RobertRyan
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Becoming more common here. They use a OzGlide hitch to reduce the stress on the towed RV
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ktmrfs
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haven't used or seen the ozglide but for 10 years and about 60K miles I've used the airsafe air hitch on our TT. Similar concept, air bags and shocks to decouple the TT from the tow vehicle. Airsafe for us does an amazing job on frost heaves, rough roads etc. downside is cost and weight,
And fully compatible with many WD and sway control systems. I use it with the Reese Dual cam system.
https://www.airsafehitch.com/category-list/receiver-hitches
I have the class 6 reciever for use with our outback.
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corvettekent
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I wonder what the overall length is. I know here in Washington State we have a limit of 65 feet. Other states are different.
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valhalla360
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You see some on 5th wheel hitches but usually on the bigger units with very heavy pin weights on stiff truck suspensions. Mostly it's about comfort.
While it has happened, it's not common for the a-frame on bumper pull trailers to fail, so not much demand for such a device.
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RobertRyan
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valhalla360 wrote:You see some on 5th wheel hitches but usually on the bigger units with very heavy pin weights on stiff truck suspensions. Mostly it's about comfort.
While it has happened, it's not common for the a-frame on bumper pull trailers to fail, so not much demand for such a device.
He had it on a 5th wheel. Reason Ozflide to do not have a hitch failure due to stress on Caravan and tvehicle. Truck is a light Mediun Hino with 8 litre engine no you do not get these in the US it is actually a lot cheaper than.a F350 to buy used, so many available and oayload vastly greater
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RobertRyan
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These were not used as tow vehicles but as Off Road Caravans started to hit 8000lb+ and you wanted the truck to have considerable payload capacity as well they are now being used
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BB_TX
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Haven’t seen one myself, but pictures are sometimes posted of class 8 trucks with a small car loaded on and towing a 5er.
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RobertRyan
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corvettekent wrote:I wonder what the overall length is. I know here in Washington State we have a limit of 65 feet. Other states are different.
Do not know was shorter with a 5th wheel. You would decouple and park them in parallel in a Camping ground
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RobertRyan
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BB_TX wrote:Haven’t seen one myself, but pictures are sometimes posted of class 8 trucks with a small car loaded on and towing a 5er.
These are Japanese " light Mediums" there classifications are different 52000lb GVWR 100000lb GCVWR " Heavy Medium"!!!!!carrying In this case light mediums carry small or medium SUV's in some cases
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ktmrfs
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I have a riding buddy (MC) that converted a Class 8, removed 1 rear axle, tows his 5th wheel and has room between the hitch and cab to winch up a Susuki sidekick sideways and also two off road motorcycles sideways all at the same time.
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