What is a Slider Hitch?
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07-05-2005, 10:22 PM
What is a Slider Hitch?
I just bought a 05 Super Crew with the 5.4 and tow package in hopes of getting a camper trailer really soon. While researching on this forum I found several people recommended the Slider Hitch for 5th wheel towing on a Super Crew. Can someone explain this a little better to me? Any additional advice would be appreciated as well, I have never towed anything more than a motorcycle trailer.
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07-05-2005, 10:57 PM
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Picture the 5th wheel in the bed. Now to turn tight on some trailers you might hit the cab. So...you pull 4 pins, dive forward about 8 inches, drop the pins in the rear hole and you now have an extra 8 inches of clearance between the cab and the trailer nose. The whole latching assembly slides forward and back. Not the bolted rails.
Caution---This is meant for manuvering only...not towing. The CG is too far back and they are not as structurally sound as is the forward position.
Did this makes sense?
Caution---This is meant for manuvering only...not towing. The CG is too far back and they are not as structurally sound as is the forward position.
Did this makes sense?
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There is a slider that does it without pulling pins and such. I forget the name of it off hand, but that's what you want to pull a 5th in a Screw. One thing you will run across is that 5th wheels are heavier than comparable travel trailers. Any 5th wheel I'd want would need a SuperDuty to pull it.
Untill we get a superduty we settled on a cheaper ultralight TT.
Untill we get a superduty we settled on a cheaper ultralight TT.
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Originally Posted by ViperGrendal
There is a slider that does it without pulling pins and such. I forget the name of it off hand, but that's what you want to pull a 5th in a Screw. One thing you will run across is that 5th wheels are heavier than comparable travel trailers. Any 5th wheel I'd want would need a SuperDuty to pull it.
Untill we get a superduty we settled on a cheaper ultralight TT.
Untill we get a superduty we settled on a cheaper ultralight TT.