Kimbrey
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Reese vs B & W under bed mounts
We just bought an Arctic Fox 29-5T which I'll pick up in a couple of weeks when I rotate home from my work in Alaska. New to the 5th wheel game so I'm trying to have everything set up and ready to go before I get home. It's fairly tough researching via a slow internet sat connection here on the boat so I'm looking for some advice. I have a 2013 Chevy 3500HD Duramax crew cab long bed DRW. Beside the new 5th wheel I also have a Eagle Cap 950 camper that I will use when towing my boat to various places to fish so I want a 5th wheel hitch that is fairly easy to remove. Emailing with the dealer I told him I thought the B & W turnover ball under bed mount with the B & W Companion hitch would be good. He said yes and gave me a decent price for the install but he said I should consider Reese's under bed mount and Elite hitch. From what I've read both sound like a decent system. He said the price would be close to the same. I want to have a clear bed when the hitch is off the truck so the camper won't be resting on anything when I'm packing it around. When using the camper I will have a heavy rubber bed mat in the bed. Sooooo do the pucks from the Reese system leave much of a protrusion in the bed that could do damage to the camper? I can't tell by the pictures I've seen. Or are the pucks flush so I won't have to worry about it? Same questions for the B & W system Any opinions of which way I should go? Thanks, Kim6.9KViews0likes30Comments
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