5th wheel hitch in truck bed with bed liner

My bed liner is cut out where my Fifth Wheel mounting frames goes. The hitch will require a good solid torqued mounted bolts. I would be afraid you would not get the proper torque with the bed liner under the cross members.

Do not cut all the way across the bed liner just when the hitch mounting frame goes...

When I pulled my 5th wheel hitch out of the truck bed after I didn't need it anymore I laid a couple of 1x4 pieces of wood to fill the cut out and then covered everything with my full bed floor cover. Can't tell the cut outs are there...

This is how my 5th wheel hitch was installed by the dealer...

Roy Ken

I have a Ram 2500 with a B&W Gooseneck Companion hitch installed by the dealer on top of the bed liner.

I removed the bed liner before installing the hitch per hitch shop recommendation. They felt the bolt torque would be more accurate.

Cut the bedliner out around the hitch.

Here is a Video

Assuming you mean B&W, I have mine over both a plastic liner and rubber bed mat. The instructions tell you how far down the post the ubolt needs to be, and mine still clears it. Post is in the lower hole.

I have been pulling my 11,000 lb. 38' Salem around for almost 7 years with the Companion sitting right on the plastic bed liner with no problem

That's why there are 2 sets of holes in the Companion 5th wheel adapter post. The lower set compensates for the thickness of a bed liner.

Rusty

I threw the bed liner that came with my truck away since no one I knew wanted it and then had a spray in liner installed. Then my B&W Companion was installed. No problem of any kind since and that was several years ago.

vinr wrote:
I have a Ram 2500 with a B&W Gooseneck Companion hitch installed by the dealer on top of the bed liner.

Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.