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5th wheel set up on a wood bed?
Has anyone installed a 5th wheel setup in an 8' wood bed before? Just curious how it worked and if you did any extra reinforcing for it.
Thanks! Frank
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Re: 5th wheel set up on a wood bed?
The fifth wheel set ups I always run bolt mostly to the frame and the ball just sticks out of the bed floor... I have seen the ones that mount to the frame and the bed floor.... I would almost think the wood would be stronger in some ways if it was good wood...
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Re: 5th wheel set up on a wood bed?
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To mount a fifth wheel, I wouldn't bolt anything to (or through) the wood bed floor. I'd reinforce the framerails and bolt the hitch frame directly to the frame. You'll probably have to cut a portion of the wood floor. If you go through the wood and it begins to rot (or contract), the fifth wheel mounting could loosen up.
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Re: 5th wheel set up on a wood bed?
I've never seen a fifth wheel mount that wasn't bolted, or welded to the frame rails.
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Re: 5th wheel set up on a wood bed?
Typically, heavy "L" brackets are bolted or welded to the frame and butt up against the bottom of the bed and bolts just pass through the bed into the L brackets. Since you have wood, find a pipe (not thin wall tube) that fits over your mounting bolts real nice close fit, cut them to length (thickness of your wood) and drill your holes in the wood large enough for the little pipes (now called crush sleeves) you made to fit in. That way when you tighten those mounting bolts the crush sleeves and bolts are taking all the pressure and not your wood. Your wood could completely fall out and it wouldnt matter because it is not being used to support any part of the hitch
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Re: 5th wheel set up on a wood bed?
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I wish I was as articulate.
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Re: 5th wheel set up on a wood bed?
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I understand, thanks for taking the time to explain it. I am going to be replacing the wood and overhauling the bed and was planning ahead. I was even thinking of modifying the bed and where the goose neck goes, manufacturing a steel plate to take the place of the wood and having it a permanent fixture in the bed. That would be allot more work and it sounds like its not necessary. Thanks again! Frank
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