Curt Overbed, Folding Ball Gooseneck Trailer Hitch with Installation Kit - 30,000 lbs
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Curt Overbed, Folding Ball Gooseneck Trailer Hitch with Installation Kit - 30,000 lbs
Item # C61509-52
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CURT Gooseneck Hitch - C61509-52
- CURT
- Removable Ball - Stores in Hitch
- Above the Bed
- In Bed Release
- Manual Ball Removal
- 30000 lbs GTW
- 2-5/16 Hitch Ball
- 6000 lbs TW
Get complete access to your truck bed when you're not towing thanks to the convenient fold-down design of the ball on this above-bed gooseneck hitch. Use easy-to-grab T-handle to position ball. Custom installation kit included.
Features:
- Gooseneck trailer hitch is perfect for your heavy-duty towing needs
- Fold-down ball allows for uninhibited use of your truck bed
- Pull up the door near the hitch ball, pivot the ball down, and close the door over the folded ball
- Easy-to-grab T-handle lets you raise or lower ball even while wearing thick work gloves
- Position ball upright and fold door down to secure ball in place for towing
- Pull up the door near the hitch ball, pivot the ball down, and close the door over the folded ball
- Stainless steel safety pin and pivot spring in ball help prevent binding
- Steel hitch ball is sturdy and durable
- Custom installation kit is designed specifically for your vehicle
- Bolt-on installation - no welding required
- 2 U-bolt safety chain loops included
- Carbide black powder coated finish over steel resists corrosion
Specs:
- Gross towing weight: 30,000 lbs
- Vertical load limit: 6,000 lbs
- Ball size: 2-5/16"
- 7-Year limited warranty
61509 Curt Custom Installation Kit for Over-Bed Gooseneck Trailer Hitches
C-52 (61052) Curt Over-Bed Folding Gooseneck Trailer Hitch
Installation Details
Alternate Instructions
This Product Fits The Following Vehicles
- 2002 - 2002 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 and 3500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed
- 2002 - 2002 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 and 3500 - 8 Foot Bed
- 1994 - 2001 Dodge Ram Pickup 6-1/2 Foot Bed
- 1994 - 2001 Dodge Ram Pickup 8 Foot Bed
Video of Curt Overbed, Folding Ball Gooseneck Trailer Hitch with Installation Kit - 30,000 lbs
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Video Transcript for Review of CURT Gooseneck Hitch - Above the Bed - C61509-52
Hello neighbors. Welcome back. I'm Steven here at etrailer.com, and today we're looking together at this Curt Overbed folding gooseneck ball trailer hitch with this custom installation kit. Now folks, again, this is a custom fit kit. Make sure you're using our website, etrailer.com. Go to the top center of our page, enter the year, make and model.
Make sure you're getting the right parts the first time. Now this particular guide fits a 1994 through 01 Dodge Ram pickup, both the short and long bed, and also a 2002 Dodge Ram pickup, both the 25 and 3,500 series and both long and short beds as well. Now this gooseneck trailer hitch is gonna be very, very good for your heavy duty towing needs. It's gonna have this fold down ball that allows you for an uninhibited use of your truck bed. Now as far as operation, I'm gonna show you this at three different angles.
We'll start with the closeup. You simply pull this lever here, it's spring loaded. You can kind of see the spring moving. Pull that outta the way. Pull up on the door here, pull the ball down.
There's some grooves inside of here, and that just slides right down inside of that pocket. Then you're ready to go. Now keep in mind, all of this is under the bed hidden. All you're seeing is basically from this plate, you know up. So you got your safety chain tie downs.
Those are spring loaded. To put it back up, you simply open the door back up with the pull handle here, grab the T-handle, pivots up, put this back down in place. Now if you don't have this, let's say, you let go here, that's not gonna go down all the way. That's not safe, that's not fully locked. It has to be flat and that has to be locked back out. Now, we're safe to tow. Now, swap into an overhead view. Same concept, pull the T-handle, again, that spring lever pulled outta the way. Pull this guy up. Keep in mind, I've got all this stuff just kind of loosely fitted. These are lock nuts. I don't wanna run them all the way in since they're a one time use deal. But again, pull that up, pivot the ball down. It'll pivot all the way. And you'll see there's these slots here. It's gonna sit into those tracks and there's a greaser here, that grease circ is used if you want to grease up the ball, help it pivot, that kind of stuff. And when you're done, you simply have it flat and you're ready to go. Again, let's spring loaded. Safety chain, tie down points, popping the ball up. Very simple, just pull the T-handle, pivot it up, close the door and you're ready to go. Nice and solid. Nice and safe. Now folks, this is a custom bolt-on installation. There is no welding, no drilling required. You simply just use the pre-existing holes in the trailer, in the vehicle frame. And these bolts here, two on the back, again, those are just loosely here. Those will be installed into the frame of the truck. All the black powder coated steel here is very, very nice. Very nice finish heavy duty steel. It's about, if I had to guess, probably at least three eighths of an inch thick here. So very, very sturdy. The whole thing is rated at 30,000 pounds. The vertical load limit on the sky is 6,000 pounds, and the ball size is your standard two and five 16th inch gooseneck ball. Now this kit has a nice seven year warranty, very impressive. It does come with some spacer blocks here. So those spacer blocks up here, those are for when you're installing the bracket tree to the frames of the truck. Those might be needed. You might need some, all, who knows, maybe none. Just follow the instructions. And this little piece of conduit looking pipe here, this is basically a spacer as far as getting the space between these two bars. This is exactly seven inch bar per the instructions. And just follow the instructions. You get a nice template here that tells you where to mark those holes for those bolts and everything before you drill to give you a nice template to drill through. And it's a nice heavy duty cardboard, cardstock piece of material there. So very nice. Very impressed with that too. So going back to the ball, everything with the ball, the T handles, all stainless steel. The safety pin here, all the pivot springs, all the springs in here, they're all stainless steel. So that's gonna ensure that you don't have to worry about rust, corrosion, buildup, that kind of stuff. Now again, everything else is solid steel with the powder coat finish. So very nice, very well made product, honestly. If you've bought curt stuff before, you know how good they are. They've been around for a long, long time. They make really, really good stuff. Well, folks, I think that's gonna do it for our look at this Curt over bed folding ball gooseneck trailer hitch with this custom installation kit. I'm Steven. Thank you so much for your time. I hope this information's been helpful, have a great day.
Customer Reviews
Curt Overbed, Folding Ball Gooseneck Trailer Hitch with Installation Kit - 30,000 lbs - C61509-52
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (47 Customer Reviews)
Get complete access to your truck bed when you're not towing thanks to the convenient fold-down design of the ball on this above-bed gooseneck hitch. Use easy-to-grab T-handle to position ball. Custom installation kit included.by: Jonnathan04/02/2023
its solid , no issues so far ...... the only little detail is the chain connectors they somehow by design tend be difficult to extend up and down but its an easy fix that got done on day one and no problem since
by: James Texas05/10/2022
The hitch is extremely stout. The install was not so bad but the instructions lack a bunch of detail. When received, parts were missing. See pics. After a few trips to the hardware store I managed to put the parts together to install the hitch. The fact that I was on a stringent timeline made this task more difficult. The template for centering the frame hitch was non-existant so allot of time was spent with a tape measure and a marker. All in all its a solid unit. I would suggest a buy on this one but etrailer needs to work the transportation issues of their boxes. The Curt over bed portion was all there and in a solid box.
by: Vincent02/15/2024
Fast delivery accurate product fare pri cing
by: Curt 10/04/2020
Fast shipping, received in 2 days, installed day I received, great quality, customer service was very helpful. Instructions that came with the Curt 30k gooseneck hitch was not detailed but barely sufficient if you have basic mechanical skills,
by: Mark Francis06/27/2016
2001 Dodge Ram Pickup
Works great. Glad we bought it. Was a little tough to install for somebody that has never done one but after doing it I can now do them again. Will be buying another one at a later time for my other truck I am currently working on.
by: Connor 10/10/2019
2001 Dodge Ram Pickup
The product seems to be great quality. Nothing really lined up so I had to make a few minor modifications. But the company had it at my door in 2 days free shipping... It was 106 pounds. That's what I call impressive
by: Ronald 01/21/2020
shipping was fast about two days. Install went good works as it should. would buy again.
by: Marvin 05/19/2023
by: Michael07/31/2022
Etrailer is awesome, not so much for this product.
My first and primary issue is that the safety chain u-bolts are positioned to close to the angle iron brackets to allow clearance for them to freely move up and down with the nuts installed (see photos). I can force them up from below with a hammer and stomped them back down from above. This problem is made worse due to the proximity to the ball, if I dont ensure they arent stomped down as much as possible they would interfere with my coupler when turning. I'm honestly still worried about interference if I find myself in any off camber turn.
The other problem I have isnt the fault of the hitch, but now that its installed it is still much more intrusive to the bed space when folded flat than I anticipated. In the past I've had under bed mount balls, this being a work truck I thought the cheaper option would work but I regret that decision.
by: Brian 08/08/2018
I was looking for a 5th wheel solution and found this setup. Install was strait forward and Easy. It workes great with my 26 foot camper trailer. It folds almost flat with the bed floor for a flat load surface for sheet goods. The bottom of the mount does not drop to low to impead with exhaust pipe, hoses, drive shaft or rear diff. A great product sold by a good company that's there with support and solutions. Thanks etrailer.
by: Dennis R.06/13/2017
Very nice product!!! Works well and is easy to install. Would have given it a 5 star but the product did not come with install papers so had to look up online. I tow a 28 foot gooseneck regularly and it does great!!! Also like that it lays flat in bed for when I need to haul something without trailer.
by: William 04/29/2023
The ball works just fine once you get it up and locked. The locking mechanism has to be greased or never-ceased almost every time. The tie downs for safety chains were hampered during installation by an existing cross member, but we got it in. Overall as for useability I vote "works fine" as for installation instructions are close.
Inside the bed it closes to give me all working area, I would buy it again.
by: Amy 02/25/2024
website was easy to navigate, easy to order, and my order arrived a day early.
by: Travis 03/06/2024
Quick Delivery, Direct Fit
by: Chad 06/04/2023
Etrailer has always come through . Even if there is an issue they respond quickly and that means alot . The prices are the best .
by: Bill06/04/2021
Not very happy with this hitch. Install was much more difficult than my prior hitch. It's intrusive in the bed (the big rectangular plate is thick and you always know it's there). One winter on it and it's rusting and becoming difficult to deploy. It's hard to get the pin extended to secure the ball at times. Overall it's just not an impressive product in my opinion.
by: Thomas04/07/2023
The product itself is a good product, but the packaging it was delivered in did not withstand the weight of the product and was broken on arrival. Im hoping that parts are not missing
by: Michelle09/01/2021
This hitch does not come with the correct hardware to fit a 2019 Silverado 1500 LD and the instructions are incorrect. I figured this out after referencing the instructions for an underbed hitch. Very frustrating install. Had to purchase $[XX] worth of additional hardware to get it completed. Called for help and gentleman that answered the phone had no idea how to help me. I think the hitch is a good hitch though now that it is finally in.
by: Tracy 08/17/2022
The hitch fit very well and install was easy to mount. One small mod to under bed sheet metal was needed.
by: Jeffrey03/05/2021
Got this for the 01 2500HD Sierra. Metal is extremely thick and strong. However, The holes for the bracket pull the cross bars up to the bottom of the truck better. Makes it seem like a lot of the weight is resting on the bolts and not the crossbars/frame.
by: Kyle08/10/2017
Over all a very stout set up but I was disappointed that I have factory threaded inserts in my frame for gooseneck hitches less than 2 inches from where this one mounts but this just didn't utilize them. It does use holes in the frame so there isn't any drilling though. Also you have to cut the bottom seam of the bed inside the wheel well (per instructions) to get the cross members in and have to cut a rather large square hole in the bed floor instead of just a hole for the ball ( also per instructions).
by: James08/15/2018
Product is very good but the company is great, My package came torn at the corner with all but 3 pieces missing. 1 phone call to etrailer and they reshipped the parts I was missing with no problems at all. They take care of UPS problems, I received my replacement parts within 3 days Thanks e trailer Jim
by: Joshua10/04/2018
I currently purchased this product. It is a great setup and pretty simple to install. I had received it about 3 days later. Was missing a few hardware parts so I could install at that time. I had called up the company and let them know and they sent me a new kit no charge. The product is great setup and I would definitly recommend it to anyone else. Thanks for all the great help!!!
by: Roy H07/16/2022
Good & strong hitch Not my first one to install
use the directions they are good.
by: Katie01/04/2018
I am extremely happy with my hitch! It was a pretty easy install, and I’ve never had trouble hauling large loads! Perfect for my horse trailers.
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- Distance Below Bed of Curt Overbed, Folding Gooseneck For 2002 Dodge RamPer Curt, the distance below the bed will be 3-3/8 inches on your 2002 Dodge Ram for the Curt Overbed, Folding Ball Gooseneck Trailer Hitch with Installation Kit # C61509-52. That should give you a good idea if you have the necessary space to install the hitch in your Dodge. If you do have the space, and also need a gooseneck wiring harness, the correct fit for your truck is the Fifth Wheel and Gooseneck Wiring Harness with 7-Pole # 20111.
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- Will Curt C61509-52 Overbed, Folding Ball Gooseneck Hitch Fit a 1996 Dodge Ram 2500According to Curt, the installation rails included with the # C61509-52 Gooseneck Hitch will fit 1500, 2500 and 3500 series models of the 1996 Dodge Ram truck, unless it's a cab/chassis truck instead of a pickup. If you'd like to install a 7-way trailer connector in the truck bed, you could do so using part # C56001.
view full answer... - Is Curt Gooseneck Ball Centered Over Rear Axle on a 2001 Dodge RamOn the Curt gooseneck trailer hitch # C61509-52 the instructions indicated to place the rear most cross member 3 to 6 inches forward of the rear axle. This would put the ball forward for the rear axle but not centered over it. I have linked the instructions for you. A similar hitch # 8339-4439 only specifies that the center line of the ball must be forward of the center line of the rear axle. These types of gooseneck hitches have a little less definitive instruction in terms of where...
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We have had no issues with the item purchased. We are glad we bought it !!