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johndeerefarmer
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Aug 13, 2016

Anderson Ultimate and aluminum truck bed compatibility

I am interested in the Anderson Ultimate (gooseneck ball mounted version) and want to know how much weight is on the truck bed? In other words will it bent my bed or put dings in it or is all of the w...
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agesilaus
Explorer III
Aug 13, 2016
The weight shouldn't be on the bed itself. It will be transmitted to the gooseneck hitch support under the bed. I noticed yesterday that Ford will be adding a 10th frame crossbeam support directly under the 5th wheel prep package on the 2017 SD models.

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