Re: Gooseneck/Fifth Wheel Questions also F350

Posted by Brokenwrench on April 14, 2005 at 06:04:12 from (69.128.196.197):

In Reply to: Gooseneck/Fifth Wheel Questions also F350 posted by Kirk Grau on April 14, 2005 at 03:52:56:

The fifth wheel ball on the truck your looking at
is a heavier duty set-up than the plate style.
We had the same thing happen with a camper we bought. Our truck already had a tip down fifth wheel ball in it, but the camper had the king pin style. Camper sales guy sold us an adapter
(goose neck) to mount on the camper to make it compatible with the ball. It"s a little harder to back into but not bad. I don"t know what your plans are, but for most stuff, flatbed trailers and even bigger horse trailers will all have the gooseneck/ball setup. From what I see it seems to be more universal and it takes up way less box space. I"d check into getting an adapter for your trailer. Now, about the truck. We have a 95 F250 w/150000miles, a 99 F350 w/125000 miles, and a 2000 F350 w/135000 miles. We haven"t had any major problems with any of them. Maintenance on a diesel is big. Changing fuel and air filters regularly makes alot of difference on performance. If your buying it from a private party that has all the records, that would make me alot more comfortable than buying it on a lot and wondering what"s all been done. In our neck of the woods there"s alot of cattle haulers that have 300,000 plus miles on these Dodge and Ford 1 ton diesels, and soon you"ll start seeing the Duramax in that group too. That said, my disclaimer is, you can have problems with any vehicle. If you treat them right, more often than not they won"t let you down. Brokenwrench

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