Now your gonna make me look at mine. I don't have a factory hitch. I have an aftermarket hitch. A reese.Bones: The rear pucks (the safety chain tie downs) only fit in the rear holes....the front are smaller in diameter...so they don't fit..
I took my bed rug out and moved the fuel tank around to get to everything...Does not fit....I will ask the dealer tomorrow...
Not sure why this is, perhaps it has something to do with the rail system designed for the factory fifth wheel set up.....I am at a loss
for an answer...
JohnD.....I don't need a signature, I know who I am!
- - - Updated - - -
Ann....I have never had one....Not my thing.
Now your gonna make me look at mine. I don't have a factory hitch. I have an aftermarket hitch. A reese.
Yes I have the factory Fifth wheel prep with the pucks. I didn't buy the factory fifth wheel though. and I have never really looked at the pucks other then me adjusting the hitch.You have the factory fifth wheel prep package, correct?? I would think that all 4 pucks would be of similar design and size. But I'll be honest, I didn't really look that close at the ones they had on the lot.
Just spent a couple of hours with my Ram service mgr on the factory fifth wheel system. We crawled under his lot trucks as well. We tried several ways to get around the rear tie downs not fitting the front holes. The front holes are smaller and a lot of grinding would be required with no guarantee the tie downs would actually fit once all the re construction was completed. The rear female bed pucks could not be interchanged with the front pucks as they are bolted on differently. The rear are bolted onto a bracket that bolts to the frame. The front are bolted directly to the side of the frame. We could not find the "alleged" pre drilled holes in the belly plate as indicated by the Anderson Rep. The only option for me at this point is to use the rear legs of the Anderson frame for the safety chains. The Anderson hitch will be shipped to me tomorrow and it is too late go back with the Reese Goosebox hitch. Down the road if I am not feeling comfortable with the safety chain issue, I may bite the bullet and order the Reese Goosebox as well.
Ram confirmed they do not make tie downs for the front pucks....no after market front tie downs are yet to be found.
I have a new 2016 Ram....the measurements from the Anderson Hitch will be exactly in the middle of the rear pucks...some others reported the same on other year ram's as well.
NOTE: My truck is a mega cab short bed 4x4
OK, I see....mine is a Crew Cab short bed 4x4 so that must be the difference.
Regardless of model and year, all the Ram pucks are laid out the same. That is thd nature of a standard.
Guy:
I don't have the Anderson yet, will be shipped tomorrow...This is the Ultimate 2 and not sure what you have. Are you saying the frame rear base is in front of the rear bed pucks?
I was told one set of numbers over the phone and received another set of numbers from the web on their drawings....I hope you are correct and my problem really isn't a problem
and the safety chains will work on the rear pucks. Let me know when you have your anderson in the truck. Thanks....I was told the rear frame base is 14 3/4" from the center of
the ball....Now I was assuming the gooseneck ball that goes to the kingpin...perhaps it is from the bed ball which is 5.5" in front of the Kingpin ball....
Edit: The drawings show the rear base 15.5" back from the kingpin gooseball and 20.5" from the bed ball...With the width of the left & right side base this would totally cover the rear pucks....
Yes, when I put my Andersen hitch in the bed of my truck to see if the front & rear pucks would be impacted by the frame base they were not. I didn't take measurements, but the front of the base frame was about 5 inches behind the front pucks and the rear of the base frame was just in front of the rear pucks so it appeared they would still be usable for installing the anchors for the chain hooks. I will install everything in the next few days and post photos if someone else hasn't already posted any as a reference.
Yes, when I put my Andersen hitch in the bed of my truck to see if the front & rear pucks would be impacted by the frame base they were not. I didn't take measurements, but the front of the base frame was about 5 inches behind the front pucks and the rear of the base frame was just in front of the rear pucks so it appeared they would still be usable for installing the anchors for the chain hooks. I will install everything in the next few days and post photos if someone else hasn't already posted any as a reference.
Ford or Ram?