Video of B&W Flex
I have posted about my concerns with the flexing I have seen in my B&W hitch while riding in the bed with my wife driving. Well, I got a new camera and decided to make a video of it.....B&W Vid ...
Forum Discussion
fj12ryder wrote:
Very hard to tell if there is any flex with the way the camera moves around. I thought it looked like the truck bed might have flexed once, but hard to tell. I saw no unwarranted movement of the hitch itself. Perhaps the bed/frame just isn't strong enough for the hitch mount and flexes too much.
If there's a problem it looks to be with the construction of the truck.
Correct! It is the bed flexing, but the bed is an integral part of the hitch support. This is my second bed as a deer wiped out the last one....I found the cracked floor when I swapped them out. This is a Dodge bed and the Chevy's are even weaker. As the bed cracks and squishes down, the clamp load that the drawbolt is responsible for is lost. A person who never removes or inspects the hitch could have a BIG problem. My hitch gets removed twice a year at best, so I double check my fasteners.
I also plan to swap to the new hitch that has a better base and higher rating.
