5er Noob Looking for a Hitch
Sold the truck camper and now looking at buying a 5er to tow with the truck in signature. We towed a TT with a Hensley hitch for 20+ years, I don't have any experience at all with 5ers or 5er hitches...
Forum Discussion
Thermoguy wrote:
The puck system requires your truck has the pucks installed - newer trucks. Did you post what year your truck is?
The second one you posted is the same that I have. I also have a gooseneck trailer, so it requires a B&W turn over ball to also be installed. The advantage is you have 2 hitches if you need that. The other advantage is that when you take the 5th wheel hitch out, your bed is back to original, basically, no rails left in the bed. That's great if you haul lumber or dirt or whatever you might do with the bed of your truck. Finally, IMO, the B&W companion is a well made sturdy hitch, lots of US steel and heavy. The only complaint is that it takes 2 people to remove the base. But, you want something heavy attached to a 10K to 20K lb trailer...
Well you DON'T need a B&W turnover hitch to pull a GN. The puck systems will do the same thing, there are balls and hooks for safety chains for them.
The advantage of the puck system is that ALL the weight placed on the hitch is transferred directly to the frame to four points.
With the B&W much of the weight placed on the hitch is carried on the bed floor.
You can buy the factory pucks from Ram and have installed or install yourself.
