omextreme wrote:
up2nogood wrote:
schlep1967 wrote:
omextreme wrote:
jerem0621 wrote:
Would the hitch be cheaper if ordered online?
Thanks!
Jeremiah
Yes definitely, and I will price them out again however whenever possible I really like to try to buy at the local shops. As long as they are within a few hundred dollars of the online price Ill go through them.
It is always nice to get a cheaper price on something but when I have that friday afternoon issue that a good RV shop can solve for me and its out of business there is no comfort in knowing I saved a few hundred bucks over the years buying cheaper online.
Now with that said... If i can save $500 bucks or more then budget wins over my desire to help local business... I have to feed the kids
Getting the hitch might be cheaper online. But the delivery guy does not install them. Pay the dealer that has installed them before. Odds are they have at least some clue as to what they are doing.
Thats true the delivery guy does not install, BUT hundreds installl their own. His estimate is a total rip off . Aprox $1100.00 to install a $1100 hitch :h
In all fairness the estimate they quoted was for the 21k hitch and the Rail to Puck adapter.... But yes still high and I can Install myself...
Several years ago there was a post by a guy who had purchased a *new*
Chevy DA to tow his fifth.
He purchased a hitch from a local dealer who had experience installing various hitches.
He had even talked to the guy doing the installations.
Somehow (distracted, or?) the installer drilled holes in the *frame*
in the wrong location!..:(..:(
yes - the shop admitted their error..:R
That was the reason for the post......advice on what to do??..:?
As you can imagine, "advice" covered LOTS of ground - and several pages!
Long story short - the shop found a different brand of hitch that utilized the holes already drilled - which was acceptable with the truck owner.
IMO - *If* I was purchasing a hitch from a reputable dealer, with supposed installation experience - I would want to see a previous installation of a similar hitch, and *know* who the installer was.
Since I am a tightwad....when I purchased a PR SG for my short bed
pickup (2005), I got the best deal I could....and with the help of a friend installed it myself.
I had *never* installed a 5th wheel hitch before, the friend had done *one* (not a PR SG) on a pickup he had owned several years prior.
Figured if someone is going to screw it up, might as well be me.
(No frame drilling req'd - except the floor of the bed)
All went well - still happy with the results, and I wouldn't hesitate to install a hitch again...:C
Whatever works best for *you*..;)
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