Both gooseneck and 5th wheel hitches have their major applications, but in a nutshell, the former is better suited for hefty, professional work like commercial transportation, ...

Fifth wheel hitches for pickup trucks typically tow up to 20,000 pounds, with a few exceptions pulling up to 27,000 pounds, at least 3,000 pounds less than a gooseneck hitch can handle.

In simple terms, fifth-wheel trailer hitches are larger, more costly, and can only haul fifth-wheel trailers. On the other hand, gooseneck hitches are less expensive, take up less room in the truck ...

For this situation, we used a PopUp GN5 gooseneck-to-fifth-wheel trailer adapter. With the GN5 adapter, it took us less than two minutes to modify a gooseneck Cimarron horse trailer so it would ...

Companion Fifth-Wheel. Once the B&W gooseneck was installed, we moved to the fifth-wheel Companion. It was shipped in two boxes: one for the base, and another with the coupler.

While a gooseneck hitch and a 5th wheel may look similar, they’re very different. They both have a truck bed-mounted hitch, but the gooseneck uses a trailer ball and coupler.

The 2016 GMC Sierra HD is now being offered with a gooseneck/fifth-wheel trailering prep package right from the factory.. The $350 option features a frame-mounted hitch platform and tray that ...