Wood chip wrote:
i am just evaluating for sure on the need for the slider. My nose / cap is so rounded and sloped, I would love to buy just the companion and save 70lbs on the back. 130 lbs vs 200lbs between the two units. Have you ever had to engage the slider?
Have a friend with the newer Montana which sounds the same as yours, he tows with a short bed Ford, and I seen him back up, and could not see where he would ever need to use his slider, and he has never used to date. BUT would sure hate to get in a bind somewhere and need it ,and not have it. Its a tough call. I could get by with my new Ram short bed ,but I do pull the slider back, to back in my RV pad beside my home, tight fit, seems to give me a little tighter turning radius.
One other thing I would scrap the B&W idea, and go straight to a Pullrite Superglide ISR series automatic sliding hitch. Thats if you decide to go slider, if I had to do it over I would have never went to a manual slider, would of went straight to the automatic. The ISR series fit the standard rails, if they are what you are going to. Price wise you are probably not spending anymore money.
