Showing posts with label fifth wheel mounting rails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fifth wheel mounting rails. Show all posts

7/29/2012

Curt Manufacturing 16526 Q5 Fifth Wheel Head W/ R5 Roller Review

Curt Manufacturing 16526 Q5 Fifth Wheel Head W/ R5 Roller
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There is no issue with this 5th wheel hitch itself - seems top quality. The issue and reason I'm leaving this review is that you can't trust Amazon's site to determine if this is really appropriate for your vehicle. As a 5th wheel newbie, I didn't understand that a roller is only intended and needed in a short bed pickup. I trusted the information that brought this up as a fit for my truck. A little later after doing more research and reading I realized this was a mistake. While I was back on the site within a short time to cancel the order, it was being prepared for shipping and couldn't be cancelled. Returning it became a $150 lesson (the shipping fees I was charged for the return).
So, a word of advice - don't trust the site to tell you if it fits your vehicle - a wiser person than me would have researched this outside this site first to determine whether this really was appropriate for the intended vehicle. This same thing happened with the window visors for my pickup - the functionality for whether or not it fits your vehicle on this site is not perfect and could lead you the wrong way.
As far as the quality of this item, it really does seem top quality. I purchased the same version of this 5th wheel hitch (excluding the roller assembly) which is what I use currently. The hitch itself (again the same one that comes with this minus the roller assembly) works perfectly for me.

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5/08/2012

Reese Towpower 58079 Gooseneck Base Assembly Review

Reese Towpower 58079 Gooseneck Base Assembly
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I already had a removable fifth wheel Reese hitch with rails in the bed of my truck to tow my RV. When I got a horse trailer using a gooseneck, I really didn't want to install a second connection. This Reese gooseneck base and ball slides right into the rails already in my truck. The item came quickly and in perfect new condition, and is of high quality like my Reese fifth wheel. I've towed the horse trailer home with it and it worked fine. Easy to install and remove.

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3/27/2012

Valley 30137 Fifth Wheel and Gooseneck Wire Harness Review

Valley 30137 Fifth Wheel and Gooseneck Wire Harness
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This product took me approx 30 min. to install. I first got a 2 1/4" hole saw, (I think that was the size, it wasn't smaller then 2") and I marked out a spot in my bed that would be good for this plug. I chose a few inches behind the driver side wheel well. I installed this on a dodge so make sure your plug won't be affected by the different levels on the inside of the bed. Make sure all four holes will lay flush.
I drilled out my hole and just as a precaution put some touch up paint on the bare metal to prevent future rusting. I attached the harness to the plug and fed everything down thru the hole. I then went under the truck and found the harness, routed it safely over to where the existing 7 way harness plugs in. Removed that plug, (theres a red clip you have to slide with a screw driver) and plugged my new harness into that socket. Slide your clip on your new plug! Then I took the other end of my new harness and plugged it into the plug that I just removed from the existing harness. SIMPLE!! Zip tie your extra 6 feet or so of wire up with the provided zip ties. Next go back up in the bed and pitch those dinky little self tappers they give ya with this kit cause there almost to short, and what happens if you start pluggin and unpluggin your big 7 way plug from your trailer? Your gonna eventually work them screws out. I used the same size self tapper just a longer length. If you think you can do it, you might wanna try bolts but it's gonna be hard gettin your hand up that high to tightened the nuts if your workin from the ground.
Overall this things is very simple to install, well worth the price for quality and plenty of wire. Will keep your trailer plug in the bed instead of hangin over your tail gate where it can easily fall behind your bumper and first turn you take its gonna snap. So spend some money and buy this kit, save yourself the 90.00 that a professional will charge ya to do the same job. Also, search this product on you tube. Theres a instructional video on there that shows installing this same part number. Might try searching goosneck plug or somthing along those lines to bring it up.

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3/06/2012

Curt Manufacturing 16126 20K 5Th Wheel 16125 W/16200 Rail Kit-Ships In 2 Boxes Review

Curt Manufacturing 16126 20K 5Th Wheel 16125 W/16200 Rail Kit-Ships In 2 Boxes
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Had this hitch for about 3 months now and have covered a good deal of mileage with my 15,000 lb fifth wheel and am VERY happy with it. Hooking up is a breeze and towing was smooth. I almost bought a 16K Reese and am so glad I noticed this one and got it for around the same price, but its in a different league! Buy it....you wont be disappointed!

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3/02/2012

Curt Manufacturing 16200 Carbide Black 5Th Wheel Rail Kit Review

Curt Manufacturing 16200 Carbide Black 5Th Wheel Rail Kit
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Actually, we did install it with a hitch and it worked wonderfully. Used a 20K 5W hitch in the back of our 2004 3500 Dodge Ram.

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1/16/2012

Curt Manufacturing 16418 Fifth Wheel Custom Install Kit Review

Curt Manufacturing 16418 Fifth Wheel Custom Install Kit
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Works OK. Installed on a 2009 Chevy Silverado HD 3500 duallie. Was supposed to be a no-drill install. I had to drill every hole in the frame and do some modifications to the truck to make it work. It works, but it was no different than a universal install kit.

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10/10/2011

Curt Manufacturing 16055 Rail Mounted Gooseneck Hitch Review

Curt Manufacturing 16055 Rail Mounted Gooseneck Hitch
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first let me say that i have a fifth wheel installed in my truck..so i took out the hitch and with the rails left in the truck i put the curt gooseneck plate directly into my rails and pinned it and hooked up my gooseneck trailer.!!!! what a breeze!

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