New F350

justafordguy wrote:
Love your new Truck but what made you decide to get the 16 and not wait for the 17s?

Exactly what we were looking for at the price we wanted. Very good price. Don't know what else to say about that other than the biggest thing is we're happy with the truck so far. There will always be bigger and better. Gotta make a choice somewhere.

Right tool for the job for sure !!!! The 6.7 is a Monster and it only gets better !! You can hook up to your 5er and just enjoy the trip because that F350 with a 6.7 was made to haul...No mountain is to big now !! Congrats.

Love your new Truck but what made you decide to get the 16 and not wait for the 17s?

I may have mentioned it but the first time I looked at a curt 5er hitch it was in a friends 09 RAM Dually so I was shocked to see Made IN China on it. I would assume he bought the hitch at the time he bought the truck when new.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

calewjohnson wrote:
Here is the Hitch Prep Kit: Click me, click me!!!

Should be fairly easy to install. I enjoy the clean look of the bed and the ease of remove/install of the hitch. Do yourself a favor, go with Curt or B&W for the pucks...the Reese that Ford sells is ridiculously overpriced (and made in China).

Cale

Curt is also Made in China! In FACT all Curt 5er hitches are Chinese Made.

That may be true today...I know when I bought mine, I bought it on the premise that it was made in the USA. Their web site touted it...give me a few days to let the snow melt out of the bed, I will see what is stamped on the hitch itself.

Cale

dwayneb236 wrote:
I was able to find a video of it. Bed does have to be raised but only a few inches. Looks fairly simple.

I assume it would be less expensive to do the pucks than the TurnoverBall!

I would trust the B&W over another hitch out there made for the ford puck system, just visually compare.

calewjohnson wrote:
Here is the Hitch Prep Kit: Click me, click me!!!

Should be fairly easy to install. I enjoy the clean look of the bed and the ease of remove/install of the hitch. Do yourself a favor, go with Curt or B&W for the pucks...the Reese that Ford sells is ridiculously overpriced (and made in China).

Cale

Curt is also Made in China! In FACT all Curt 5er hitches are Chinese Made.

I was able to find a video of it. Bed does have to be raised but only a few inches. Looks fairly simple.

dwayneb236 wrote:
Thanks Cale, is this a DIY project? I'm fairly handy but don't want to take a truck apart.

I honestly don't know, but with it being a single piece welded frame, the bed may need to be raised. Go over to The Diesel Stop, very knowledgable folks, and there are Ford Techs/Customer Service Reps on that forum. There are some threads regarding this on the earlier models.

Purely looking at the weights you would be pulling, going with the B&W turnover system would be a better bang for your buck, with probably less hassle. I chose a Curt product, as my pin weight is 3800 lbs and the trailer gross is 21k. When I was shopping, the B&W was only 20k lbs...could be different now.

Cale

Nice truck, I put on a B&W companion and love it.