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09-02-2007, 07:19 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Want a better towing ride?
I saw this add in Trailer Life and thought I'd post the link to this unique/unusual solution...
http://www.hitch-buddy.com/
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09-02-2007, 07:35 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location:
Posts: 2,376
M.O.C. #6575
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by sreigle
I saw this add in Trailer Life and thought I'd post the link to this unique/unusual solution...
http://www.hitch-buddy.com/
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Guess it'd free up the bed, but I sure don't need another trailer to pay registration on here in TX. We don't use many toll roads, but that might add up too, from what someone posted the other day.
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09-02-2007, 09:05 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Lone Tree
Posts: 5,615
M.O.C. #6109
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Well, that cures the problem for the silly guy that bought a 5th wheel but needed a TT! Now let's see how they solve the problem of the guy that bought a TT but meant to buy a 5th wheel.
I assume it's only good for the lighter weight 5ers as shown, as the heavier 5ers would actually exceed the tow capacity of the receiver hitch.
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09-02-2007, 11:27 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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I think they also sell a heavier hitch for the TV but I don't think anyone makes one heavy enough for the larger Montanas. I just thought it an interesting concept.
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09-02-2007, 12:18 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: anywhere
Posts: 912
M.O.C. #6260
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From what I have read, the weight limit on a tongue tow hitch is 10,000 lbs. My truck manual states that any load over 10,000 must be a 5th wheel. I can't imigine that much weight being pulled off of the rear frame stub on any truck.
Years ago I overloaded the frame mounted hitch of my vehicle by a great deal. I locked the trailer breaks and gave a "test" pull and ripped the whole rear frame off of a 2 week old truck. My wife was SO proud of me.
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09-02-2007, 01:00 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Wappingers Falls
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M.O.C. #6263
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Umm, two more tires to worry about.
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09-02-2007, 01:42 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Sunshine
Posts: 1,445
M.O.C. #538
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Seen one of these in Elkhart last year. My first thought had to do with a football and a monkey.
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09-02-2007, 02:34 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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I see Camping World sells them. Next time I'm in a CW I want to take a close look. I don't want to buy one, I just want to look it over.
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09-02-2007, 03:25 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Forestville
Posts: 6,025
M.O.C. #496
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I saw a Suburban towing a 5th wheel down the highway with one of these, had to do a double take as I had not seen anything like it before.
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09-02-2007, 03:47 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cooper
Posts: 1,230
M.O.C. #3029
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Appears there is a new defination to "5th wheel".
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09-03-2007, 02:01 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Franklin
Posts: 126
M.O.C. #4721
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Isn't that like the one they used in The Long Long Trailer? 
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09-03-2007, 02:09 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
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M.O.C. #7128
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Looked at one real close, ties in to tow vehicle in two places, when you turn a corner wheels will need to slide as there is no swivel. Yep monkey business.
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09-03-2007, 03:04 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Morgan City
Posts: 642
M.O.C. #2773
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I'm going to hold off nay saying ,, but ,, from the get go I don't see the benefit.
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09-03-2007, 04:09 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Macomb
Posts: 293
M.O.C. #5709
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I just wonder if you can back it up. Gotta be tricky.
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09-05-2007, 05:11 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Glendale
Posts: 1,219
M.O.C. #635
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Looks to me like it has all the bad characteristics of both fivers and travel trailerss and none of the advantages of either. Back on the farm we used to be pretty good at backing four wheel wagons around but, I always had a view of the tongue as I was backing. Not sure I would like this contraption at all,
Dave
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09-07-2007, 10:32 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
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M.O.C. #7128
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No problem backing up, it is not on any swivel hitch, it is connected solid to the vehicle frame in two places, why I say, wheels look like they need to slide in a tight corner. 
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09-07-2007, 04:16 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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That would be a very significant slide in a sharp slow turn, like into a driveway.
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