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Originally Posted by d100bear
just bought a sundance 2900MK 31ft 5er dont need slider have 88degree turning
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Maybe so, but that 5er has an 1875 lb pin weight and you will be grossly overloaded on a Tundra before you even get in the truck or add gear etc. To stay safely under the payload rating of the truck you need a pin weight below 1200 or so.
The Cougar 291 RLS pin is 1435 dry. That will most likely overload the Tundra as well.
Lots of people overload their truck but I sure wouldn't want try to explain that to the insurance co. or the cops if there was an accident. And yes, they do look for that in an accident investigation.
I liked the Sidewinder concept when I first saw it but many have raised questions about the extra torque it puts on the pin box and whether the trailer mfg will honor the warranty. The Sidewinder moves the load point (and pivot point) back a good distance. This means that the force on the original hitch in the truck bed is no longer straight down from the pin box, but through a long "lever". This torques the pin box much more than it would otherwise be. I would get a written approval from the trailer mfg before buying one.