New Truck on Order

[lynnbrown]

Ordered a 03 1 ton q/cab s/box srw Laramie HO/48re on 1/6/03. Became a new member on 10/02. I want to thank the membership on my decision to order a new Cummins. Will be pulling a 5th wheel rv in the near future.

Again Thanks.

Wyolaramie.

 

[Dean Upson]

Congrats on the new truck! If I was getting a shorty to pull a fiver I would look into the PullRite sliding hitch. You can get it with no drill brackets.



Dean

 

[crebelein]

i'm in agreement w/dean. . that is the hitch i will be going with when i get my 5er!

 

[gbraden]

I have a question about the PullRight hitch. First, I believe you are talking about a sliding 5th wheel hitch used with shortbed trucks. Correct?

My questions:

1. What if you had a breakdown. Would another truck with a regular 5th wheel hitch be able to connect to and tow your trailer? Or would you have to do some bolting on or taking off something first? If so, would it be a big deal?

2. If, say your traveling partners had a breakdown. Would you be able to use your Pullright equipped truck to tow their 5th wheel if their trailer had a regular 5th wheel hitch?

3. Do you know if the shortbed 2003 Dodge Quad Cab with the PullRight hitch can do a 90 deg. with the trailer? Or would the trailer bang into the truck cab? I ask because the 2003 QC shortbed is 3" shorter from rear of cab to rear axle than previous trucks.

I'm seriously considering ordering a 2003 DC QC shortbed and have been wondering about these things?

Thanks,

Glenn

 

[Dean Upson]

Glenn,



I will try to answer you questions to the best of my knowledge.



PullRite makes several models of hitches. The SuperGlide is the one that works with the sliding hitch for the SB trucks. They also make conventional fifth wheel hitches for long beds and travel trailers



1. The hitch has nothing to do with the kingpin on your trailer. If you broke down, another truck with a fifth wheel hitch would be able to tow your trailer as long as he cleared the rails. If he had a short body he would not be able to make a 90 degree turn.



2. Yes.



3. You can make the 90 degree turn with the SuperGlide. That is the whole purpose of the hitch.



If you have further questions, call PullRite 1 (877) 785-5748 or check out the website http://www.pullrite.com/. The part numbers are not there for the '03's yet, but they either have them or they are in development. These are great people to deal with.



Dean

 

[Casey Balvert]

Yes they are referring to Pullrite's automatic sliding hitch for short bed trucks.



1. I think you would need to remove an adaptor plate from the pin on your trailer. I don't think it is a big deal.



2. Not sure on that one, but maybe a Superglide owner could chime in here.



3. Yes you can turn 90 degrees without banging up the cab.



You can get all the info you need at



http://www.pullrite.com/glide.html



Email them with your questions. They are good people.



Casey

 

[Dean Upson]

Sorry, I didn't know about the adapter plate, but it sure makes sense that it would have one.



Dean

 

[lynnbrown]

Pullrite

I have been reading your questions in regards to the Pullrite 5th wheel hitch. I received a video from Pullrite and yes, you do need a wedge adaptor plate bolted to the trailer tongue for the hitch to work. When the tow rig and trailer reach a 16 degree angle the hitch will start sliding back because the wedge plate causes the 5th plate to turn. It is quite an inovative design.

Wyolaramie

 

[mgonske]

Originally posted by gbraden

I believe you are talking about a sliding 5th wheel hitch used with shortbed trucks. Correct?

My questions:

1. Would another truck with a regular 5th wheel hitch be able to connect to and tow your trailer? Or would you have to do some bolting on or taking off something first? If so, would it be a big deal?

2. Would you be able to use your Pullright equipped truck to tow their 5th wheel if their trailer had a regular 5th wheel hitch?

3. Do you know if the shortbed 2003 Dodge Quad Cab with the PullRight hitch can do a 90 deg?

I just had the SuperGlide 16K installed last week--Yes, it's an automatic sliding hitch, as noted above.



1. I haven't installed the adapter plate on my trailer yet. It is necessary to make the hitch slide, and it renders your 5th-wheel un-towable by standard hitches. It mounts with (about a gazillion) 1/4" countersunk bolts. On my pin box, the nuts would go down inside beyond arm's reach, so I bought nylock nuts. I'm still not sure how I'll install them (I'm thinking air ratchet), but removing them to tow the trailer with a standard 5th-wheel hitch would be a royal PITA. OTOH, the installer recommended *welding* :--) the adapter plate on.



EDIT: Hmmm, now that I think about it a little more, I wonder if the bottom plate of my pinbox is thick enough to tap? That would be much easier (the bolts carry only shear loading, but a lot, transferring the twisting motion of the trailer around the kingpin to the hitch to twist and slide the hitch).



2. Stepping into an area of less certainty, now, as I haven't tried it, but the installer said you can tow a standard 5th-wheel trailer with the hitch--just watch those tight turns. But when I think about it, I wonder what would keep the hitch from turning and sliding on its own.



3. I haven't taken measurements to calculate this, and since I haven't installed the adapter plate to try it yet, I can't say for sure if a full 90* turn is possible.