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Originally Posted by ennored

There's 5th wheel hitches that do this, most manually slide, but some do it automatically while turning. I've often wondered why I've never seen such an arrangement for semi-trucks. Small gap on the highway, larger for turning.

Here's an automatic one.



(Not a 5th wheel guy myself, maybe someone who tows a 5th wheel can add some details?)

If Barbie and Ken squirt out in front of the big rig and it has to jackknife,it's bye-bye trailer face and tractor rear.Better just to do movable gap-fillers.