Fontaine’s lightweight fifth wheel assembly

Oct 31, 2017

Fontaine’s 6NWB steel fifth wheel assembly features the company’s lightweight Fontaine NWB sliding bracket mounted with its lightweight 6000 No-Slack top plate with a lock engineered to self-adjust automatically to trailer kingpin variances to facilitate a smoother ride and longer component life. The 6NWB is rated at 50,000 pounds of vertical load with a drawbar pull rating of 150,000 pounds. Parts are interchangeable with older models.

Fontaine Fifth Wheel, www.fifthwheel.com

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