2014 Dodge Ram Fifth Wheel Prep Option?

Gunship Guy wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:

Gunship Guy wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:
last time I checked, the Andersen Ultimate 5er hitch DID NOT require safety chains but the hooks up can be incorporated to the drop in ball to where the safety chains, if one thinks they are needed, can be attached to ....but again, the Anderser Ultimate 5er hitch IS NOT considered a GN hitch, and from last check DID NOT require safety chains, but maybe it varies from state to state

the Ram factory GN hitch center hook up doesn't have any place to hook chains, but depending on the drop in ball you get, again, they come with attachable shackles where safety chains can be hooked to.

I'm just going to get the chains as a CYA in case I ever get pulled over. Better safe than sorry. Don't want to waist time debating the issue with LEOs, if it ever came down to that. Tweety's offers the chain kit for $64. Cheap insurance.

I got the Reese goose ball kit that came with the pucks for attaching chains to the factory holes.

I thought The Reese Elite drop in ball, as well as the Mopar drop ball both came with the safety chain hook ups....I know around here, with the configuration of the Andersen, one doesn't need the chains...but understand your reasoning.

Hauler, you are correct. The Reese Elite ball did come with the chain pucks for the Ram factory holes. Just not the chains or a way to hook the chains to the Andersen hitch.

Don't know about other states, BUT again, the Andersen Ultimate 5th wheel hitch IS NOT CONSIDERED a GN hitch...it mounts to the ball on the deck of the truck, but due to it's construction, with a base, supported by 4 legs and ball that 5er mounts to being 18-20" off the deck of the truck bed, it's not known as a GN...I came within a hair of purchasing this hitch, I did ALL the research on it, ragged on it, calling it a GN, but after checking in NC, SC, VA, TN and WV, (where I do almost all of my towing), speaking with the DOT, even sending pictures and links to the hitch when asked for, I was told that the set up DID NOT need the chains....just telling you what I was told by the DOT's of those states....I was about to pull the trigger on the ball and the hitch.....I still may can my picture frame adapter and go with the drop in ball and Andersen ultimate hitch...so much ligher in weight and so much easier to mess with....looking back now, wished I had gone this route.

I guess if someone feels a bit concerned about the set up and they want to use chains, have at it, but THEY ARE NOT required due to the fact that by, at least the 5 states I checked into, chains WERE NOT needed....safety break away cable is, but no chains, but, to each his own...If I purchase one, I will not use the chains...they aren't necessary....going by what several state DOT officials told me and what Andersen conveyed to me as well