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5th wheel vs gooseneck

09-20-2008, 12:17 AM

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5th wheel vs gooseneck

My wife and I have recently purchased a used 5th wheel to see how we like it and to take a break from vacationing in our LQ horse trailer with our horses. What I am trying to figure out is why the 5th wheel tows so much harsher. Towing the gooseneck LQ horse trailer you literally do not even know it is there. The 5th wheel on the other hand lurches front to back. I see the posts for Demco ect but wonder why you need to do that in the first place? The 5th wheel has springs and shocks.

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