When replacing tow vehicle, do you.....

If buying a new truck now I would consider one with the puck system like RAM. Not sure if Chevy or Ford have them or not. Means you need a new hitch and no rails at all.

I like the fact that with the puck system when the hitch is removed everything comes out of the bed leaving it totally flat.

When I switched to my 2013 Chevy I purchased new rails it was cheaper and less hassle then removing them.

Dave

Never heard of illegal; but then "dealers is dealers!".

I bought my current truck used and it had rails in it, so I left the rails in the old one when I passed it to my son. He uses a Reese goose-neck adapter on the rails to pull his construction dump trailers.

Illegal to install used rails? I question that one.

We ordered our current truck in Az and had the dealer change the hitch to this truck.
the story was we had to have new parts as it was illegal for them to installed used rails. True or false it was how it was so new rails happened. But no pins were installed . I sensed something was not right and lifted the hitch up. Good call as it was getting dark. After 3 or 4 winter going south we had a problem and 2 pins that hold the hitch head were missing. 3400 lbs of pin weight was what was holding it from coming off. Then my mind saw the old truck with 6 pins on the bed when we had them install the 4 pins. It was a weird thing how it happened for us to know this as the 2 pins did not show.

So give you truck a good inspection.

chevman

agesilaus That was sort of my thought, also.
Just curious what folks with more experience had to say about it.
Thanks,

If you plan to reuse the hitch then I'd take out the rails if that cost considerably less than buying a new set. If you are going to pay $100 to get the old ones out but a new set costs $125 then I'd buy new. I have no idea what any of this costs tho.