Got the trailer, and truck, How much is a hitch?

[cbgaloot]

I just bought a 2004 Montana 3670RL.

I have long diesel dually tow vehicle.

But no hitch.

What's a good but reasonably priced 5th wheel hitch? Don't need no fancy stuff just something to hook my 5er to.

Thanks

[cdaniels]

We bought B & W hitch which we really like. Unsure of the price as it was 5 years ago, but I bought it off the internet. I really like how it works. The jaws clamp around the pin. I feel very safe. It can be removed and does not take up space in your truck bed.

[Montana Sky]

I just priced the Pullrite Super5th rated at 20.5K price installed was $2057.00

[richfaa]

Pullrite is top of the line and pricey.If we had to do it over again we wouldgo that way as we do a lot of miles. If you are looking for value try a shop that sells hitches and see if they have and used or trade in hitches. We have a 16K draw tite, same as Reese. It has served us well. try loking at both sites for up to date pricing.

[Delaine and Lindy]

I have used many different 5th wheel hitches. But with the 3670 RL. I would for sure go with a Trailer Saver air ride hitch. They for sure are pricey, but why would you not want the best hitch for your Montana to ride on. And it is for sure a Trailer Saver takes a lot of stress off the frame of the 5er. And the Trailer Saver will never have to be replaced. The TS 3 model is the TS I would suggest, and you will have very little chucking if any at all. I have the Trailer Saver TSLBH 32,000 lb capacity. I have also owned the TS 3 and it was use on 4 different Trucks. Good Luck with your choice. GBY...

[JimF]

Got my Husky 16K hitch at the dealer were we bought the trailer, $950 installed. Had priced it around and that was a good deal so we took it. That was 3 1/2 years ago, last time we were by there (last month) it was abou $1050, still not bad. That also included the wiring into the bed.

[stiles watson]

I doesn't have to be fancy, but it needs to do the job. What you get sort of depends on what you want it to do. If it stays in your bed all the time, then a simple Reese or Husky will do the job. If you want to be able to remove it from the bed and have a clean bed for hauling, then you may want a B & W Turnover Ball with a Companion Hitch. I have had both and as a full timer, I can tell you that the B & W is a better hitch for hooking up and unhooking plus the latching is more secure.

If you want the best hitch with the least jerking, you want an air hitch, but bring your pocket book for that one. Great riding hitch though.

Usually what newcomers do is buy a cheap hitch, then after a few pulls, they want something more, a better pull or and easier hook up. Then they wish they had bought something else or go out and buy something else and lose their initial investment. I suggest you look a bit beyond the pocket book and do some research to determine what you really want. It is important, more important than you might suspect.

[Jdrobone]

Got the 16K-S Husky hitch installed by the dealer. Use the Moreryde king-pin assembly, works fine, almost no chucking. If I had it to do over I'd get a hitch that pivots both fore and aft and side to side. Mine only pivots fore and aft and on some unlevel sites the side to side would be helpful.
Jerry

[cbgaloot]

I did what you guys suggested. I looked around.

One thing I saw was that a lot of hitches had something that looked like a pair of pliers holding the pin. I didn't like that.

I got a Curt 16K. The price was kind of midrange and I had it installed at a truck accessories store that was recommended by some guys at work. And he was installing a hitch for one of the local RV stores when I was there looking.

I like the fact that the part that holds the pin in place is a big heavy bar of steel that runs across the hitch. Looks like solid engineering to me.

And hitching was very easy, just set the hitch, back into, and youre done. It's all spring loaded and the handle falls down into the locked position automatically. It doesn't swivel in various directions like some but we hitched up in a bad situation with no problem. The trailer was sitting on a hill leaning to one side and I had to hitch from an angle because I needed to turn to avoid an overhead wire.

Unhitching was easy as well. pull the handle to move the bar out of the way, turn it to lock and drive out.

Not fancy, but it works well.

I do think I will soon look into an air ride pin box for the trailer. I think it would smooth out the ride quite a lot.

[ols1932]

I'm with Stiles on this one. It's what you want and can afford. We have the TrailerSaver air ride hitch. This was after we used a Reese and a Drawtite hitch. Both were good hitches but we needed something as full timers that wouldn't allow me to be beaten to death by the pounding of the highway.

Orv

[bear]

Hi

Only One way to go PULLRITE!!!!!.

David