I don't know why you would question the towing -mine has plenty of
horses and I'm at 7200 feet above sea level-once had to rescue a General
Motors product that was loaded with furniture and drag it home,the last 5
miles heading up an 8% grade.I looked at a fifth wheel and was told the
only problem is due to the wheel base vs cab for the turning radius. '01
quad cab 4.7 auto.
At 09:37 PM 1/5/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>"BARRY OLIVER" <DHSPA58@dhs.state.il.us> wrote:
>
>: "BARRY OLIVER" <DHSPA58@dhs.state.il.us> wrote:
>: __________
>:>Can you tow a 5th wheel behind a DAK? I don't doubt the possibility,
>:>but I've just never seen it done. Does anybody on the list have a
>: 5th
>:>wheel setup?
>
>:>> dakota@billpitz.com 01/05/04 11:39AM >>>
>: I've seen it done with "small" pickups before. The only issue is
>: watching the weight and possibly not being able to turn as sharp,
>: depending on trailer and hitch configuration.
>
>: -Bill
>:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>: Wow, I wouldn't have thought about the turning radius...hey, wait a
>: minute, why wouldn't you be able to turn as sharply? it seems like you
>: would gain turning radius over a similar standard hookup...
>
>
> I think what he meant was a smaller turning radius as compared
>to a full size towing the same trailer. The smaller (i.e. usually
>shorter) bed would put the cab closer to the trailer and might
>make contact earliser. (Although the decreased width would
>probably offset that somewhat.) It seems like most of the
>full size trucks I have seen towing 5th wheels have been long
>beds, which you can't even get anymore in a Dak. So its probably
>reasonable to assume that in general, a Dak might have a larger
>turning radius than a full size, with the same trailer.
>
>
>--
> -Jon-
>
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