Sold the bumper pull trailer and will be picking up the new gooseneck in about a week. I need to get a gooseneck hitch, but (there'e always a but or is she saying that I'm a butt) I want to still be able to use the bed when not towing. I have seen the many that remove/fold under/etc. Realizing of course that there is going to be some hardware permanantly installed in the bed, I'm looking for the one that is the least obtrusive/possible to damage. To complicate things I have a plastic bedliner insert in the bed which actually has a square indentation in the center which I assume is to cut out for a hitch. Once that is cut out, how do I keep dirt, gravel, etc. from going under the bedliner?

Thanks,
Greg Nelson
'99 F350 SC 7.3L

 

I've never used or seen one in person ,But check out Hidden Hitch.Com they have a hidden goose neck that looks pretty cool.

 

I have the folding hidden hitch gooseneck (50011)
Works great, can fold down for flat stuff, and its low enough that the ATV can be driven in without folding it down.(can't do that with the above bed rail type.)(reese)

Never had a problem with the dirt gewtting under the liner (I put sealant arpound the edge to fill the small space)

Matt
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