Best hitch (non-slider)
I have been using the Superglide for about 10 yrs and have lost touch with the non-sliders. I am going to a long bed dually and would like to install the best hitch available. Any suggestions?
Forum Discussion
You are not missing anything.
B&W's flatbed model hitch (#3050) is rated for more, at 22,000 lbs trailer, 5,500 lbs pin. However, it only has an 18" by 18" foot print, versus the 35.5" x 33" footprint (thanks guys!) of the pick up hitch (#3000) that is only rated to 18,000 lbs trailer, 4,500 lbs tongue. The small footprint of the 3050 depends heavily on the stiffer steel structure inherent in most flatbeds, that is absent in pickup beds.
The flat bed model is not adjustable either, like the pickup bed version.
There are two more B&W fifth wheel options: One is the Patriot, which is only rated to 16K, but attaches into surface mounted industry standard hat channel rails.
And last, but not least, and certainly the most interesting going forward for B&W fans, is the new sliding B&W Companion that was just announced a couple of months ago at the 2012 SEMA trade show.
One thing B&W is quite good at... marketing. Not in a slick, sleazy way that one usually thinks of when the word "marketing" appears... but in a truly effective way that seems to have captured the hearts of many towing Americans. It is quite a fascinating study.
Pullrite, for example, has been making great quality, innovatively designed, robustly built hitches right here in the USA for longer than B&W. Yet Pullrite has not been as effective in marketing, in my opinion.
B&W's flatbed model hitch (#3050) is rated for more, at 22,000 lbs trailer, 5,500 lbs pin. However, it only has an 18" by 18" foot print, versus the 35.5" x 33" footprint (thanks guys!) of the pick up hitch (#3000) that is only rated to 18,000 lbs trailer, 4,500 lbs tongue. The small footprint of the 3050 depends heavily on the stiffer steel structure inherent in most flatbeds, that is absent in pickup beds.
The flat bed model is not adjustable either, like the pickup bed version.
There are two more B&W fifth wheel options: One is the Patriot, which is only rated to 16K, but attaches into surface mounted industry standard hat channel rails.
And last, but not least, and certainly the most interesting going forward for B&W fans, is the new sliding B&W Companion that was just announced a couple of months ago at the 2012 SEMA trade show.
One thing B&W is quite good at... marketing. Not in a slick, sleazy way that one usually thinks of when the word "marketing" appears... but in a truly effective way that seems to have captured the hearts of many towing Americans. It is quite a fascinating study.
Pullrite, for example, has been making great quality, innovatively designed, robustly built hitches right here in the USA for longer than B&W. Yet Pullrite has not been as effective in marketing, in my opinion.
