ldelvaux wrote:
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 has created a convex curve in the truck bed. Has anyone else experienced this. I am concerned if either the installation was done incorrectly, that might of caused this issue, or if maybe we are using the slider incorrectly. The hitch is new, but, the rails are from our last hitch which wasn't as big as this one. When they installed the new hitch they were fine with using the previous rails. We have been pulling a fifth wheel for quite a few years and never seen anything like this before. If anybody has any insight to this issue, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Have you slid the hitch back while attached to the truck, and maybe it hit the end a bit hard ???? They do slam back pretty hard if not careful . I bent a bed rail doing that, did no damage to the bed, but did put a slight curve in the bed rail, which I had to remove ,and straighten. I also added the center bolts on the bedrail, which when I installed it originally they didn't show or supply bolts for the center, they do now. I also unhitch the truck, and slid the hitch back ,and rehitch now. I only need to do this is when I park it in my rv pad beside the house its a tight fit.
