Gooseneck hitch rant

grandpa Love · Jun 23, 2020

Rain chased us home yesterday from our fence job. We to the trailer sales lot and asked them to install a gooseneck hitch on the truck. He says he can order it. Be here tomorrow can install afternoon. B and W hitch. Goes back out looks at truck again and says I don't believe I can put a hitch on it. What???? Why??? Well, hole in bed has plate welded over it and it's over gas tank. I said I will cut that plate out tonight. Oh. Ok. Well. Uhhhhhh. Flat bed rails are in the way. What?? They are at least 2 inches away from the truck frame and an inch above. Told us to go to welding shop around the corner and have them fab up something...... What ever. Next....... And local businesses wonder why they have issues. Will head to Birmingham and find a mega dealer.

grandpa Love · Jun 23, 2020

This is for sale on line. $279. Free shipping. Good reviews. Looks like an easy fit...

jal-SD · Jun 23, 2020

Looks like it'll work with a little elbow grease! BTW, how's the new truck doing? Sounds like the diesel is heading for the "hospital" for some major surgery.

jon f mn · Jun 23, 2020

I don't blame him much. Putting a commercial gooseneck in with a flatbed can be a lot of trouble and require adapting it which puts them in the responsible category

ttown chuck · Jun 23, 2020

look at e-trailer.com , i hauled fifth wheel trailers on my ford for years, i ended up buying a goose neck trailer ,so i needed both hitches in the same bed, easy fix both hitches fit the bed rails i installed in the bed, used the pro mount ,which fits the outside of the frame to pre existing frame holes, drill 6 holes in the bed and your good to go

BarnyardEngineering · Jun 23, 2020

(quoted from post at 06:27:06 06/23/20) This is for sale on line. $279. Free shipping. Good reviews. Looks like an easy fit...
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An easy fit... on a STOCK pickup truck with a factory bed.

That's what you refuse to see here. You've got a truck with a flatbed, so all the no-drill, easy-fit stuff goes right out the window.

It MIGHT fit, but probably won't without at least some modification.

For one thing there is a gap between the bed floor and the frame rails on a stock truck. This install counts on that gap being there. It sits on top of the truck's stock frame rails under the bed floor. If your flat bed rails are bolted right down on the truck frame, it won't fit.

Why is it that people assume the dealer is too stupid to live when they don't give them the answer that they're looking for? Sometimes they know what they're talking about.

DRussell · Jun 23, 2020

Too bad you aren't closer. I've got one that I would let you have very cheap. It fits a 34 inch frame.

SVcummins · Jun 23, 2020

I wish you lived closer

showcrop · Jun 23, 2020

Barnyard, "Why is it that people assume the dealer is too stupid to live"

It looks like your imagination is running away with you. I don't see anything that bad in what Grandpa said.

RobCons · Jun 23, 2020

Put a set of rails on it. I have a spare gooseneck hitch plate you can have. With rails you can put a 5th wheel in it also.

Welding man · Jun 23, 2020

I am a B and W dealer and have been for many years and have installed hundreds of them on all types of vehicles. B and w hitches are designed to be installed on stock vehicles without removing the bed, using the existing holes in the frame that have not been modified or to be used on a flat bed that didn't have a gooseneck hitch previously installed. Blame whoever built the truck bed Not B and W. You say you will cut the plate out tonight yourself, over the gas tank. I hope you are around tomorrow to take it to the Mega dealer. Sometimes common sense has to prevail, in a life and death situation the customer is not always right.

dlbuck · Jun 23, 2020

Very good response. We have only heard one side of the story. The dealer agreed to do the job but, obviously had his reasons for not doing the job AFTER seeing the truck. Some people know more than the experts but can't do the job themselves.

Tony in SD · Jun 23, 2020

Over the years Ive put B&W on Fords and Dodges by myself. They are not too hard to do. Good luck

MJMJ · Jun 24, 2020

(quoted from post at 23:32:01 06/23/20) Over the years Ive put B&W on Fords and Dodges by myself. They are not too hard to do. Good luck

You didnt read the thread, did you?

showcrop · Jun 24, 2020

(quoted from post at 03:48:56 06/24/20)

(quoted from post at 23:32:01 06/23/20) Over the years Ive put B&W on Fords and Dodges by myself. They are not too hard to do. Good luck

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You didnt read the thread, did you?

MJMJ. A lot of people don't read the thread. Have you ever been sitting around with people and a senior person makes a statement that someone else made five minutes ago? I don't want to make myself look like that person so I read all of the posts before adding my two cents.

grandpa Love · Jun 24, 2020

Can't do the job themselves? You don't know me do you? Lol. I actually went to by the hitch to install myself. His install price started out good enough to let him do it. Maybe he gave the wrong price and didn't want to do it. Who knows. Problem solved. I bought a bumper pull flat bed trailer for that truck. Will pull the gooseneck with the other one. I have crawled under 10-12 trucks looking at goose neck hitches. Ain't no reason why he couldn't put one on mine. Some times the experts are wrong. Just saying.......

MJMJ · Jun 24, 2020

No one here has seen it. But consider how many he's installed and how many you've installed... There's a pretty good chance he knows what he's talking about. Seems Welding Man verified what he told you. Just because you don't understand the issue doesn't mean there isn't one.

ClaytonBolen · Jun 24, 2020

When i bought the flatbed for my truck the dealer told me no one made a gooseneck hitch that fit the moritz bed, i went to my local welding shop and bought a piece of 1" plate they had in their cut off bin and a couple of D-rings and made my own. only issue i have with it is that it weighs almost as much the the aluminum bed does lol.

showcrop · Jun 24, 2020

(quoted from post at 08:46:44 06/24/20) When i bought the flatbed for my truck the dealer told me no one made a gooseneck hitch that fit the moritz bed, i went to my local welding shop and bought a piece of 1" plate they had in their cut off bin and a couple of D-rings and made my own. only issue i have with it is that it weighs almost as much the the aluminum bed does lol.

Clayton, that ball mount won't shear off in a wreck like one that is simply bolted.

dlbuck · Jun 24, 2020

I would assume that if he is in the business he has crawled under more than 10 or 12 trucks. Just saying.......

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