February 11, 2008
Posted by bgkentucky

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Gooseneck or 5th Wheel ~ Food for Thought There are advantages and disadvantages to both these set-ups. Gooseneck....Good: The Gooseneck is a straight tube pointing down from under the overhanging part of the trailer. It hooks to a heavy duty 2-5/16" ball mounted in the bed of a truck. This does not take up a lot of the truck bed. You can even get a fold down ball set-up so you can utilize your whole bed. Gooseneck.... Bad: To hook up to the trailer, you must position your ball directly under the hitch, which is not easy when the ball is centered over the axle. You must move the whole rear end of the trailer over to line it up. This is easier with 2 people. Also you must crawl into the bed and hook up the safety chains. 5th Wheel.... Good: The 5th Wheel hangs down from underneath the bunk and has a big steel plate with a 2" pin that aligns it's self (within reason) with a big plate on top of your 5th wheel hitch set up in your truck. Just back up, Get close and it hooks itself up. No crawling in the bed to hook up safety chains. They don't have safety chains. It's a one man operation. 5th Wheel....Bad: The hitch is a lot more expensive and takes up half your truck bed. You can get the removable type but it'd heavy to lift in and out of the truck bed. Giovanni

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