey because they did away with that.
A fiver doesn't need an LDH, and they are usually stable enough that sway control isn't needed either.
Both of these contribute to faster hook-up and setup.
Shock Absorbers can be added to either one, and comes stock on some of them. They can be helpful.
No trailer I know of just now has anything like a swaybar/torsion bar in the suspension.
One of the plusses with an LDH though, is that you can vary the lift at the tongue to compensate for different loading.
Also keep in mind that if you want dual sway control bars, the front ball mount will be on the LDH head. If it doesn't have two mount points for them, the LDH would have to be changed if you wanted to double them up.
By the way - avoid LDH heads that use spring pins to retain the load bars. The spring pins wear out, and can let a bar drop out of it's socket. I always liked Reese/Huskey because they did away with that.
Under my bed cover I had a plastic bed liner....I would like to be able to take the hitch out of the bed every once in a while for ATV hauling during the summer.
The hitch itself "un connects" from the two bar things at the bottom i would assume to allow for removal....do the "bar things" that are left on the truck bed come off too with some type of quick release or do you just leave them since they are virtually flat and drive right over them?
I am sure those bar things have a name....new to me :-)
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You are correct...I have a roll-n-lock and just pull it out when I need it.
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From: Az City, Az
Those bar thing's are the bed rails and they are bolted to the frame with some brackets. I have a plastic bed liner and it is cut where the rails are so they dont really stick up at all. The hitch is held to the rail's with 4 pins and is easy to remove. I haul my quad and other stuff all the time and the rails arent in the way.
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From: Columbia, MO
Less wind resistance with a TT and usually weigh a little less if you are thinking about better MPG. 5-w usually has more storage space and the tanks (water, gray and black) are usually larger.
Fleet Owner
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
The hitch itself "un connects" from the two bar things at the bottom i would assume to allow for removal....do the "bar things" that are left on the truck bed come off too with some type of quick release or do you just leave them since they are virtually flat and drive right over them?
I am sure those bar things have a name....new to me :-)
I am sure those bar things have a name....new to me :-)
Normally they are bolted down solid. I would check the bolts once in a while to make sure they don't get loose... Some are even welded in, but that's a bit rare.
