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However, if you are trying to find a 5er that doesn't need a slider hitch or Sidewinder pin box in a shorty pickup, you're probably going to be disappointed. I wouldn't tow any 5er with a shorty pickup without a SuperGlide hitch. I've done it, but it's too nerve racking, so I don't plan to try it again.
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Grumpy ole man with over 60 years towing experience. Now my heaviest trailer is a 7'x16' 5,000-pound flatbed utility trailer, my tow vehicle is a 2019 F-150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost SuperCab with Max Tow (1,904 pounds payload capacity).
Ditto to what Smokey said. I have seen too many short bed trucks with goonies on the corners and banged up trailers. For me 5er = long bed truck or spring for a slider hitch and then USE it.
Ken
__________________ Amateur Radio Operator (KE5DFR)|No Longer Full-Time! - 2023 Cougar 22MLS toted by 2022 F150, 3.5L EcoBoost Tow Max FX4 Lariat Travel with one Standard Schnauzer and one small Timneh African Gray Parrot, retired mechanical engineer