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Open Roads Forum  >  Towing  > B&W Hitch vs the rest Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next sljkansas • View posts Miami Co. Kansas Senior Member Joined: 09/28/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/16/12 07:27pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator After reading a lot of post on what's the best 5th wheel hitch. I got to talking to a fellow Rver and friend about this subject. We both have the B&W hitch and love it, as most B&W owners do. My friend watched a gut drop is 5er not once but twice on the bed of his new GM pickup truck. He went over to see if he could help him out. The guy didn't know how to set the latch correctly, and was just beside himself on the damage to his new truck. Not to say the Wife was very happy either. Then we talked about the ones that buy BED SAVERS. I here a lot about how expensive the B&W is compared to Reese and the other. But then they go buy a bed saver, which adds about to the price of the hitch to make it comparable of the B&W. I have seen a lot of guys wrestling with their hitches, and just don't get it. So if you can't tell if the pin is locked in correctly when you back under it, why would you want that hitch. Now even after I back under and the jaws close and I drop the pin to lock the handle, I do take a look when I'm plugging in and closing the tailgate, and have never found a problem. Plus I use my bed and need a flat floor and don't want a bed mat or plywood to adjust for the rails. I know I'll get flamed, but I'll bet all of the B&W owners will agree with me. Steve & Linda Son married (1 DIL, 3 granddaughters 1 grandson) Daughter Can now be called a Teacher. Miami CO. Kansas 2004 F350 CC dually 8ft bed 6.0 PSD 2009 Bighorn 3670RL B&W under bed hitch with 18k companion hitch sandpiper1 • View posts Kansas Senior Member Joined: 11/18/2006 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 01/16/12 07:33pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Best I have ever owned. 2004 F350 DRW PSD Crew Cab Lariat LWB FX4, B&W 5th Hitch, 2012 Montana Mountaineer 346LBQ stickdog • View posts 29.820224, 81.94542 Senior Member Joined: 01/27/2002 View Profile Offline Posted: 01/16/12 09:30pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Only reason not to get one is if you need a slider. 9-11 WE WILL NEVER FORGET! 04 HitchHiker DA LS 33.5 RLTG 09 F350 CC DRW 4X4 John “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu camperfamily • View posts New Jersey Full Member Joined: 03/03/2008 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 01/16/12 09:51pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The B&W is the first 5th hitch I've owned. Probably be the only one for a long, long time. Now if I only had a more convenient place to store it when out of the truck... 2007 Pilgrim 278BHSS 2002 F350 CC LB PS B&W Companion Hitch Earl E • View posts Green Valley, AZ Senior Member Joined: 04/16/2007 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 01/16/12 10:26pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I have a Hijacker--don't know about the comparison to B & W but I know when you back the hitch under the fiver and it goes "clunk", it is locked. No way you can not lock it or drop the fiver on the rails. Did that with another kind of hitch and no way would I buy another one. 2007 Northwoods Arctic Fox 32 5S Fifth Wheel 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Diesel Prodigy brake control tdeal823 • View posts N.W. Ohio Senior Member Joined: 04/12/2011 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 01/21/12 05:43am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Love my B&W. Top notch company. Rock Solid hitch. I would think the only reason to not buy it was if you had an older 5th wheel not designed for short box pickups and needed a slider. 2008 Silverado 2500HD DMax LTZ cc sb 4x4 EFILive tuned, Blocked, Deleted, Rerouted and removed B&W Turnover ball and 5th Companion 02 F250 4x4 Auto Ex LWB SRW 7.3L B&W, RideRite, 5"exhaust. TW6 chip. 195k 2011 Sabre 32BHOK-6 AZ T&T • View posts Mesa, AZ Senior Member Joined: 03/25/2011 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 01/22/12 08:21am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I love my B&W hitch! It's the only hitch I have had, so I can't comment on the others. One thing I noticed when comparing hitches is that the B&W jaws are at least twice as thick as the other ones we looked at. AZ T&T 2012 Jayco Eagle Super Lite 29.5RKS 2011 Chevy 2500 HD 4x4 Duramax B&W Companion Hitch - Firestone Ride-Rite Air Bags Honda EU2000i Generator JIMNLIN • View posts out here Senior Member Joined: 09/14/2003 View Profile Posted: 01/22/12 08:31am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Chest pounder thread for the brand. I used B&W in several of my trucks when I hauled for a living using my GN and 5th wheel flatbed trailers. Great hitch but there are other systems just as good IMO. However their owners say their brand is better than the B&W. "good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" ............ Will Rogers '03 2500 QC Dodge/Cummins HO 3.73 6 speed manual Jacobs Westach '97 Park Avanue 28' 5er 11200 gvwr two slides mkirsch • View posts Rochester, NY Senior Member Joined: 04/09/2004 View Profile Posted: 01/23/12 01:43pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I've run across a few youtube videos of the B&W flexing and twisting underneath a gooseneck trailer. Have you guys noticed anything like that? 2002 Chevy 3500 DRW 8.1L/Allison 2000 Palomino B1500 ...and the reason why I need a DRW to haul a Palomino: 2004 United 7x14 tandem axle enclosed toy trailer 2011 PJ 8x20 7-ton deckover equipment trailer tdeal823 • View posts N.W. Ohio Senior Member Joined: 04/12/2011 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 01/23/12 01:50pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator only with a overloaded trailer once. 20K tandum dually deck over with way more than 20k worth of hay. it buckeled the sheet metal of the bed right behind the hitch about 3/16 of an inch. I think it may of had to do with the combination of driving through the rough field and being overloaded. Either way still a great hitch. Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next Open Roads Forum  >  Towing  > B&W Hitch vs the rest

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