Andersen Aluminum Ultimate and RAM OEM puck
Just passing along some information to help others out that might be in the same situation I am now in. I have a 2014 RAM 3500 SRW crew cab with the RAM OEM 5th wheel prep. I just purchased the...
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pressure_welder wrote:
haha first and formost I would never put a gooseneck adapter on my fifth wheel for numerous reasons, HUGE leverage point for one... on an already weak king pin support structure constructed by the RV manufacturer, they fail on their own with just the king pin I can just visualize the stress put on it with a gooseneck adapter. Secondly being a high pressure pipe welder ill tell you right now aluminium fatigues far quicker than steel and is much more susceptible to stress induced cracking when dynamically loaded I don't really care what their "crush" force shows. Ask me how many aluminium semi trailers ive fixed with superstructure cracking in the heat affected zone. To each their own for sure, but ill continue to lift my 100LB 20K fifth wheel hitch into my truck once a year and keep my piece of mind!
Couple all of that with a single mounting point for those that attach to a gooseneck ball and see what happens in a wreck. The trailer is 10 or 20 times more likely break free and crush the truck. Whoops, I forgot it passed a vertical crush test! Maybe two safety chains will hold back a 14-16K missile. Chris
