To upgrade hitch or not
We are about to buy our first fifth wheel and I have been shopping for a hitch. Over the weekend, I can across a hardly used Reese Kwik Slide 15K hitch with rails. It is about 5 years old, but was o...
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mguay wrote:
You asked the question...so I'm going to give you my opinion. Put that Reese on Craigs List and hopefully someone will "take it off your hands"! Then use that $$$ and get a B&W Patriot. I used a Reese slider for about 10k miles. In that time, the dealer swapped the head, uprights and rails twice trying to stop the start/stop clunk. I tossed it in the scrap pile and ordered the Patriot....NO more clunky start/stops!!!!
DO THIS....DO THIS ! This is exactly what my experience was. Used that Reese 16K for 4 years and hated it every time I towed. Ordered the B & W from Amazon/Tweetys for $338 and was delivered next day. Installed using existing rails and everything works smooth as silk. Is nice now towing with a safe feeling.
