looking for a gooseneck hithch for my short bed. i like the b&w but i have the inner wheel liners in my truck and i don't want to have to tear them up so i can have access to the lever to drop the ball. what else is a good hitch? maybe a reese style hitch that has the rails and you can attach or remove a gooseneck hitch or fifth wheel hitch to it?

 

Go with the B&W you would be way more happy with it. I too have the linners and i just cut a 5'' whole to acess the lever and its no biggie. I had B&W also in my 96 short box and it was a great fit in there plus with a B&W you can get this little guy if your worryed about clearance issues.

 

sweet!! is this on their website? what do they run compared to other brands??

 

ya go to www.turnoverball.com and click on accesorys there are lots of toys there. as for how much they cost i bought the one in the 96 like 4yrs ago and i think i paid 400ish for it maybe could be wrong its been awile and the one i have in the new truck was there when i got the truck

 

You also might want to look at a popup gn hitch. They have two models a spring loaded one and aflip over. The flip over was recommended by the local shop as more trouble free, but my B+W also had gotten stuck/frozen to where I had to beat it out from under the truck. Also the 4" extenders from popup are cheaper than B+W (retail-109.00 vs. 189.00).

 

at least with the B&W you can beat it out if it gets froze but i just make a habit of leaving it up durning the winter more or less its always up hardly down but the pop up hitch the one that lays over and locks with a bolt good luck getting that thing to stand up if you get gravel or any other debri in there and if it gets froze its a major jerk to get out cause you cant beat it from the bottom.

 

Reese Signature Series hitch comes in a gooseneck as well. All the mounting is under the box to,, so once you remove it, all you have left is 4 lil mounting brackets in the box, and then if you buy a camper, you can get the 5th wheel that hooks right up to it. Takes a min to either remove or swapp it out to the other one

 

B&W also has a fifth wheel unit that couple of friends have and use and like them really well.





It goes right into the whole all ready there for the ball.

 

i really don't need one to be removeable. i just don't want a big plate laying in my bed.

 

A buddy of mine has one of the flip up hitches, and I guess I like my B&W better. I run the Companion 5th wheel hitch, mainly because I didn't want rails in the bed.

I also have the rear wheel liners, and I just cut an oval in the driver's side with a jigsaw with a finetooth blade. After skinning my hand, I learned it is a good idea to round the edge of the opening off with some sandpaper...

I think there might be a photo of my wheel liner in the gallery, that shows the hole.

 

Not too steal this thread but hey neighbor long time no talk lol sorry its been so long. you make it out to fair at all this past week.

Back to topic ya i cut the snot out of my hand same thing as jeff did that why i made the whole bigger

 

Dodge Cowboy, No, I didn't manage to make it down to the fair, but the GF was down at the Sheriff's booth. One of these years I need to check it out.

Turbo Dreams, if you don't need the hitch to be removeable, then I'd think one of the fixed ones might be better/cheaper. Though I like my B&W, they aren't that cheap, and pulling/installing the 5th wheel hitch requires tools.

 

Ya what the heck ya would have seen me i was on duty friday night and saturday night with posse baby sitting the drunks again

 

DodgeCowboy, you should look at the popup web site. You are thinking about the wrong style. sometimes in the winter i have to flip the ball to haul certain items, but the popup looks like it could freeze in too. Acces. are cheaper, but both hitches are good ones. I had a B+W, my friend has a popup.

 

The one that I thought was the "flip up" one was the square one that the ball lays down sideways? maybe i was thinking about the wrong one now that i think about it i have seen the pop up one in the western horseman and if memory recalls its simular to the b an w