I am not so concerned about loading it, as I am about hauling it. In
other words, if there was a really clever system that would let me carry
my canoe, but I could not take the canoe off or put it on unless the 5th
wheel was detached from the truck, that would probably be OK. With a
5th wheel, you usually drive to a campsite, detach it, and then go off
in the truck to do what you want to do, such as driving to the launch
point. I guess the logical conclusion is that it would be preferred to
mount the canoe to the truck rather than to the 5th wheel, more convenient.

But did you have something specific in mind?

The picture below shows a somewhat typical 5th wheel. Any boat mounted
on the truck would need to be at least a couple of feet away from the
5th wheel to allow for turning, etc., so it would stick out past the
front of the truck.

http://www.nhog.org/forsale/floydpic...h%20Wheel1.JPG

I got a variety of ideas from the RV people. The most attractive one so
far has been to mount a removable support post on the front bumper,
passenger side, and then have a pipe rack on the front of the truck bed.
The front post is described as an upside down letter 'h'.

Richard


OldNick wrote:
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:38:55 GMT, Richard Ferguson
vaguely proposed a theory
......and in reply I say!:

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Do you want to load the canoe while you have the camper connected?


I am in the process of changing from one kind of RV to another, and that
means that I need to figure out a new way to haul my 16 foot canoe. The
5th wheel that I am buying occupies most of the bed of the truck. The
best solution that I can figure out is to put the canoe over the cab of
the truck, hanging out past the front bumper.