Convert Reese Slider to Fixed

[belairbrian]

When we bought our first fiver the dealer included the hitch. Even though we had an 8ft bed they installed a quick slide. At the time they told me they didn't stock fixed hitches because they saw so few 8ft beds.

Three trucks later (all long box) I still have the slider in there. But was thinking about converting it to a fixed hitch.

Is it really as simple as unbolting the cross bar and switching it to the legs?

[bpounds]

As he said, yes you can. But then you've got a slider base without a home. I think you might be better off if you just bought a fixed hitch and sold the complete slider hitch. It will be harder to sell just the slider base alone.

[cummins2014]

belairbrian wrote:
When we bought our first fiver the dealer included the hitch. Even though we had an 8ft bed they installed a quick slide. At the time they told me they didn't stock fixed hitches because they saw so few 8ft beds.

Three trucks later (all long box) I still have the slider in there. But was thinking about converting it to a fixed hitch.

Is it really as simple as unbolting the cross bar and switching it to the legs?

It appears so if you have the Reese 16K part # RP30075, then you can convert it with the fixed leg kit part # RP30727. If you have the 16K Titan series # RP30869 ,then the fixed is # RP58449