5th Wheel hitch?

[srury]

I have a shortbed 2006 F250 PS Crewcab. I have been doing research on hitches to pull my new to be 5th wheel. What products do you use? I will have to buy the slider hitch.

[mschn99]

Originally Posted by srury

I have a shortbed 2006 F250 PS Crewcab. I have been doing research on hitches to pull my new to be 5th wheel. What products do you use? I will have to buy the slider hitch.

i worked at a dealer that also sold trailers and also installed most of theirs, and im a big fan of reese......dont use hitchhiker.......other good ones are out there though......

[road pig]

First congratulations on your truck. second you may want to go pullrite.com and check out there hitches. I recently purchased a hitch through them and it was well worth money. Don't skimp on a hitch it is going to be your most important link between the two. I also had a short SD 03. After purchasing a new fifth wheel which was 37' and weighing in around 13,600 I opted to but a SD 350 dually 06 this was mainly due to the pin weight of the new trailer. Pullrite is a bit pricey but like I said well worth it. Good luck.

[srury]

Anyone heard of HiJacker 16K Ultra Slide Hitch? I was thinking of this one. What exactly does the slide do? I was told you only use the slide part when you are back into a spot?

[road pig]

On alot of hitches you have to get out and manually operate the slider. There are a few that do it by power or automaticlly. The pullrite does auto style. You find after some research that you will need to move the slide on just about any sharp turn going forward or backwards. I did the research and found that alot of people have damaged truck and trailer by not remembering to move the slider back. The last thing you want is to have to get out in bad weather or on a road having to make a sharp turn in traffic or even a U-turn.

[toobadq]

B an W turnover ball. When not using turn the ball over and still have the bed. Most everyone around here uses them.

[cumminsmannow]

that is a gooseneck not a 5th wheel.

[srury]

So are you saying if you use the gooseneck type hitch you do not need the slidder type of 5th wheel hitch? If so then a gooseneck is the way to go.
What stops the gooseneck from hitting the truck as the the 5th wheel does?

[cumminsmannow]

you can't get a slider gooseneck. You can get an offset hitch for your trailer but it is not a slider it just offsets the hitch back to help with clearance issues. A 5th wheel hitch is just like a hitch on the back of a big rig... Big plate with a lock in the middle, and a pin on the trailer side. A gooseneck is a ball mounted in the bed with a hitch similar to one used on a bumperpull trailer coupler to attach to the ball in the bed.

[JayCarotenuti]

What I do for a living is move 5th wheel trailers from here to everywhere. Of course my best advise for a 5th wheel is a long bed pickup. Or a flatbed with a 5th wheel if you are going to be doing lots of different trailers and lots of different terrane. The anwer to your question: Do not go the cheap route! Your life could depend on it. The auto slider is the way to go with a shortbed. There are some trailers that are setup so that you don't need that type of hitch such as with the Titainum. You need to make sure that you can move from straight to 90 degrees without coming in contact with the trailer. Keep in mind that you are not always on level ground Either the pullrite hitch or the reese will do. Make sure that the install is done by a qualified person. The right setup and you will enjoy the ride and have alot less problems. The 5th wheel is the only way to pull an RV as far as I am concerned. If you need the bed for anything else they are easily removable. Where the king pin is mounted on the trailer and where the hitch is mounted on the truck determines the ride. Don't install a hitch farther back to solve that problem!!