slider hitch

Dayle1 wrote:
14 years w/o a slider, then 10 years with a manual slider that I never used (now sitting in my garage), currently 2 years w/o a slider. Now my hitch is again removable in two light weight pieces. Generally, the "need" for a slider can be avoided by a little extra jockeying back and forth.

Your analogy works great until it doesn't, and of course it only takes once. That extra jockeying back, and forth can work, but there sure are better ways. I would recommend an automatic sliding hitch to anyone with a short bed truck especially IF they are starting from scratch . Takes all the jockeying back ,and forth , and the possibility of knocking out a rear window, or denting the cab.

kaydeejay wrote:

N-Trouble wrote:
I was all set on getting a Superglide but ended up with the Andersen and couldn't be happier. It moves the pivot point back about 5" from a conventional hitch and is plenty for me to safely get to 90* with my new 102" wide body 5er

I'm struggling with your math:h
Your 102" wide fiver needs 51" clear to swing 90* and miss the cab.
Cab to pumpkin on a 2500HD is 34", you have added 5" to that with the hitch. (This assumes you have installed the hitch per instructions such that it is over, or an inch or two ahead of, the rear axle.)
How do you get 51" into 39"?:h
My math says you are 12" INTO your cab at 90* so will hit LONG before you get to that angle.

Actually, cab to axle (C-A) is just under 43 inches for GM trucks with 6-1/2 ft bed. Has been that way since at least '89. Even so, 48 inches is less than 51" so there is still a problem getting to a full 90 degrees unless the front cap is scalloped.

N-Trouble wrote:
I was all set on getting a Superglide but ended up with the Andersen and couldn't be happier. It moves the pivot point back about 5" from a conventional hitch and is plenty for me to safely get to 90* with my new 102" wide body 5er

I'm struggling with your math:h
Your 102" wide fiver needs 51" clear to swing 90* and miss the cab.
Cab to pumpkin on a 2500HD is 34", you have added 5" to that with the hitch. (This assumes you have installed the hitch per instructions such that it is over, or an inch or two ahead of, the rear axle.)
How do you get 51" into 39"?:h
My math says you are 12" INTO your cab at 90* so will hit LONG before you get to that angle.

I was all set on getting a Superglide but ended up with the Andersen and couldn't be happier. It moves the pivot point back about 5" from a conventional hitch and is plenty for me to safely get to 90* with my new 102" wide body 5er

Never used mine in the 6 years I've owned it. It's so rusted now I doubt it would work. Thinking about selling it and going back to the non-slide version.

14 years w/o a slider, then 10 years with a manual slider that I never used (now sitting in my garage), currently 2 years w/o a slider. Now my hitch is again removable in two light weight pieces. Generally, the "need" for a slider can be avoided by a little extra jockeying back and forth.

Been using the same PR Superglide since 2006. First truck 06 Dodge 2500 short bed 4x4 never a problem... even during full turn extreme leaning in unlevel sandy sites,the hitch slides back by design during all turns.

Now the same hitch is in my signature truck,works great when backing into tight sites with a dually... the slide action is actually turning the 5ver as I back in.The unsolicited peanut gallery was watching as I backed the rig into a very tight turn site on the first try awhile back and then walked off without comment sucking on their cigarettes.

My neighbor down the street has taken out 2 back windows and crunched the cab up on his short box truck because he didn't want to get out and slide his manual slide hitch back... go figure.

Depends on your circumstances. For me, a sliding hitch is necessary but I use mine so rarely that a manual slider suites me fine. Also half the price of a PullRite, lighter and easier to remove if you are one who removes your hitch often to make use of your truck's bed.

Another happy SuperGlide owner here. Not sure how often it's *needed*, but am always happy with it. I can tell you the first campground we pulled into with it was needed. Backing uphill into an unlevel site, I thought all was OK (wouldn't have expected needing it) but suddenly the truck lurched and I was looking at the corner of the 5er tilted a couple inches away from the back window - would have punched it out for sure. Nice to have peace of mind...but it costs...

With my current hitch, a Superglide, every time. With my prior manual slider, not once in 2 years. I have an old style nose 5er with no plans to change rigs. One might say why make the change, peace of mind is worth something and I had some issues with the old manual sllider I wanted to eliminate.