webslave wrote: Here's mine installed on a B&W Companion hitch...:
For less than what a lot of folks spend at Star(big)bucks a week, it IMHO, is a nice addition to the hitch that may prevent a 1 in 1,000,000 mishap. Light weight, compact, rugged in design and simple to use.
Did yours come from butch services, too, or does B & W have one for their hitches? I didn't see one on their site, so I'm assuming you got it from butch services, too. What modifications did you have to make to it for the B & W? Thanks.
Mountain Mama wrote: Another question from my DH...When it catches on this pin/stop, what do you do then? How do you get back in the hitch?
Back truck up and raise front legs on fiver. The bedsaver keeps fiver from falling into bed of truck and causing damage. No it is no absolutely necessary, but it is for those oops moments
07'Duramax dually,12'Open Range 399BHS
Hawkshead TPMS,Hensley BD3,Killerbee exhaust brake
Blue Ox Bedsaver,air bags w/compressor
Arvika pin box bike rack,Bak Flip tonneau cover
5500 Onan LP,EMS-HW-50
14'Porta Bote w/8.0 Nissan
Vu Cube 2000,Splendide 2000S
Ran into a friend I used to work with at our local GMC dealer this week. He was having the bed rails on his one year old 2500 repaired because of, in his words, stupidity and old age (not sure which was the biggest contributor). Pulled away without latching the hitch and heard the crunch. Think I will get one of the bars for my new B&W Companion.
JimT
2013 Excel Winslow 34RKM pulled by a 2012 GMC 3500 Denali diesel, faithfully assisted by my wife and the two Bostons
I have the original heavy duty Bedsaver. I have a Hensley Air ride BD3 hitch. Blue Ox did not make a Bedsaver to fit my hitch. However they wanted to use my hitch for the prototype. So I agreed to ship my hitch to Blue Ox. They made a bedsaver for my model and shipped hitch and Bedsaver back to me. Best part "free of charge".
They normally retail for $200.00.
while I considered the Butch Services model, I am more than happy with my Blue Ox Ox Bedsaver
Mountain Mama wrote: Another question from my DH...When it catches on this pin/stop, what do you do then? How do you get back in the hitch?
The driver simply backs up and the pin box slides back in position just like a normal hookup.
The first Bedsaver I saw was in action at a interstate outlet mall parking lot. Some one had vandalized the guys hitch and the trailer dropped as he started forward.
"good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" ............ Will Rogers
'03 2500 QC Dodge/Cummins HO 3.73 6 speed manual Jacobs Westach
'97 Park Avanue 28' 5er 11200 gvwr two slides
webslave wrote: Here's mine installed on a B&W Companion hitch...:
For less than what a lot of folks spend at Star(big)bucks a week, it IMHO, is a nice addition to the hitch that may prevent a 1 in 1,000,000 mishap. Light weight, compact, rugged in design and simple to use.
Did yours come from butch services, too, or does B & W have one for their hitches? I didn't see one on their site, so I'm assuming you got it from butch services, too. What modifications did you have to make to it for the B & W? Thanks.
Butch Services... One of his early customers.
They didn't have one listed when I bought mine, but, I figured I could get it to fit. His instructions called for putting the brackets on the outside edge. I had to line mine up so that the bolts for the brackets straddled the web under the edge of the 5th wheel plate. That places the brackets, as you can see in the photo, along the inside edge. Still more than enough room for the pin to slide into the hitch. I also had to move the roll pins on the brackets (there are three holes under the bracket, but, only two are used) to allow for the alternate position, but, they pull out easy enough with a pair of vise grips. If you get the "kit", you'll see how they handle the alignment and can move them to fit the "inside edge" as opposed to the "outside edge".
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My 2 cents, your mileage may vary...
Don
Bronwyn
3 Cats - Coco, J-Lo and Ragamuffin
2011 Keystone Cougar 318SAB
2011 Ram 2500 Longhorn CTD HO
Built in brake controller and exhaust brake
Tri Glide TrailAir Pinbox with a B&W Companion Hitch
dieselhorse wrote: Looking at the two different photos--JMHO but, in the first one I can picture what those bolt heads would do to the plastic lube plate most of use on our pin box when it slides up over during hitch-up. The second install looks way better with mounting brackets below the fifth plate tabs and with the round head Allen screws.
Nevertheless, the device looks like less bang (very desirable) for not to much buck.
On my B&W, the plate(s) won't fit under the hitch plate...there is webbing under the edge as reinforcement for the hitch head. The bolts are actually low enough down the slope of the hitch head that unless you are hitching really low or don't have near enough leg down when unhitching, the pin box and lube plate don't come any where near the bolts or plates. I guess it would depend on the length of the "wings" on your plate...the hitch head on my B&W is quite generous in that regard. I've yet to hit them with my rig...
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