From: none@none.com99   
      
   A while back I installed an under bed goose neck hitch in my (not new   
   anymore) truck I bought last year.  I also picked up a fifth wheel   
   companion hitch that drops into the "receiver" instead of the goose neck   
   ball.  After assembling, adjusting, and test installing the fifth wheel   
   hitch I left it in the truck.  Its in the way, and the ball takes up   
   valuable space in the under seat storage compartment when it could just   
   be upside down in the receiver instead.  I can loose the tension bolt,   
   pull back the cross pin and lift out the fifth wheel hitch by hand, but   
   I don't want to.  Its heavy and as my regular work outs remind me I am   
   at the age when I am just trying to maintain strength, and probably not   
   going to get stronger.   
      
   I was thinking about making a lifting eye for the fifth wheel.  It   
   doesn't have to be super strong.  Just stronger than me.  Then I could   
   use a chain, cable, or just a hook to lift the hitch out with the tractor.   
      
   Originally I was thinking jib crane near the front of the shop, but   
   after picking up a shipping container, and moving a lot of things out of   
   the shop I realized shop space is to valuable to store something that   
   will only get used occasionally.  It needs to go in one of the   
   containers, or even just outside on a pallet or rack.   
      
   I might still want a jib crane in the shop...   
      
   Anyway, what diameter is the disc on a fifth wheel trailer?  Not the   
   horseshoe int he back of the truck.  The disc that slides into it.  The   
   fifth wheel I'll need to move a few times yet is 60 miles away, so I   
   can't just walk outside and measure it.   
      
      
      
      
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   Bob La Londe   
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