I just bought a 05 Super Crew with the 5.4 and tow package in hopes of getting a camper trailer really soon. While researching on this forum I found several people recommended the Slider Hitch for 5th wheel towing on a Super Crew. Can someone explain this a little better to me? Any additional advice would be appreciated as well, I have never towed anything more than a motorcycle trailer.

 

Picture the 5th wheel in the bed. Now to turn tight on some trailers you might hit the cab. So...you pull 4 pins, dive forward about 8 inches, drop the pins in the rear hole and you now have an extra 8 inches of clearance between the cab and the trailer nose. The whole latching assembly slides forward and back. Not the bolted rails.

Caution---This is meant for manuvering only...not towing. The CG is too far back and they are not as structurally sound as is the forward position.

Did this makes sense?

 

That makes perfect sense.
Thanks alot

 

I don't think Ford authorizes the Supercrew for fifth wheel towing.

 

He didn't say he had a 150, just a screw, I'm guessing that's just implied here, huh?

 

The website is www.f150online.com and Ford calls the Super Duty Crew Cab, not Supercrew, so yes, I assumed OP meant F-150.

 

There is a slider that does it without pulling pins and such. I forget the name of it off hand, but that's what you want to pull a 5th in a Screw. One thing you will run across is that 5th wheels are heavier than comparable travel trailers. Any 5th wheel I'd want would need a SuperDuty to pull it.

Untill we get a superduty we settled on a cheaper ultralight TT.

 

That auto slider only slides as you turn, after unlocking. Open your wallet real wide, but it is real cool too.

 

Try going to www.pullrite.com they have a pretty good vedio on how it works.

 

Those superglides are the ticket...check out the change required though.

 

My 5th wheel is 4900# dry 25' duthmman sport power slide living room 6500 Loaded, has a 10500# max but you would need to fill it full the get that #, big enough for 4, perfect for a 1/2 ton