5th wheel/gooseneck towing prep group??
Finally got tired of my 03 F250 nickel and dimeing me to death. Actually 400 and 500 dollering me to death. I bit the bullet and bought a 2016 2500 Dodge Ram Tradesman 6.7 liter diesel. It included th...
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northmeck0255 wrote:
Let's look at this from an engineering standpoint.
The "bed deflection" you speak of could only be transmitted via the frame of the hitch. The Andersen has a square base, which distributes any forces to 4 sides.
A "traditional" hitch has 2 rails. Simple logic would say that each of those two rails would be under more stress in a normal fiver hitch than any of the 4 sides on the base of an Andersen.
3000 lbs pin weight equals 1500 lbs per rail on a traditional.
3000 lbs pin weight equals 750 lbs per rail on an Andersen. Please explain how half of the force exerted would result in more damage......
If you have empirical evidence to the contrary (not opinion), then I'm all ears.
Traditional rails installed correctly have brackets to the frame rails and spaces should be placed in the valleys on the topside and the ridges on the bottom side. The bed is along for a free ride.
The OP in this thread has the pucks. If he wants a light weight hitch like the Andersen then he should get a Demco 6099 picture frame and the rail mount version. Still has the heavy PF to lift out and all the other issues I noted above.
New trucks with puck systems are a FAR superior way to mount hitches. If Andersen wants to play in this arena then they should build hitches with pucks for the new generation trucks and not rely on the bed to carry the pin weight. Truck beds are getting weaker not stronger, with one company going to aluminum.
The OP in this thread clearly stated that we has the puck system and wanted to use it.
Chris
