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 ...
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Crazy Cooter wrote:
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
Copy and paste of my description:This is the flex I have been concerned about after seeing my bed floor broken. It used to be much worse, but I have installed the hitch at the farthest forward and lowest mounting holes to minimize the loads and the Morryde help with the shock loads. I also installed flat bar stock in the low grooves in the bed so the loads will be place evenly over all surfaces in the bed. I assume this is why B&W has since redesigned the Companion and upped the rating. I run right up to the 18K rating and 3000-3400 vertical load.
Before anyone decides to tell me that it is installed wrong.....it IS installed per the instructions and torqued to specs..... I'm not dissing B&W in any way. I'm also a dealer/installer listed on the MVP list and sell/install their products weekly.
I owned a Companion for 5 years, mounted in an '05 Ram 3500, never a problem, no cracked bed floor. Thought the movement of the mount arms was a bit alarming since they are secured with bolts. Hitch head motion seemed normal. The flex in the base you mention, I didn't notice, even viewing in full screen. I do recall seeing a little 'spread' or flex in the hitch base when tightening the draw down bolt. Might that be an engineered feature of the hitch? Did you send the video to B&W? It would be interesting to know what they think.
