Availability of a 5th Wheel Hitch That Can Be Used With a Slide in Camper On the Same Truck

Expert Reply:

Yes There is a system that most likely will work so that you can use a fifth-wheel hitch and a slide in camper on the same truck (not at the same time). You will have to measure to see if the slide in will clear the Pucks that are installed in the bed of the pickup on the Elite Series 18K Fifth Wheel Trailer Hitch by Draw-Tite and Reese, item # RP30142. Custom fifth wheel rails are installed under the truck bed, allowing for unrestricted truck bed use when the fifth wheel is removed, and four pucks are installed through the bed to accept the fifth-wheel hitch when needed. These pucks protrude approximately 7/8 to 1 inch, depending on your truck, above the bed and this is the measurement that you will have to be sure your slide in camper will clear or set down on to.

If this system will work for you then you will need to purchase an installation kit for your specific vehicle. Use our hitch hunter application and put in the year, make and model of your vehicle and select show all categories and then select fifth-wheel hitches and you will find the fifth-wheel products specific to your vehicle.

expert reply by: Bob G