5th wheel hitches for Ram with prep group

mtofell1 wrote:

Me Again wrote:

mtofell1 wrote:
I just left the dealer and went for the B/W Companion 18K Slider for my new 5th - Truck is a 2014 Ram 2500 CC 4X4 with 6.5' bed.

I could have had the Reese for close to 1K less but just couldn't see saving that money given all the great B/W reviews online. Also, I owned a Reese manual slider about 8 years ago with a past 5th and it was marginal at best. Very difficult to slide, sometimes had to take some weight off it to get it to slide, had to keep a rubber mallet handy to pound the safety latch pin in place, etc, etc.

All I know is for north of 2K (installed w/bed plug and whatnot) this thing better change my life :)

How did they mount it? I have mine on a Demco 6099 picture frame. Chris

My 2014 Ram has the single hole in the middle of the bed. There's also some bracket underneath that they use to mount to. I read somewhere about someone really having trouble with the picture frame mount. I can't remember the details but they were not happy with it.

Mine doesn't get installed until Friday so I don't much other than it only mounts to the truck through the single hole in the middle of the bed.

Hopefully you are getting a B&W Companion.

Me Again wrote:

mtofell1 wrote:
I just left the dealer and went for the B/W Companion 18K Slider for my new 5th - Truck is a 2014 Ram 2500 CC 4X4 with 6.5' bed.

I could have had the Reese for close to 1K less but just couldn't see saving that money given all the great B/W reviews online. Also, I owned a Reese manual slider about 8 years ago with a past 5th and it was marginal at best. Very difficult to slide, sometimes had to take some weight off it to get it to slide, had to keep a rubber mallet handy to pound the safety latch pin in place, etc, etc.

All I know is for north of 2K (installed w/bed plug and whatnot) this thing better change my life :)

How did they mount it? I have mine on a Demco 6099 picture frame. Chris

My 2014 Ram has the single hole in the middle of the bed. There's also some bracket underneath that they use to mount to. I read somewhere about someone really having trouble with the picture frame mount. I can't remember the details but they were not happy with it.

Mine doesn't get installed until Friday so I don't much other than it only mounts to the truck through the single hole in the middle of the bed.

Me Again wrote:

Hannibal wrote:
I can't imagine needing a winch to get my hitch in and out of my truck. One of the reasons I prefer the Reese. We occasionally take the hitch out to use the truck bed for other purposes while we're out on vacation.

Why not. The Harbor Freight hoist cost 85 bucks or something like that. Garage has 9' ceiling, so I can use the load the yard waste container which my DW tends to load heavy also.

Works well for me! Chris

When we're at Ginnie Springs, I take our hitch out so we can use our truck for people and tubes for tubing down the river. The Reese comes out easily in two pieces with no help. When it's time to hitch back up to leave, it's easy to set back in without help. No need to leave it hanging from the 5th wheel pin to have to align back into the bed of the truck. Good deal on getting DW to do the yard work though! :B

mtofell1 wrote:
I just left the dealer and went for the B/W Companion 18K Slider for my new 5th - Truck is a 2014 Ram 2500 CC 4X4 with 6.5' bed.

I could have had the Reese for close to 1K less but just couldn't see saving that money given all the great B/W reviews online. Also, I owned a Reese manual slider about 8 years ago with a past 5th and it was marginal at best. Very difficult to slide, sometimes had to take some weight off it to get it to slide, had to keep a rubber mallet handy to pound the safety latch pin in place, etc, etc.

All I know is for north of 2K (installed w/bed plug and whatnot) this thing better change my life :)

How did they mount it? I have mine on a Demco 6099 picture frame. Chris

mtofell1 wrote:
I just left the dealer and went for the B/W Companion 18K Slider for my new 5th - Truck is a 2014 Ram 2500 CC 4X4 with 6.5' bed.

I could have had the Reese for close to 1K less but just couldn't see saving that money given all the great B/W reviews online. Also, I owned a Reese manual slider about 8 years ago with a past 5th and it was marginal at best. Very difficult to slide, sometimes had to take some weight off it to get it to slide, had to keep a rubber mallet handy to pound the safety latch pin in place, etc, etc.

All I know is for north of 2K (installed w/bed plug and whatnot) this thing better change my life :)

Good call! Report back, I know you will really like how simple and solid the latching is and the solid quiet ride.

45Ricochet wrote:

Searching_Ut wrote:

Me Again wrote:

Hannibal wrote:
I can't imagine needing a winch to get my hitch in and out of my truck. One of the reasons I prefer the Reese. We occasionally take the hitch out to use the truck bed for other purposes while we're out on vacation.

Why not. The Harbor Freight hoist cost 85 bucks or something like that. Garage has 9' ceiling, so I can use the load the yard waste container which my DW tends to load heavy also.

Works well for me! Chris

Are you trying to say the garage is supposed to be clean enough to pull the truck into???:)




Seriously, it's nice to be able to easily pull the hitch while at your campsite sometimes, and being someone who got the truck to use as a truck as well as tow vehicle, it's nice at home too. That's a big reason I like the Andersen hitch. It's as easy if not easier to pull and install when it comes to wear and tear on my back than the equalizer hitch I had on the last TT was.

Just pull the four pins and raise the legs and drive away with a clean bed. Hitch remains on the king pin, locked of course.

My Dad does that all the time with his Companion. Fact is when Camping there should someone around to help remove and install your hitch if needed.

Hannibal wrote:
I can't imagine needing a winch to get my hitch in and out of my truck. One of the reasons I prefer the Reese. We occasionally take the hitch out to use the truck bed for other purposes while we're out on vacation.

For light weight I keep thinking for my next hitch it will be an Andersen Aluminum hitch at 32 pounds.

https://www.andersenhitches.com/Products/3220--aluminum

I just left the dealer and went for the B/W Companion 18K Slider for my new 5th - Truck is a 2014 Ram 2500 CC 4X4 with 6.5' bed.

I could have had the Reese for close to 1K less but just couldn't see saving that money given all the great B/W reviews online. Also, I owned a Reese manual slider about 8 years ago with a past 5th and it was marginal at best. Very difficult to slide, sometimes had to take some weight off it to get it to slide, had to keep a rubber mallet handy to pound the safety latch pin in place, etc, etc.

All I know is for north of 2K (installed w/bed plug and whatnot) this thing better change my life :)

Searching_Ut wrote:

Me Again wrote:

Hannibal wrote:
I can't imagine needing a winch to get my hitch in and out of my truck. One of the reasons I prefer the Reese. We occasionally take the hitch out to use the truck bed for other purposes while we're out on vacation.

Why not. The Harbor Freight hoist cost 85 bucks or something like that. Garage has 9' ceiling, so I can use the load the yard waste container which my DW tends to load heavy also.

Works well for me! Chris

Are you trying to say the garage is supposed to be clean enough to pull the truck into???:)




Seriously, it's nice to be able to easily pull the hitch while at your campsite sometimes, and being someone who got the truck to use as a truck as well as tow vehicle, it's nice at home too. That's a big reason I like the Andersen hitch. It's as easy if not easier to pull and install when it comes to wear and tear on my back than the equalizer hitch I had on the last TT was.

Just pull the four pins and raise the legs and drive away with a clean bed. Hitch remains on the king pin, locked of course.

Me Again wrote:

Hannibal wrote:
I can't imagine needing a winch to get my hitch in and out of my truck. One of the reasons I prefer the Reese. We occasionally take the hitch out to use the truck bed for other purposes while we're out on vacation.

Why not. The Harbor Freight hoist cost 85 bucks or something like that. Garage has 9' ceiling, so I can use the load the yard waste container which my DW tends to load heavy also.

Works well for me! Chris

Are you trying to say the garage is supposed to be clean enough to pull the truck into???:)


Seriously, it's nice to be able to easily pull the hitch while at your campsite sometimes, and being someone who got the truck to use as a truck as well as tow vehicle, it's nice at home too. That's a big reason I like the Andersen hitch. It's as easy if not easier to pull and install when it comes to wear and tear on my back than the equalizer hitch I had on the last TT was.