04 - 05 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra C/K1500 Crew Cab with 5 foot-8 inch Bed Fifth Wheel Trailering with Crew Cab Short Bed 5 foot-8inch - kw tow towing hitch wheel tire turn load

The following diagnosis might be helpful if the vehicle exhibits the symptom(s) described in the PI.

Owners may question why the crew cab short short bed (5'-8") is not recommended for fifth wheel trailering.

With a cab-to-axle (CA) distance of 32", there is no available 5th wheel hitch that will allow the truck and trailer to approach 90 degree articulation. This means that in parking lot maneuvers and/or sharp turns, there will eventually be contact between cab and trailer and damage will result to one or both vehicles.

Note a CA distance of at least 52" is really best (with 8' box) for fifth wheel trailing. The extended pins and sliding 5th wheels were developed in the 1990s to accommodate short box (6'-6") models with 38" CA lengths, but that is the lower limit.

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Please follow this diagnosis process thoroughly and complete each step. If the condition exhibited is resolved without completing every step, the remaining steps do not need to be performed.

(04-05 Chevrolet Silverado Crew Cab With 5'-8" Bed) and (04-05 GMC Sierra Crew Cab With 5'-8" Bed)

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