2014 Dodge Ram Fifth Wheel Prep Option?

Me Again wrote:

jmtandem wrote:

.....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 have spent time on Anderson's website and even watched the video where the hitch was crushed by a huge press at 50,000+ pounds. All in all pretty impressive. The one thing I am trying to get my head around is how much pressure does the base of the hitch put on the truck's sheet metal bed and if little or no pressure is applied then how does the base of the hitch not move around? I guess I need to see one in operation and the answer would be easy to see. I realize it goes into the GN, and the base is just there for support. But, still there must be some weight on the base and therefore the sheet metal of the bed. Am I visualizing this wrongly?

On both the Anderson and the Companion, all the weight is on the sheet metal bed. The gooseneck connection is used to crank the wider base of the hitch down tightly on the sheet metal bed. The Companion was modified after first production to limit bed damage that the early ones caused.

Also in may book this Anderson is a gooseneck hitch, an would require safety chains. Talking to them on the phone did not produce an definite not required and a fair bit of hedging on their part. And they are now offering an option to purchase safety chairs.

I would also not like the extra landing gear work to hump the coupler over the ball to hitch and unhitch, causing one to have to lift the trailer an extra 4 inches or so.

Ball and Couple??? That requires safety chains in most states. Tell me where the difference is between the Anderson ball and coupler and gooseneck ball and coupler, that requires safety chains, other than Anderson is not totally up front about it.

Chris

My companion has hard plastic strips that fit in the low part of the bed under the base of the Companion's sides. It has direct pressure to the front and rear supports that attach to the frame. The strips did not come with the frame but were sent at a later date. The newer design has direct pressure pcs with the kit. RVK 3500