5th wheel bed saver

Bob Vaughn wrote:
I am contemplating purchasing a 5th wheel bed saver. Blue Ox is the only brand I can find. Surely there are other mfg. that make them or is the risk of not having one not that great.......

Some RV newbys think the only way a 5er gets dropped is by the owner making a mistake. There are and have been drops reported for different reasons just on RV.net alone.

I've been on this web for over 10 years. At first it was the Hijacker crowd that thought their hitch was drop proof.

Then the Husky crowd pounded their chest for a drop proof hitch.

Then the sliding bar type hitch head crowd said that design was drop proof.

Then it was the SuperGlide hitch crowd that had a drop proof hitch.

Some claim their wrap around jaw type can't be dropped.

Time and use has proven all was myth

Now its the B&W crowd on RV.net makes their brag its a drop proof hitch.... LOL

Others have claimed....... the list could go on and on but you get the idea.

No hitch brand/jaw type is drop proof.

Not even a SAF-Holland big rig hitch or a Binkley-Holland the pros use is drop proof as there are several reasons a trailer can land on a pickup trucks bed rails.

Only you can decide if you need a safety devise. We can't make that decision for you.

I use a Bedsaver because my new RV type hitch had a mechanical malfunction under warranty. That was years ago.
I also heard and saw a Bedsaver in action when some moron in a parking lot pulled the latch open on someones rig. As the rigs owner started forward the trailer side off the hitch plate and bam...the Bedsaver caught the pin. I was amazed as he backed up under the pin box and the hitch latch slammed home. That sold me.