Straight from B&W
OK, guys. Here's the straight scoop from a B&W engineer. As I contended in another thread, he said that the Turnover Ball base and Companion FW hitch =system=, carries the vast majority of the pin l...
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Me Again wrote:fj12ryder wrote:
If this were a real problem and I had 3,000 lbs. sitting on a relative small area my bed, you'd think there would be some marks on the bed of the truck. There aren't and never have been. How can that be? Maybe because the amount of weight that is actually sitting on the bed is negligible, and most of the weight is transferred through the ball to the frame? Nah, that can't be it.
Here is a picture of the B&W insert that goes into the TO Ball gooseneck hitch. Notice the slot where the TO Ball lock pin goes. when you torque the hitch down, you have the pin in the bottom of the elongate slot, so it is NOT going to hold up anything. As is pointed out in another post the TO Ball if install correct is up against the bottom of the bed valleys, however that is only in about the center third of the hitch base.
Chris
My TurnoverBall hitch slide pin went into a ROUND hole in the post provided with the 18K Companion. Nothing looked like your picture above. I guarantee a lot of the weight is transferred to the TurnoverBall hitch by the base being clamped to the post. I can't say how much. I also know there is weight being applied to the bed/cross rails from the hitch base. I can't say how much. I can also say for sure more weight is transferred to the font when decelerating and the back when accelerating. Bottom line the 20K Companion that sits on the bed is rated to do so and does it VERY well!
