Reese vs B & W under bed mounts
We just bought an Arctic Fox 29-5T which I'll pick up in a couple of weeks when I rotate home from my work in Alaska. New to the 5th wheel game so I'm trying to have everything set up and ready t...
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Alley Fox wrote:jerem0621 wrote:
I am NOT IMPRESSED as a potential consumer with either the Reese, B&W, or Curt set ups. The handle in the wheel well, open and available to any prankster while I am fueling up, eating, etc just doesn't sit well with me.
Jeremiah, I would challenge anybody to "pull the pin" on a B&W Companion hitch while in tow, it is VERY tight. Even if they did, no damage would occur, just some possible looseness in the post, the pin weight would keep everything together. Obviously you have never owned a B&W or you would know that is impossible. I have heard of "pranksters" unlocking the jaw release pin on a B&W at a rest stop, but due to design the hitch never released and was discovered 300 miles later, no damage done. There is a place to install a padlock for the hitch release if that is a concern. The only thing I worry about is someone "borrowing the upper part of my hitch if I'm not towing....
Alley Fox is correct. The bolt on top of the post that sets into the turnover ball hitch is torqued to something like 60-80 ft/lbs. That bolt is screwed down on the release rod. As far as tampering with locking bar on the jaw, I always locked it in place with a disc lock. Someone would really have to work to cut one of them. As far as when the hitch is in the truck bed when not towing, yes I guess anyone wanting it could take it. Never had that problem, plus I generally removed the Companion from the bed if we weren't going somewhere.
