what kind of fifthwheel hitch?
Hi all. well ive been posting plenty lately and now for the next post. going from a Winnie class a to a fifth wheel. Were in the process of buying a crossroads cruiser and for a truck I put a depos...
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Sport45 wrote:dfb wrote:
We own a 2015 ram megacab and a new Montana 3610. We bought the Andersen ultimate. Backed up to my driveway and WHAMO!. Busted back window and a dented cab... The truck, has 2200 miles on it and is back in the body shop to repair the repair they did originally..we bought this LARAMIE in November. Out of two dalerships in my area and 400 RAMS, not one long bed dually, not one. All were short beds with some long bed srw... Can anyone explain why RAM Would build a truck with a cummins, and AISIN auto with the factory 5th wheel prep package in a shortbed.?. But then again, why did I buy it?....
Took the Andersen back and got a refund. Now we have the superglide... About 160 lbs heavier than the Andersen...400 lbs over my GVWR....
MONTANA has now reduced the pin weight. On our model from 2905 to around 2500...
I don't really think you can blame Andersen for the dents and busted window. Looks to me like the same thing would have happened with any fixed hitch. As you alluded, you bought the wrong truck for a fixed hitch or the wrong hitch for a short bed truck. If you had picked one of the long bed trucks you'd seen it wouldn't have happened.
RAM builds short bed CTD/Aisin trucks because they sell. They're status symbols for most buyers. We're a minority few who actually kinda use them as they were intended. Buyers (us included) have driven the manufacturers away from many things that used to be "must haves" in a pickup such as vinyl seats and floor coverings.
Andersen has a website where they ttake a 5 foot bed and do a 90. The hitch dealer"guaranteed they would not meet. So, I do kinda blame Andersen, the dealer, and myself..
