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So last November, I bought a new Ram 3500 diesel along with a new Montana 3400 RL. Faced with the same decision, I looked at everything I could find, and settled on the Andersen Ultimate 5th wheel hitch. It is rated well above anything the 3400 RL will put on it, and it weighs like 70 lbs! I wasn't keen on the idea of hauling 400 lbs of pig steel in my truck with a traditional 5'er hitch.
My ram came fifth-wheel ready, so I put in a Reese drop-in ball and the rest is just pure bliss. No chucking, clanking noise. Couple and uncouple and even crazy angles between the truck and trailer. I can remove everything right down to a clean bed in 5 minutes, by myself. No friends or hoists required.
The best part is the hitch and ball together came to like $600 or somehting delivered to my door. Less than a third of what Camper World quoted me for a slider. A 10 year old could install the thing.
PM me if you would like pictures.
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