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ldelvaux
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Oct 30, 2014

Fifth wheel hitch - rail bending and pulling up truck bed

We have a sliding hitch (husky 26k) in our Ford 250, short bed. We pull a 37 foot cedar creek with it. The problem we just noticed is that our rail that sits closest to the truck cab has bent up and...
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spud1957
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Oct 30, 2014
mpfireman wrote:
Hitches are rated for different load factors. Your older hitch ( RAILS ) might not be rated to handle this extra pin weight.


Reese does not spec any weights for their rails. They are J2638 compliant.

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