anyone have a favorite place to buy this?


feel free to move this to the towing forum....

 

i bought mine off ebay. free shipping and the price couldnt be beat

brett

edit: the co i bought mine from was located in bulverde...right in your nest of the woods. ill see if i can find their number or ebay page

 

I bought mine there in SA at the Ranch Hand dealer near the airport. If you buy it somewhere else I'm sure that they would install it for you for a small fee.

 

install it yourself and save the cabbage...its not very hard at all

brett

 

I was planning on installing it, only thing I'm worried about is making that purty hole in the bed.

 

I searched all over the web and bought it from my Dodge dealer for less money. A buddy helped me install it and only took a couple of hrs.

 

the 4" hole does stink! be sure to read the rpm's on the bit, mine was like around 125 rpms or something. when i started, i just opened the drill up and go no where fast. use lots of oil or the like to keep it cool. and a 1/2 drill is a must. i burned up a drill in the process of mine. also mine is not very round, but since im going to get it line-x i didnt care

brett

 

I bought mine local for 335.

 

http://www.tweetys.com/index.asp?Pag...D&ProdID=16188 $318.88 free shipping right now.

 

Unless you already own or can borrow the 4" drill then it's almost worth the time and money to just pay for the installation. My local guy wanted $100 to install. I bought the 4" drill which cost me $35. Now put the time and hassle in there.....

 

Check at Tweetys a try. They are in Bulverde, Just north of San Anton.
http://www.tweetys.com/

 

thats the place i was talking about!!

brett

 

Dealer wanted $600 to install the B&W. I bought it for $315 (it think) from tweety's and installed it myself. Even with the cost of the hole saw, I'm less than $350 plus a couple hours labor into it. For the holes measure them and then measure again just to double check. When you think you are ready to drill, measure one more time and drill a small pilot hole to make sure you have it where you need it. Measure it one last time and then drill your 4" hole. Not a hard job. I found out that removing the spare tire was must to. I just couldn't find enough room to fish the main plate in without removing it.

 

anyone use a plasma cutter do do it? would be pretty easy to do. using a template.

 

I had dealer install mine. I love it. converted 5er to gooseneck and towed it from SoCal to Memphis and back. Was a little concerned about cab to trailer clearance so I use the (5"?)offset ball. I glued a wide angle mirror to the front of my 5er as you can't see the ball from the drivers seat in my Quad cab. Mirror works great for solo hook up.
George