I am concerned about bed height and 5'er clearance and the proper hitch. Truck is 2012 F-350 4x4. Bed height is 58". Fender over rear wheel is 44". The truck has a B&W underbed system which I like. Are hitches height adjustable? I want my (yet to purchase) future fifth wheel to tow level but of course not hit the bed. As you can surmise, this is new to me. Thanks.

 

I have a '13 F350 FX4 dually and I use the B&W Companion with the single point attachment. I have plenty of adjustment left in the hitch and I have plenty of clearance. My buddy has the '11 FX4 long bed single rear wheel which sets higher than mine in the rear and pulls a 41ft Wildcat with the B&W Companion. He too has plenty of clearance and still has room for adjustment. Remember, you have a little adjustment in the pin box as well.

 

I also have the companion hitch on my '12 F-250. Very happy with it, would buy it again.

 

Most hitches and pin boxes are adjustable. I had to lower my head when I moved to the '12. If you have started looking at trailers, you should start looking at the pin boxes also.

 

Dawgfever, there is only one type of person that I know of that spells "Dawg" like that. A bulldog fan I take it?

 

B&W Companion or Andersen Ultimate Hitch are the most common choices for the goose ball. Etrailer.com could probably provide other choices.

 

Short beds need the B&W companion slider for clearance to the back window

 

I've had both the F150 with the 5'7" bed and used a Reese Sidewinder pin box. With my F350, I used the Reese 16K hitch for a while and was limited to 75-80 degree turns. I replaced it with a goose ball and the Andersen Ultimate Hitch and can make 90 degree turns. I have never had a sliding hitch.

 

yes your situation may support a non slider hitch My 5th wheel Montana High Country 353RL did not I am giving him information not gospel he asked about the B&W goose neck hitch and options.
also it is nice to have the option to go to 90 deg if needed.

 

Thanks men. A lot of good information. Question-how can you tell if the Pin Box is adjustable?

 

If there are available mounting holes above and below the ones that are in use, it is adjustable. It would have to be raised to lower the nose and lowered to raise the nose.

 

Here is a side image of what skismuggs is saying

 

Ahhh, I see said the blind man to his deaf son.
Thanks, skismuggs and scrap rat,

 

so, I'm new to this section as I'm doing my research on the gooseneck setup.
Opinions on this?




https://www.etrailer.com/Gooseneck-a...urt/16310.html

 

I've seen these, never used one and never will. The standard setup for 5th wheel rails uses pass-through bolts to mount the rails to your frame. The bed floor never sees the weight of the trailer. On this setup, the weight of the trailer also passes through the bed to the frame via the gooseneck receiver, but only the static load. During acceleration and deceleration, the load shifts forward or back and the only support for those dynamic forces is the bed floor. It will probably work for a while, but being a mechanical engineer, I can't see that design lasting too long before fatigue cracks form and an ugly failure occurs. Just my opinion.