2014 Dodge Ram Fifth Wheel Prep Option?
Has anyone ordered a 2014 Ram with the 5th wheel prep option? If so, what did you need to do to install your hitch? Do any hitches actually just line up with the pre-drilled holes? Dealer is having...
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NC Hauler wrote:gtsum wrote:
amazing to me ram puts out the prep package and there seems to be limited, if any, aftermarket uses for it (for a fifth wheel hitch)
One really needs to do the research....almost any GN hitch works in the center hole, there are several hitches that take a drop in ball that will work in the center hole..
Then you have the picture frame adapter that will take just about any conventional 5th wheel hitch..it's there for the research and believe me...after ordering this truck in Dec....getting it in May, not getting a picture frame adapter until July....and in between trying to figure out what I should or shouldn't buy or should or shouldn't wait for...I do know a little bit about this topic.
There are quite a few, quite a few 5th wheel hitches that work with the GN/5er prep package from Ram....there are even more GN hitches that will work in a heartbeat and there are more than several hitches that sit onto or lock onto a drop in ball that will work.
One can purchase a Reese Elite drop in ball for under $200, then purchase an Andersen Ultimate 5er hitch for $449 , (free shipping on all), and in about 20-30 mins, you're ready to roll.....that option was figured out before the picture frame adapter was available.
"limited, if any, aftermarket uses for it (for a fifth wheel hitch)?.. Far from it...again, a little research proves this to be in incorrect "assumption"...
My apologies. I had seen where a few people were running the anderson hitch and it looks simple (almost too simple??), but I am a newbie who doesnt know much.
I would like something like the B&W Companion hitch (or comparable for a 14k GVW fifth) that can be easily taken out and installed within minutes for a fifth wheel. So that when I take it out within those few minutes, my bed is perfectly flat with no rails, etc. Is that is what is being developed right now, or is that already available. I have tried to research it, but perhaps I am getting confused from all the different companies?
