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  1. I live in Phoenix and we (2 adults, 4 & 2 yr old) are thinking about taking our 381M 5th wheel with SxS to New Mexico for ~10 days or so in January. The primary places we wanted to see is White Sands and probably Carlsbad park. I know those aren't UTV friendly places but I imagine there is alot of other places around or in NM that are. My #1 concern is snow. I know white sands gets as low as in the 20s and I don't mind the cold. I know our trailer even has tank heaters so I should be prepared for that. BUT I don't want to pull in the snow. I would appreciate any feedback on: 1. Can I make it to White sands and Carlsbad without any chance of snow? I THINK the route through Tucson should be good? 2. Can you guys suggest other places to go to in NM that won't have snow? I think Roswell seems like a good spot to explore with the kids and it also seems like it has alot of OHV places for the SxS. Much appreciated!
  2. Interesting. Thats the first failure I have heard of. How long ago was this? Looking at the install instructions, the bolt sizes on the instructions were alot smaller than the ones supplied to be installed. So I am guessing they have beefed it up since the time they came out with the instructions. As far as grade of bolts, from my understanding, there are advantages and disadvantages to using different grades. They don't avoid using them just to save a few pennies...
  3. I did just have a hitch fail on me, so I am VERY attune to this concern. I bought my truck used and it came with a Blue Ox Super Ride that he used. First time I hooked up, it failed a mile down the road during a side street turn. The shoe that accepts the kingpin buckled forward and the kingpin came out and trailer came down on my truck. No idea how it happened as I did the Tug Test and the safety pin was still in the latch. So I'm not sure how it could have came out without the latch handle moving. Luckily I was going a few MPH. The truck bed took alot of damage but luckily the trailer just got a few scratches! Anyways, that is all to say that I just experienced a failure and so I really value it not failing. I just haven't found any evidence of failures on the Pullrite (unlike the anderson, as you mentioned). The Blue Ox was super heavy duty and very heavy as well, so I'm not sure I want to use weight as a proxy for reliability. I don't plan on going over GVWR and in fact the goal is to stay under 19k. I guess I'm just not seeing why I should trust the SAE on my trailer but not on the hitch. I just witnessed a meaty hitch fail and it wasn't at the gooseneck attachment point (which BTW, the gooseneck receiver point is rated at 30k).
  4. I dont quite understand this point of view. Dont get me wrong, I understand the idea of a safety buffer from the max ratings. But ALL the pieces are similar max ratings. All the parts from truck, to hitch, to trailer are tested to the same type of standards (SAE). Why do you trust to max out the 20k GVWR rating that was arrived at by the same standards, but not the hitch? If you say that you would stay away from the 20k GVWR for safety as well, then that still doesn't make the point of view make sense, since you will be staying away from the 20k hitch rating by the same margin! Maybe im missing something, so let me know.
  5. I just ordered a pullrite 2600 which is rated for 20k . Search has brought up a few reviews threads on this hitch, and it seemed like everyone was happy. However it may not be an apple/apples comparison if they aren't towing something my size (Grand Design 381m).Anyone else towing the 3 axle 20k gvwr trailers with this hitch? How has your experience been?
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