can you convert a camper with a hitch to a bumper pull?
by admin on Friday, August 5th, 2011 | 3 Comments
my truck bed is to short for a hitch so i need a bumper pull camper trailer i found a lot of campers with hitches and was just wondering is there a safe way to make one into a bumper pull??? like maybe a part you can buy or something?
Your question does not make sense.
A Camper can be something carried in a pickup’s bed, or a trailer that you pull. You can use a fifth hitch or in a gooseneck in the bed of a pickup, or a conventional trailer. You can use a frame hitch, or a bumper hitch. You can have a camper that is small enough and light enough to be pulled by a small motorcycle. You can have a fifth wheel camper that weighs over 10 tons.
What do you want?
Yes, try this site..
http://www.ontheball.com/
I’m guessing your trailer either has a gooseneck hitch or a king pin for use with a fifth wheel. If that is the case, the answer is no, these trailers cannot be converted to a bumper pull. The frames are designed and built differently.
There are new solutions available, like the Sidewinder, that will allow even trucks with less than 6 foot beds to be able to pull fifth wheel trailers.
More information about both the trailer and the truck could help us find some sort of solution.
http://www.etrailer.com/faq-sidewinder.aspx