Ford fifth wheel prep package - how to tell if I have it?

[BlueJean]

My truck is 2005 King Ranch DRW crew-cab Fx4 6.0
Taking delivery of my first fifth wheel next week and have been studying hard.

Anyway I can tell if I have this prep package already?

Its got the built in brake control and several extra unused switches.

Just wondering, I have plenty of truck for the trailer but I would like to know what I got.

[Golden_HVAC]

Hi,

Just wondering if you have already installed a coolant filter? It helps prolong the life of the 6 Liter diesel engines.

Napa #4070 filters for the coolant, and kit #FIL 4019 to install it in a heater hose line. Some are putting them in with tiny ball valves, so they can shut off the coolant lines to prevent coolant loss while changing the filters. The first one will clog in about 800 miles, then second should last 2,000 miles, third will last until the end of next summer. Then change them at the end of each summer, just before fall, when you will need the heater again.

Fred.

PS: I also have a coolant filter on my 460" gas engine motorhome, and keep changing it each year since it was new. Never had a problem with the engine, water pump, or any overheating.

[SoCalDesertRid1]

If you get the B&W hitch, all you drill is one 3" diameter hole, for the ball socket, and four 3/8" holes, for the safety chain loops.

If you don't intend to use the ball to pull a gooseneck trailer and will only be using it with the Companion 5th wheel hitch unit, then you don't need to drill the 4 safety chain loop holes in the bed, just the 3" hole for the ball socket. The Companion mounts into the ball socket.

B&W Turnoverball hitch in my F350-

[jaycocamper6230]

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[jaycocamper6230]

https://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas/non-html/2005/vs_pdf/05fseriessd-exlbb.pdf

[nremtp143]

I use the B&W Turnover Ball Hitch with the Companion Turnover Ball Hitch with the Companion hitch No Rail Install..100% American Made with American Steel.
Also, to find out about the rear end, look at the sticker on the B pillar(in between driver's door and back door) and you will see it. It will tell you the rear end code. You can go to the net(Google) or go to the Ford Truck Forums and get all the info you want about it.

[BlueJean]

Ok Jaycocamper62301, you win! lol.
I know you mean well.

It DOES NOT have 4 removal-able bolts, It has 8 holding the bed down, 4 just happen to be where a hitch WOULD go. PERIOD.


Just for you, I went out in the dark in 28 degree night air to snap this pic:



To say again...It does not have a hitch, never did, will by Thursday.
Does NOT have a prep package meant for fifth wheel hitches.

Thanks all for your input.

[jaycocamper6230]

Ok...if you are the original owner and you have never installed anything in your bed then there is no way you have "4 removable bolts in the bed" The bolts there hold your bed to the frame...period

[BlueJean]

I am the original owner.
No plug in the bed - yet - have covered openings for such tho. It has the multi-port receptacle at the bumper.

I wasn't asking about a 5er hitch, its never had one, just any of the possible factory prep for the one I am to have installed.

Looking at the bed today, there are flat recesses that could be for the legs/feet of the base.

I really am not liking to idea of holes being drilled needlessly.
But if it has to be done, so be it.

Thanks guys! Proud to be in your company.

[jaycocamper6230]

BlueJean wrote:
My truck is 2005 King Ranch DRW crew-cab Fx4 6.0
Taking delivery of my first fifth wheel next week and have been studying hard.

Anyway I can tell if I have this prep package already?

Its got the built in brake control and several extra unused switches.

Just wondering, I have plenty of truck for the trailer but I would like to know what I got.

Do you have a 7 pin RV receptacle anywhere in the bed? In the rear drivers corner? If there was a 5th wheel hitch in that truck and the previous owner had all his marbles, he had a receptacle in the bed area

[azchuckmo]

2011 was the first year that the 5th wheel hitch prep was offered as an option.
It has 5 plugs in the bed of the truck 4 for the 5th wheel and the 5th hole for the goose neck ball hitch and two of the 4 for the safety chains, along with a bed mounted 7 pin wiring harness plug.
Chuck

[BlueJean]

SoCalDesertRider wrote:

bucky wrote:
The four bolts you see hold the bed to the frame.

And we have another winner! 🙂

Yep, those are just the standard bed mounting bolts that all Ford Superduty body trucks have in those positions. 🙂

But..... there are eight bolts and these four are right where a hitch would go.coincidence?

Big fat beefy springs in there too.

[SoCalDesertRid1]

As far as how to make the pic smaller, if you edit your post, you will see the code for the picture. Just add 'width=640' to the end of the picture code and the pic will be re-sized to fit our screens without scrolling.

If you took the picture on your phone, you can probably flip it right side up by selecting the picture and selecting 'rotate pic' and keep selecting until it rotates 180* one direction or the other, then re-post the flipped pic to your picture hosting site and it will correct itself on the forum post. Alot of work to go through, so just mentioning it for future reference!

[SoCalDesertRid1]

bucky wrote:
The four bolts you see hold the bed to the frame.

And we have another winner! 🙂

Yep, those are just the standard bed mounting bolts that all Ford Superduty body trucks have in those positions. 🙂

[SoCalDesertRid1]

robdnorm wrote:
In 2005 they did not offer the factory fifth wheel set up like you see on new models. I have a 2011 and I think that only started in 2012. The key to look for if you plan to tow is making sure you have the factory over load spring installed if you plan to pull anything real heavy.

Ding ding ding ding! We have a winner! 🙂

x2, Ford did not make a gooseneck/5th wheel hitch prep package in 2005 model year.