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Cptnvideo

Arizona - most of the time

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Posted: 05/19/23 05:46pm

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fj12ryder wrote:

Cptnvideo wrote:

I'll keep my Hensley BD-5.

Yeah, I think I'll keep my $3,000. [emoticon]

Even with diesel prices where they are, that will buy a fair amount of fuel.

You get what you pay for.

Bill & Linda
Arizona
2019 Dodge Ram Laramie 3500 dually 4x4 diesel
Hensley Trailer Saver BD5 hitch
2022 Grand Design Solitude 378MBS
1600 watts solar, Victron 150/100 MPPT controller, GoPower 3kw inverter/charger, 5 SOK 206AH LiFePo4 batteries for 1030 ah

MFL

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Posted: 05/19/23 05:59pm

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"You get what you pay for." A good saying, often true! However a fool and their money...well you know. [emoticon]

The BD-5 is a good hitch, can't deny that.

Jerry

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Posted: 05/19/23 06:22pm

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You need a hoist to take it out of your truck???

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2012 RAM 3500 Laramie Longhorn DRW CC 4x4 Max Tow, Cummins HO, 60 gallon RDS aux fuel tank, Reese 18k Elite hitch
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Cptnvideo

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Posted: 05/19/23 07:13pm

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No hoist needed. Just let the trailer landing gear do the work.
We're full-timers and I don't see a need to remove the hitch from the truck.
Hitched up 41 times last year.
As full-timers, I think it is I prudent to buy top quality equipment.

fj12ryder

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Posted: 05/19/23 07:51pm

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It's just your idea of prudent, and my idea of prudent are many, many dollars apart. If they were the same price, I would likely consider an air ride hitch. But I sold my last Companion, and bought the one I have now from a guy, and I spent a total of about $100 difference. The B&W does a great job, and I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. It's top quality equipment, it's just a couple thousand dollars less. [emoticon]

Howard and Peggy

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Cummins12V98

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Bionic Man wrote:

Good lord, you B&W fanbois need to take off your blinders once in a while….

It must REALLY kill you that the Andersen is rated for more weight than equivalent B&W.

Please tell me what I said that was not true???

Remember you wanted a B&W.

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Cummins12V98

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fj12ryder wrote:

Bionic Man wrote:

Good lord, you B&W fanbois need to take off your blinders once in a while….

It must REALLY kill you that the Andersen is rated for more weight than equivalent B&W.

Doesn't bother me at all. I know my B&W can handle the weight it's rated for, never seen one fail. Andersen? Maybe not so much. [emoticon]

Unless you like that "custom bend". [emoticon]

It's their folding model. [emoticon]