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Draw-tite hide-a-ball with B&W fifth?
I'm looking at getting my first trailer, a fifth wheeler. My wife's truck has a Draw-Tite Hide-a-Ball which has a fifth-wheel option, similar to B&W, for pulling her goose-neck horse trailer. I just got my truck, and like the idea of having the same hitch, so that either truck can pull either trailer (both trucks are 2012 Ram 2500 Cummins so from that perspective they are equivalent). I've searched these forums, and I understand B&W is a more highly recommended brand. And I've looked at the web sites for the two products, and the goose-neck portions look nearly identical. But their fifth-wheel options do no. I also see that the Draw-Tite fifth wheel comes with an adapter to use with the B&W hide-a-ball, but I doubt that - from the factory - the B&W would come with the Draw-tite adapter. So my questions are: - is there any substantive difference between the two fifth-wheel options? - can the B&W have the post replaced to work with the Draw-Tite (this may be the ideal situation)? The under-truck portions are not going to be any difference, as their product photo's show (from a quality perspective). But the B&W fifth wheel option looks beefier to me. But I' still ignorant of much of this. So any input is appreciated. Thanks.5.3KViews0likes8Comments
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