stackyFACTSStandard hitch balls are too weak for massive campers. A 'fifth-wheel' requires a massive horseshoe-shaped metal receiver bolted directly into the center of a pickup truck's bed. The trailer literally hangs directly over the rear axle, completely obliterating any chance of using the truck bed for actual cargo ever again.
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