Granddesign Reflection 28 BH gooseneck compatible ?

Check with the manufacturer, they will likely advise against it. Goose neck adapters put a strain on pin boxes they were never designed for. Go with it if you want but 'chucking' from flex may make your life miserable.

I beleive Grand Design uses Lippert frames, which are the issue with gooseneck hitches. Call Grand Designs Customer Service, and ask your question. They are great at providing answers!

Even if they OK it I would not do it. The forces are just too great.
JMHO.

Scott

ScottG wrote:
Even if they OK it I would not do it. The forces are just too great.
JMHO.

Scott

x2! If you already have a GN ball in your truck, consider an Andersen Ultimate hitch, which uses the existing GN ball as an anchor point. Another alternative is a Reese "Goosebox" pinbox, which is an extended pin box with a GN receiver on the end of it. Lippert does OK this on =some= of their frames.

Lyle

GD does use Lippert frames and components. Lippert will only warranty their frames if you use the Reese Goose Box which should work perfectly for you.

Poppy's 5th Wheel wrote:
GD does use Lippert frames and components. Lippert will only warranty their frames if you use the Reese Goose Box which should work perfectly for you.

Personally, I'd use the Andersen, as the hitch point is still much closer to the plane of the king pin, which is how the frames are "engineered", if that's what you call it.

Lyle

Personally, I would use the Reese Goosebox because it gives you the airbag to help take the shock out of towing.

Thanks everyone for the replies, I have 4 other trailers we use on the farm and they are all gooseneck so I was hoping a adapter wouldn't void the warranty or cause any issues since the GD 28BH is a light trailer. We pulled the trigger on it today and bought it so I will research the boxes and hitches mentioned in the post's.

use the Reese goose box or Andersen Ultimate to convert to gooseneck, do not use one of the clamp on adapters

just for clarification ... there are "goose neck adapters" which extend the 5th kingpin leg down to the goose neck ball, which add additional torque on the 5th wheel frame. Those tend to void the frame mfg warranties.

Then there are other hitches which really are not "goose neck adapters" (Andersen, Reese, B&W) which attach to the goose neck ball, but raise the mounting point up to the 5th king pin, and do not add additional torque to the 5th frame. Those are generally accepted by the frame mfg and may not void the warranties.

I have the Andersen Ultimate and couldn't be happier. Coupled with the goose neck turn over ball, I have a flat, empty bed when not towing, retain the goose neck ball for GN trailers, and have a very easy hitch to move about for 5ers.