Should I get a new hitch in my new truck

rhagfo wrote:

MFL wrote:

Durb wrote:
A Companion is a fine hitch but is considered a solid hitch and absorbing shock is an overstatement. The most comfortable hitch to tow with would be a Trailer Saver TS3. Unfortunately, it does not come factory equipped to fit a Ford puck system without an adapter.

You mention the hitch might stay in the truck so bed rails could be an option saving you some money over the puck system. New truck, might as well protect it with a highly effective shock absorbing, comfortable towing, hitch. I've had a B&W Patriot and a TS3, not in the same league.

Not sure if you are joking.:R Comparing a $600 Patriot to a $3,000 air ride hitch, plus rail cost/installation cost, plus $600 adapter needed, if using the pucks.:S If you NEED a TS3, you may have other issues! I agree the TS3 is a great hitch.

Since the Companion has a shock absorber, and absorbs shock, with no banging or clunking, what was wrong in my statement?

Jerry

Really a TS3 to tow a 12,000# 5er, a bit of overkill.

I get a kick at how many think chucking is merely hitch noise from a loose hookup. You don't know what chucking is until your head is bouncing off the headrest and your wife has to hold her chest. The Patriot has the same urethane bushing setup the Companion has which some refer to as shock absorbers, they aren't. My 10,000# trailer is a chucking machine, probably still is. The Trailer Saver keeps the chucking forces from reaching my seat back. I roll over a bump which I feel in the truck. When the trailer rolls over the same bump I feel nothing in the truck.

I liked my Patriot hitch, it was a well built unit. However the tow was so uncomfortable with it that my wife told me to sell the trailer after half an hour. $3,000 is overkill? Best money I ever spent for the fifth wheel and towing experience.

Got no problems with the B&W fan boys, they are good hitches. I am a Trailer Saver fan boy and realize there are hitches that do a lot more.