Need Gooseneck Hitch type

[ryan_n_va]

I'm looking at one made by Boss. What should i get? Wife wants one of the flip-down ones, but they seem to be more expensive.

[jorlee]

B&W Turnover ball.

[bcoakley]

Nuf said.

[mlcowden]

B&W x2. Anything else is a waste of time.

[lawnboy1988]

Ditto, not too bad of an install if you DIY.

[Copper]

If you use the pickup for anything other than a tow-motor, you'll appreciate getting some kind of a removeable ball, turnover, folding, anything. A solid-mounted ball in the bed is a pain - you can't haul a sheet of plywood, skid in a pallet, load a snowmobile without denting your bellypan, haul a chest freezer, etc.

As far as brands, I've had a flip-down, a CodyHitch, another one with some kind of spring pin & quarter turn lock (I forget the brand), and a B&W. As far as day in, day out reliability and ease-of-use, I would get a B&W. The flip-down gets full of mud from the underside and freezes, the CodyHitch and the other removeable one would get jammed up by little rocks or parts falling in from the top when they're down, but the B&W is pretty foolproof - I had mine freeze in once when it was folded, and I had to crawl underneath and whack it with a hammer and punch (I think it was a corral spike and a rock, actually :/), but it's been overall the best.

[BudMan5]

B&W turnball and the Companion 5er.

But I just had them installed today so I can't state how good they are, but everybody I have took to says it is the only way to go.

BudMan

[hotrodracer]

Personally I like the Cody Hitch. Easy to access the ball for use as all is done from inside the bed. I don't have to reach or crawl under the truck to raise it and thats nice in wet and or muddy conditions.

One post related to "tiny rocks or parts falling in from the top when they are down" and that seems kinda ridiculous at face value. All of them whether it is a Cody, or B&W, or,?, have the minimum clearance required to raise and lower the ball mount...

Rocks and small parts,? PHOOEY!!! Since I have a B&W they are the best. IF not I would not have bought one. If you don't buy one you don't know what you are doing, and asking for trouble from "tiny rocks or parts..." Hey all the above paragraph was written in jest, but then, who knows???

I have a Cody Hitch in my '05 F350 SupDuty CC DRW 6.0 diesel w/ auto trans, etc. I am a licensed Calif building contractor and as such hauled sand, gravel, cinder/concrete block, bricks, steel rebar, nails, screws and other fasteners, car motor parts, race car fabricating item, and, and, with nary even one thing 'falling down into the hitch.' Sweep the bed out a couple times a month w/ all the grit, dirt, rubble, etc, swept over the Cody Hitch on the way to the end of the bed and out...

The Cody Hitch is made so it can be removed if so desired. I choose to install mine per specs, then weld all the removable parts to make it a one piece unit. It could be removed later by simply unbolting the side plate to frame bolts at each side, then raise the bed about 1-1/2 ~ 2" and slide it out. But I'll never do it as when I sell the '05 in about 7 or 8 years it will be a selling feature. It is a sturdy piece of equipment, period.

Hey don't take my word for it, check out the market and take all the advertising hype with a grain, rather a shaker full of salt. The B&W is good, the Cody Hitch is good. I opted for the Cody, others for the B&W. Over all sales numbers do not always equate to the best overall solution for your unique situation.

[Copper]

If you watch the CodyHitch video on the website, you'll see what I'm talking about - there are two L-shaped slots inside the socket, where the stubs on the side of the ball fit. dirt and crap falls in them, and jams the ball up at the "L". It might not happen every time, and apparently doesn't happen in Cali, but it does everywhere else. But it's your call, you asked for opinions.

[Dualie]

Doesn't happen it cali to me either. I have seen other Turn over hitches that were rusted into their sockets also.

I personally have witnessed with my own eyes two people with draw tight flip over hitches that have bent the plate going down the highway. both were in OBS powerstokes for whatever that's worth.

[Copper]

The under-rigging on alot of 'em isn't all that great - I never bent the Cody or the B&W, but I put a pretty good wow in another turnover-type ( I really wish I could remember the brand on it). It was more of a flat mount, sorta like on a regular solid ball plate.

I must just be lucky on sticking my CodyHitch. I'd ALWAYS have tiny rocks the size of BB's or smaller wedged in the slots, and once had a 1/4" washer fall in when the ball was up (don't ask me how that happened) and spent an hour trying to fish it out with a magnet and a wire. If I'd have had the phony safety chain hooks it came with, the probably would have saved me the trouble on that one - they got replaced with drop-down D-rings shortly after it was installed. That Cody was Dang Strong though, I think it's one of the highest rated ones there is. A co-worker still drives that pickup, a '00 SD. The "other" brand one was in an OBS Ford, also, I wonder if it was a Draw-Tite, too?

[Bob C.]

B&W is the way to go. Easy install. Simple as an anvil.