I was curious if any one is running a adapter to go from fifth wheel on trailer to goose neck ? To be able to use a goose neck ball in the pickup ? If so what brand have you had good luck with ?
Have a brother-in-law with that set up. He hates it. He pulls from DFW to Galveston a few times a year.
Think about that length from the bottom of the Pin Box down to the bed of your truck... That's a lot of stretching forward and backward. You will feel a lot of jerking back and forth.
Opt for a B&W turnball hitch. It's great. If you have a short bed, you'll need a slider version. You can take it out whenever you need an empty bead. The head comes off from the body.
The adapter and hitch will run about $1500 (+ or -).
Then, you'll want to look at your Pin Box. Which Pin Box do you have?
(The bottom photo is for the Ram that is already prepped. If you don't have a prepped vehicle, you'll need the crossover as well)
Here is another article on this. Without distributing the weight thru a Pin Box versus the Gooseneck, you also increase the stress and fatigue on the RV metal frame.
http://changingears.com/rv-art-fifth-wheel-gooseneck-adapter.shtml?sec-art
https://www.etrailer.com/question-32543.html
Here is a great video explaining torque:
I would suggest changing the pin box out to a goose box. Lippert does not recommend the use of adapters on their pin boxes, and the use of an adapter will void your existing frame warranty if you have one. I would not mess with it.
Chris & Maria
2012 36RL
The Reese Goose Box is the only Goose Neck hitch endorsed by Lippert, our Frame MFR. It totally replaces the Factory Hitch rather than adding an adapter.
I would rather stick with a fifth wheel hitch , but this is going to be for a second fifth wheel smaller than my 3901 , we like camping in rural locations and a lot of places I can’t get this redwood into or really want to. So I have my work truck is a 2016 drw but the bed is in bad shape due to construction work . I have the b & w in it for my trailers . But the looks of the b & w companion would use some of bed to stabilize the fifth wheel hitch , in which a lot of the hitch would not be setting on the bed . I’m going to research the Reese goose box , that may be best option
Check out Andersen Ultimate. Light, just uses the goose ball, and comes in and out in seconds. Not a gooseneck in that it doesn’t change the geometry. $1M waiver should warranty be declined.
