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JIMNLIN
Apr 20, 2015Explorer III
You'll find some folks are brand blind so their hitch brand is always the best.
I would suggest what ever brand you choose just make sure it pivots four ways . Makes hooking up and unhooking on unlevel surfaces much easier.
Also do you want a clean bed system with no bed rails laying in the bed.
Generally short bed trucks may need a sliding hitch. Some sliding hitches are manually operated....some are automatic like the Pullrite Superglide and others.
Or instead of a expensive auto sliding hitch look at the Reese Sidewinder or 5th Airborne Sidewinder systems which replaces the conventional pin box but uses a regular 5th wheel hitch.
And some of the newer 5th wheel trailers have a notched/rounded front corner profile that eliminates the need for a sliding hitch on some short bed trucks.
Do your homework and search all the hitch brands websites to see what is actually out here and how it works.
I would suggest what ever brand you choose just make sure it pivots four ways . Makes hooking up and unhooking on unlevel surfaces much easier.
Also do you want a clean bed system with no bed rails laying in the bed.
Generally short bed trucks may need a sliding hitch. Some sliding hitches are manually operated....some are automatic like the Pullrite Superglide and others.
Or instead of a expensive auto sliding hitch look at the Reese Sidewinder or 5th Airborne Sidewinder systems which replaces the conventional pin box but uses a regular 5th wheel hitch.
And some of the newer 5th wheel trailers have a notched/rounded front corner profile that eliminates the need for a sliding hitch on some short bed trucks.
Do your homework and search all the hitch brands websites to see what is actually out here and how it works.
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