Andersen Ultimate VS B&W Patriot Slider
I've been to the end of the internet and back, and I'm still torn on which hitch to get. I'll start off by saying my TV is a 2015 Ram 2500 CC SB with 35" inch tires. It's does not have a lift kit, but...
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It still is a gooseneck style hitch for hooking and unhooking. I understand it's not a true gooseneck style. My personal experience is the 5th wheel setup is much easier to hook and unhook.
Second Chance wrote:mattmountz94 wrote:
I personally prefer 5th wheel over gooseneck so I would go with the B&W hands down. Like above though need to watch your height and make sure the hitch can drop low enough. I have a 15 ram 3500 SB and use a Reese titan dropped in lowest position-14" plus the 2" frame adapter so approx 16" above bed and my trailer is 6" above the bed rail height. My truck squats pretty good though since I don't have bags. I also have 35" tires. I believe I read before that the 2500 sits higher then a 3500
The Andersen Ultimate hitch system IS NOT a gooseneck hitch. The hitch merely mounts to the truck using a gooseneck ball in the bed - much as the B&W Companion hitches do.
OP - as has been stated, you may have bigger problems with bed-to-overhang clearance and need to pay careful attention to that. Towing unlevel (the trailer) and not having enough bedrail clearance are both real issues. As for cap-to-cab clearance, a lot has to do with the positioning of the pin-box on shape of the front cap on the fifth wheel. We towed our first 15,000 miles full-timing with an Andersen Ultimate in a 6.5' bed without any problems... you just have to set it up correctly.
Rob
