GM Factory 5th Wheel Prep
I finally received my Chevrolet 3500 Dually last week after ordering it 3 1/2 months ago. GM finally came out with the factory 5th wheel puck system so I ordered it with the truck. I haven't seen any...
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Sport45 wrote:
Nice looking truck! I'm thinking you'll like it for years to come.Cummins12V98 wrote:
I was surprised to see the GM B&W is only 20k rated like the Ford puck hitch is. It looks like GM made the puck footprint big like RAM not small like Ford.
Pic of the base looks like the Ford on B&W's site.
Op can you post a pic of your hitch?
BTW nice truck.
The pucks don't look to be as close to the wheel wells on the GM as they are on the Ram. This leaves the side supports more vertical. Maybe looks like the Ram base from the side and the Ford base from the back?
The pucks are 22" front to back and 27" side to side. Slightly bigger footprint than the Ford and smaller than the Ram puck system. I haven't received the B&W base yet, as it is supposed to be here this week. 20K is plenty high enough rated for me as my 5th Wheel is 15.7k GVWR, and about 13.5k on the scale. The Curt hitch is rated 25k if one needed more. When I get the B&W I'll post pictures.
I can say I was surprised that this Dually rides better than my 2500HD did.
