Hitch install slide no slide

boat jocky wrote:
I just purchased a new truck 2016 super duty F2 50. That replaces my stolen 2006 Dodge ram 250 that was a long bed and now I'm in a short bed. Camping World thinks I do not need a slider and a hitch manufacturer/installer is recommending I do have a slider any opinions? Any experience with the new truck new Ford 250?

I started out towing a FW with an 8' bed Ford. In 99 I switched to a shorter bed Ford without using a sliding hitch. I have had no issues, with several different FWs, and several shorter bed Ford trucks, with non-sliding hitches.

This question comes up often, with no real answer. It depends on the driver, the shape of FW front cap, and the distance from the hitch jaw center, to the back of the TV cab. The pin center on my current hitch is slightly more than 40"s behind the cab of my 13 Ford.

The most popular answer to your question is, "it is better to have a slider & not need it, than to need it and not have it". No slider works for me.

Jerry