Hitch help

[Shipwreck2]

Now I think I have my truck picked out (2011 f250 diesel 6 3/4' box) and the trailer is a cougar xlite 29RDB.

Vendor is recommending a standard non sliding hitch? Any experience with the cougar xlite family and a non sliding hitch? They are including a Reese (I think) 12 or 14k I believe. Is this a good hitch or do I want something different

Secondly on my truck I would like a tonneau. If I put a standard tri fold soft top trifecta type cover would this work? Can I leave it in the folded position while travelling?

[Shipwreck2]

grampscamper wrote:
I think you mean an F250 or 350 if it's a diesel truck.

Yes. Corrected. Thanks

[csamayfield55x]

Please get anything but a Reese! I watched one blow apart in my yard. Personally I think the Anderson Ultimate is a great hitch that lets you pull it out of the truck very easily. Another great hitch is the B&W. Very well built but very heavy.

Chris

[grampscamper]

I think you mean an F250 or 350 if it's a diesel truck. In my opinion you will be O.K. without a slider hitch. Many on here like the Reese hitch. I personally don't like them and had problems with mine trying to get it to release. I had a tri fold cover and had to sell it when I went to a Mor/ryde pin box because it would hit the cover. Another problem I had with the tri fold cover is that it wanted to blow off in extremely high winds when travelling out west. I now have a rollup Truxedo Lo Pro QT cover that works quite well for me.