Blue Ox Gooseneck and Fifth Wheel Adaptor
I found out today through some searching that Blue Ox has redesigned their gooseneck hitch. It use to be called the "Diamond Hitch" but now its called the twist and flip gooseneck hitch. Here is...
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WTP-GC wrote:laknox wrote:IHnutz wrote:
Carry a few loads of fine sand and . . .
WHOA!! You mean you actually carry stuff in the bed? What do you think this is, a truck or something?? :E :E
Sorry, I grew up farming, so...
As an aside, I have to just laugh at those Ford aluminum beds. Had they had those same beds 35-40 years ago, the beds wouldn't have lasted more than 1 or 2 years. After that, we'd've had holes showing the frame rails. Either that, or we'd've had to add back a 20 lb sheet of steel to protect the bed, thus completely negating any weight advantage.
Lyle
You ever see those commercials advertising heavy duty trucks...you know, the ones where it shows the guys driving down some bad road hauling a bed full rocks and towing a boat at the same time? Well, short of exaggeration, that's how I use my trucks. If I didn't need to use a truck for the way its intended, I might as well drive an SUV. Meanwhile, the common metro-sexual man that drives trucks these days pride themselves on how clean they can keep the beds. Nice spray-in liner, swept clean, not a leaf or a bottle cap or an empty DEF jug to be found...pure spotless. Pretty diamond-plate toolbox with a couple of small hand tools, mostly just for show. Usually matches their clean shirts, pretty hats, soft hands and non-calloused feet. The aluminum truck beds are geared for these types of people. They don't have to worry about how flimsy they are, because the most anyone is going to put back there is a couple of fishing rods and a cooler.
Several years ago I worked with a guy who waxed the bed of his truck monthly along with the rest of the truck. He bought a trailer to haul things in so he didn't scratch the bed. NOTHING!!! hard was ever laid on the bed floor!!! In fact he would not let anyone, himself included, get in the bed with their shoes on! He bought a chrome plate "stinger" and ball for the hitch receiver so it wouldn't rust and even waxed the receiver. Whenever the "stinger" was removed he would sand the scratches and chips in the receiver and use touch up paint so it wouldn't rust. He even went so far as to remove his shoes put them in plastic bags and put on house slippers whenever his shoes were wet or dirty before driving it.
Talk about OCD! They are real and they are out there. And, oh yes, he even waxed the underside of his lawn mower!! :h
