I’m posting this link for Titan owner with KC’s that want to tow a 5th wheel. This is a bit of a story:
You see, my mother and my Aunt are about to retire. They both live in MI and want to do the snow bird thing as well as travel. They thought they would get a 5th wheel so they went to look at them. The dealer told her the Tian or the Ford with “the big engine” can both tow 9500 pounds. Mom really did not want a super expensive tow vehicle, and with 2 Camry’s under her belt said she did not trust Fords.
Of course, we already had a Titan in the Family (mine) and I had read the posts about lets see some pics of what your towing, so I knew there were guys towing 5’ers out there with Titans. Getting a 5th wheel hitch installed in a Titan proved a challenge and that is the whole purpose of this post, to help people with information specifically for 5th wheel towing in a King Cab.
So they found there Trailer, a 28 foot Keystone Outback. Weight is 7700 pounds dry. The same dealer that told her the Titan could tow 9500 pounds also told her the PullRite hitch was the ONLY hitch they could install because she ONLY had a 6.5 foot bed on her 06 4x2 King Cab with Big Tow. Did I mention there $3000 for the PullRite? Of course I knew this was Bravo Sierra because my friend with a 2500 Silverado with a Duramax also has a 6.5 foot bed and he tows a 5’er no problem. The bed of a Crew Cab is to short and you would need a PullRite hitch.
So I searched here. To the people that put the brand of hitch in their profile, thanks you very much.
Some people had the B&W Turnover ball hitch. This is and underbed hitch that they have a 5th wheel adapter for. I am told they are a quality hitch but the hitch plus the adapter runs in the $1500 ballpark.
Another brand was the HiJacker hitch. The model 24 UL is a 16K hitch for the Titan and they have the installation instruction on there webpage specifically for the Titan. This a Canadian company and I called them to find a dealer near my mother, ultimately finding one about 1 hour away in Elkart Indiana.
So one of the dealers I talked to said the Hijacker is not really a great hitch and Recommended a Valley hitch. He said that he had indeed put a number of them in Titan. It was a 16K sliding hitch (which is what you want) and was ~ $950 installed with a power port in the bed. So she went this route and experienced RV’ers that have looked at it said it’s a great hitch. Here is the specific information: They installed a Model 70540 Valley hitch. This is a RV 5th wheel hitch with 16,000 maximum trailer weight and 4,000 vertical load weight. The also installed a Model 70460 Glider 5th wheel attachment used for shortbed P/U applications.
Reece also make a 16K sliding hitch for the Titan but I was told buy a dealer that there are no “guidelines” from the company about installing one in a Titan.
I have not personally towed this setup yet. My brother, who used to deliver boats (big boats with a diesel dully) towed with the Titan and he said it tows great and that the truck isn’t working at highway speeds. Gas mileage has been 10-11 mpg.
Edit: I tried to upload pics of the trailer, hitch as well as links to all the hitch companies but it said I cannot do this until I get 15 posts. If one of the admins wants to override this let me know and I'll post pics and links.:cheers:
You see, my mother and my Aunt are about to retire. They both live in MI and want to do the snow bird thing as well as travel. They thought they would get a 5th wheel so they went to look at them. The dealer told her the Tian or the Ford with “the big engine” can both tow 9500 pounds. Mom really did not want a super expensive tow vehicle, and with 2 Camry’s under her belt said she did not trust Fords.
Of course, we already had a Titan in the Family (mine) and I had read the posts about lets see some pics of what your towing, so I knew there were guys towing 5’ers out there with Titans. Getting a 5th wheel hitch installed in a Titan proved a challenge and that is the whole purpose of this post, to help people with information specifically for 5th wheel towing in a King Cab.
So they found there Trailer, a 28 foot Keystone Outback. Weight is 7700 pounds dry. The same dealer that told her the Titan could tow 9500 pounds also told her the PullRite hitch was the ONLY hitch they could install because she ONLY had a 6.5 foot bed on her 06 4x2 King Cab with Big Tow. Did I mention there $3000 for the PullRite? Of course I knew this was Bravo Sierra because my friend with a 2500 Silverado with a Duramax also has a 6.5 foot bed and he tows a 5’er no problem. The bed of a Crew Cab is to short and you would need a PullRite hitch.
So I searched here. To the people that put the brand of hitch in their profile, thanks you very much.
Some people had the B&W Turnover ball hitch. This is and underbed hitch that they have a 5th wheel adapter for. I am told they are a quality hitch but the hitch plus the adapter runs in the $1500 ballpark.
Another brand was the HiJacker hitch. The model 24 UL is a 16K hitch for the Titan and they have the installation instruction on there webpage specifically for the Titan. This a Canadian company and I called them to find a dealer near my mother, ultimately finding one about 1 hour away in Elkart Indiana.
So one of the dealers I talked to said the Hijacker is not really a great hitch and Recommended a Valley hitch. He said that he had indeed put a number of them in Titan. It was a 16K sliding hitch (which is what you want) and was ~ $950 installed with a power port in the bed. So she went this route and experienced RV’ers that have looked at it said it’s a great hitch. Here is the specific information: They installed a Model 70540 Valley hitch. This is a RV 5th wheel hitch with 16,000 maximum trailer weight and 4,000 vertical load weight. The also installed a Model 70460 Glider 5th wheel attachment used for shortbed P/U applications.
Reece also make a 16K sliding hitch for the Titan but I was told buy a dealer that there are no “guidelines” from the company about installing one in a Titan.
I have not personally towed this setup yet. My brother, who used to deliver boats (big boats with a diesel dully) towed with the Titan and he said it tows great and that the truck isn’t working at highway speeds. Gas mileage has been 10-11 mpg.
Edit: I tried to upload pics of the trailer, hitch as well as links to all the hitch companies but it said I cannot do this until I get 15 posts. If one of the admins wants to override this let me know and I'll post pics and links.:cheers:
