5th Wheel Trailer or Gooseneck Trailer
Some people confuse 5th wheel and gooseneck. If you have a hitch ball in the center of your truck bed, that is for a gooseneck hitch and a gooseneck trailer. If you have a large bulky hitch inside your truck bed that has a plate, that kind of looks like a upside down horse shoe, along with with jaws for a kingpin, then you have a 5th wheel.
Gooseneck Hitch
A Gooseneck trailer with a gooseneck hitch or coupler attaches and connects to a gooseneck hitch ball in the center of your pickup truck bed. The gooseneck ball is either 2-5/16″ or 3″. The gooseneck hitch ball is easily removable. Towing with a gooseneck is common for gooseneck horse, livestock, flatbed, living quarter and race trailers.
- FAQ: Type of Gooseneck Stems
- FAQ: Do I Need An Offset Gooseneck Coupler?
- FAQ: Do I Have a 5th Wheel or Gooseneck?
- FAQ: How to Backup a Gooseneck Trailer?
5th Wheel Hitch
A 5th Wheel trailer with a 5th Wheel Hitch that has a plate and connects to a king pin is common for RV camper trailers and 5th wheel campers.
Visual Check:
- Gooseneck: Do you drop a coupler over a ball in the center of a pickup truck bed or flat bed truck? If Yes, you have a gooseneck.
- 5th Wheel: Do you back up until a pin locks into a bulky heavy plate in the center of a pickup truck bed? If Yes, you have a 5th wheel.
- FAQ: Types of Trailers
