That thing is gonna' look like an ant pulling a loaf of bread..................

 

Yep.

The difference being, the Ant is Designed to do it.



MGD

 

03Screw,

I will need to drop the king pin to the next set of holes> When I was backing it into the driveway I almost hit the box of my pickup with the 5th wheel. I was aware of it and it came pretty damn close! (about 1/2 inch). We are definately excited and can't wait to start camping.

 

Its a fact that ants are able to carry 50 times there own weight!!

 

Yes, BUT - they can PULL far more...

You've seen those strong dudes pulling a boxcar? Scale the ant to an equivalent size, and it'll pull the Whole Train

Everyone's definition/perspective of 'safety' means a different thing - I have neighbours who still cut their grass with high-powered gas mowers - with sandals, no eye/ear protection, their pooch and snotsucker a few feet away ... and think nothing of it. Incredible.

Point: the Correct Tool for the job. Can you? Sure. Should you? No.

Law of Averages wins - every time.


MGD

 

Always talk to the lease company.....they know more about what the their lease is about than the idiot salesman....

 

Glad to hear everything pulled fine danreg99, my new truck should be here in July sometime and we are gonna be doing some serious camping. Ended up selling my old truck to fast and we cant go camping till the new one arrives. I've been dealing with a very unhappy wife for a few weeks.

 

I had to adjust the kingpin box on mine as well I have a foldacover and it raises the hight of the bed sides due to its mounting rails. I went up 2 positions to get it right , its an easy job to do. You may have to fine tune a few things as all trucks are different. When I hitch up I find it to be helpful if the king pin plate is a tad lower than the hitch plate on the truck so when i back it into it- it will raise the fifth's plate up and help avoid high hitching the kingpin. I will also do a test pull which involves raising the landing gear up only a few inches off the ground, leaving the chocks in place and trying to nudge the rig forward a little that way you know that you are positively locked up. Depending on your brand of hitch you can get a device called a bed saver http://www.blueox.com/p-1276-bedsaverpinlock.aspx We found that it took a trip or 2 to get used to the new sounds and sensations coming from the rig when we changed over from a TT but the whole set-up just feels so incredibly more confident and safe in comparison.

 

I have to ask, what size fifth wheel trailer do you have??? What's the weight?

 

It is a 2006 Forest River Wildcat 24rl dry wt 6890 lb. Hitch wt 930 lb. 26ft~ length