dieseltruckdriver wrote:
cummins2014 wrote:
WTP-GC wrote:
This thread doesn’t need to go real far.
OP: get a B & W turnover ball, install in bed. Ignore the holes for the old rail system. There’s no benefit in trying to reuse them, plus you’ll eventually hate the rails. Then get a B & W Companion or Andersen Ultimate. You don’t need a slider. You don’t need to use the articulating feature of the TP pin box. Lock it out, check the fasteners from time to time. And pay attention when making tight maneuvers. The TP pin box is designed for those short bed half ton trucks. There is absolutely no good reason at all to use the TP articulating aspect on 3/4 and 1 ton short beds with newer fifth wheels. Don’t be distracted otherwise.
Oh!, come on , you'll eventually hate the rails, why. Had them for years ,and they were not an issue . I won't buy they get the road nonsense , sure they are there ,but pray tell what are they in the road of . What sliding in a sheet of plywood . Not hardly , you go in at an angle anyway ,and after the first sheet thats a done deal.
Granted if he had the puck system great, but apparently he doesn't so now you want him to blow another large hole in the bed :h . He already has the holes use them , with bedrails ,and a good hitch he is set ,and a strong four point attachment . No fan at all of gooseneck ball attached hitches , all the torquing ,and one point of attachment . Forget the Ultimate ,and go with the steel rail mount Andersen as said .
I have to disagree with you. My last pickup had rails and a sliding bar hitch (not a slider hitch). I went with the B&W turnover and Companion on this pickup and couldn't be happier. I HATED those rails every time I used my pickup as a pickup. I could never sweep out the bed, or shovel things out. Those are some things no one ever talk about when hitches are discussed.
Not a problem if you disagree, but to make it an issue as far shoveling out stuff from the bed, I am sure thats a hindrance, but i'm one thats never taken a shovel to the bed of my pickup, just not what I bought it for . So to make a point that you can't shovel rocks, dirt whatever you need to shovel out of it was YOUR problem , not for some. Great you pointed it out, but to make it a real issue not sure it isn't something that can be worked around if necessary .
But to the point here, and what I was trying to make is , the OP has a set of bedrail holes drilled in his bed. sounded like a decent way to go considering. If its a B&W hitch he wants ,buy one that attaches to bedrails.
