What we use to pull the 5th wheel

When we bought our first 5^th wheel, we had a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 with a goose neck hitch.  The trailer had a 5^th wheel hitch so we had to add an adapter so we could tow it.  At the time we had a smaller trailer and it pulled it fine.  After we bought our present trailer we took a trip to Arkansas.  It was not long before we realized that no matter what the manual said, this trailer was too big for the truck.

It broke my husband’s heart when I told him he had to find a new truck, (spoken sarcastically).  He had to find one with a transmission that would handle the trailer in the mountains.  With a big smile on his face he began the search.  He had a list of what he wanted and an amount of what he could pay.  The two lists were not compatible.   So once again, compromise time.

He wanted the new 2010 Dodge Ram 3500 dually, but would settle for a newer Dodge with a better transmission.  He wanted leather seats, an IPOD plug, a 5^th wheel hitch, bed liner and chrome steps .  What he got was a 2007 Dodge Ram 3500 dually.   It has a 6.7 liter diesel engine with an upgraded transmission that comes with the bigger engine.  The seats are cloth but he got the IPOD plug.  He wanted a 5^th wheel hitch but it came with a gooseneck ball. 

We bought the truck and it pulls the mountains fine and my husband is pretty happy with it.  He still wants that 2010 and looks longingly at all that we pass. He is very excited about the new fender shape.  

The bed liner was an easy fix.  Nelson searched and found a used one on Craigslist at a reasonable price.

The gooseneck hitch was something Nelson really wanted to change and he had begun looking into finding a 5^th wheel hitch.  We had the trailer at Wades RV in Sapulpa, OK  doing some repairs, which I will tell about on another blog,  When Nelson went to pick it up he was talking about it to Wade and discovered that a 5^th wheel hitch exists that slides into the spot where the gooseneck ball comes out of.  Not only that, but Wade just happened to have a used one there that he sold to us at a fifty percent of the new price.  It is a B&W gooseneck and we bought the B&W companion 5^th wheel hitch. 

Nelson is happy with his truck now, although he never fails to mention that he needs the chrome rails.  They will just have to wait, maybe till he gets a new truck, which will be after I get a new car. J