2014 Dodge Ram Fifth Wheel Prep Option?

tinner12002 wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

texasdiver wrote:
DUMB. Doesn't it seem like they could have struck a deal with one of the major hitch manufacturers like Ford did and pre-drill the holes to fit a specific hitch package?

The picture frame adapter allows one to use a variety of different hitches..The picture frame adapter mounts into the bed of the truck and my 20K Reese Signature hitch locked into it. There are quite a few different hitches one can use on the adapter.

But it was dumb on Ram's part to NOT have the picture frame adapter available when the trucks came out....I got my truck in May and no adapter until July....Chrysler made it right for me though by giving me a Chrysler Max Car care extended warranty of 7 yrs, 100,000 miles, zero deductible and I paid about 1/2 of what MOPAR is charging for the adapter, so what Chrysler did for me for the inconvenience, to me, made up for their dropping the ball on this 5er/GN prep package.

I have a reese elite hitch...just by looking at it, doesn't it hook up the same way as it has the cam locks also? I didn't do any measuring but the dodge setup looks like it is the same as my elite setup.

I don't know if we're talking about the same thing:h..I have the GN/5er prep on my truck, that means there are 5 cam lock holes in the bed of my truck, 4 outside one's and 1 center hole, all of these points have been built into the frame of the truck...Most who use a GN hitch only need to get a "drop in ball" and put it in the center hole and they're done. They don't need the picture frame adapter, which locks into the 4 other holes in the truck, and it'll only lock down one way....you have two smaller cam locks toward the back of the cab, and tow larger ones toward the tailgate...so, again, you can only mount it one way, it weighs 75# (isn't light), and locks down into 4 outside holes. I have the Reese 20K Signature hitch and it fit onto the picture frame adapter....so I'm using a 5er hitch that I already had.

My hitch WOULDN'T fit into the four outside holes,( not wide enough) You HAD to get the picture frame adapter to mount your 5er hitch onto it. I wanted to utilize the 5er/GN prep package, thus the reason I went with it.

Again, one could also use the center hole, buy a drop in ball and purchase an Andersen Ultimate 5th wheel hitch and it attaches to the drop in ball...pretty slick set up...if I would have had to wait any longer for the picture frame adapter, that was the route I was going to go..