2014 Dodge Ram Fifth Wheel Prep Option?

Me Again wrote:
A ball coupler is a ball coupler, and is not what is considered a 5th wheel hitch, which is a king pin that is captured in a 5th wheel plate. Is anyone going to really care? A hotshot rig that used this and had to stop at chicken coops and under go DOT inspections might have a problem. I still do not like the fact that is relies of the sheet metal bed of the truck, as we all know sheet metal in vehicles in not what it use to be.

Like I said earlier I looked at the new RAM mounting plates on the frame and they are robust!

Off the the Seattle RV Show! Later!

Chris

Guess it depends on what state you're in, but if you have the drop in ball in the bed of your truck in NC and I put the Andersen hitch on top of it ( lock it down) and the ball I attach my 5er to is 20" off the deck, it isn't considered a GN, which needs safety chains...going by I came within a "hair" of purchasing the Reese Elite Drop in ball and the Andersen Ultimate 5th wheel hitch in May, took all information I had about drop in ball and the Andersen Ultimate 5er hitch, went to DOT here in Asheville and ended up with State Troopers Safety and Scale Dept. and was told what I stated here....I showed the pictures, showed how it worked and was told if pin box had GN extension on it and attached to a ball in the bed of the truck it needed safety chains....but not with what I was showing them....I even asked for it in writing if I went to that hitch and was told, if I went that route, come by and they'd "put it in writing"....this was NC, DOT....for what it's worth.