I'm not sure I believe them, and if you are out of warranty it is a moot point anyway. You learn where "parts" should be to be lined up correctly, and you can get it right the first time. Lining up a gooseneck to hitch up is no harder than lining up a fiver. Yes, some states may require them, but I've never seen chains used yet. I have yet to see an adaptor used with safety chains. A normal gooseneck trailer (stock, horse, flatbed, etc) yes, you have to crawl in the bed - an adpator can have a much different set up. Many have a remote cable to lock onto the ball. No, you do not need to crawl in the bed with all gooseneck adaptors. One of the things that bothers me about these arguements about how hard it is to hook up a gooseneck vs a fiver. Made it a few inches longer, yes, but not 12". I'm pretty sure it did not add 12" to the hitch, as others have stated. Planned to use it on my bunkhouse fiver, but I could not access the pinbox to attach it. I used a Ranch Hitch Adaptor on my 17,500lb toy hauler. With the fifth wheel, I can hitch/unhitch in a very short time by myself. It's very hard to hitch/unhitch a gooseneck with a crew cab, since you can't see the ball. I went hte other way and converted my gooseneck to a pin, so I don't have to crawl into the box to hook/unhook safety chains and couple or uncouple (pretty hard to do any other way with a dually). They know the strengths of the frame they build and if it is engineered strong enough to be converted to a gooseneck.įor the record, I have a fifth wheel camper and a gooseneck stock trailer that I use in my side business (we sell gun safes). "Forcing the hitch into the pin"? If anything, it would be the opposite, but I don't know why anyone would force the pin into the hitch.įor the OP, my advice would be to check with the manufacturer of the trailer you have (or the frame) and get their recommendation. My fifth wheel, nor do any of the modern fifth wheel hitches that have four way movement, does not bind on uneven terrain. When you add a foot or more of leverage to the pinbox, which may weigh a ton or more, it has to add a lot of stress to the fifth wheel frame. How can you say "No more stress on the trailer pin and frame than any other way of pulling the trailer". I'm sorry, but your post is purely opinion (with no factual basis) and a biased opinion at that. If you have a short bed truck you will need a pin box extension instead of a regular 5er slider hitch, and those do add stress to the pin box bolts. ![]() No binding on uneven terrain and no forcing the hitch into the pin. No more stress on the trailer pin and frame than any other way of pulling the trailer. Less chance of damage to your truck, and trailer. ![]() They are pretty good at answering questions - I will post again if they provide a response.I use both and the Gooseneck is the better hitch. I posted a question on the etrailer web site regarding if the the RP30140 tie-downs fit the front or rear holes, and if they are available without the buying the whole gooseneck ball kit. If the tie-downs the RP30140 kit fit the front holes, I would expect they would fit more snugly than the RP58468's that I have. The Mopars are a tighter fit and much beefier construction. I would trust the Mopar rear tie-downs before I would trust the RP58468's with a heavy load. In fact, etrailer now recommends not using these on "Dodge" trucks. They work OK, but don't seem quite as custom fit as the Mopar tie downs for the rear pucks. I bought a couple taller tie downs for the front (the Reese RP58468 that you mentioned) that were actually designed for Fords, from etrailer at this link. The one they recommend for the Ram prep kit is RP30140, but it isn't clear if the tie-downs in that kit are for the front or rear holes. The Reese gooseneck kit shown on that page is actually designed for Fords (per the etrailer web site). I haven't seen the part number for the Mopar rear tie downs except with the gooseneck ball kit. You can see a picture of the kit, along with more part numbers, at this link. Click to expand.I got my rear tie downs as a part of the Mopar kit 82213632 with the gooseneck ball.
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