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Adapt your B&W Turnoverball gooseneck hitch for some heavy-duty towing by replacing the standard 2-5/16" ball with this durable steel 3" diameter ball.
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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (3556 Customer Reviews)
Adapt your B&W Turnoverball gooseneck hitch for some heavy-duty towing by replacing the standard 2-5/16" ball with this durable steel 3" diameter ball.Needs to be made taller. On my stock f350 my 36k trailer almost sits on the bed rather than the ball... seems to work but I definitely don't drive over major deflections in the road.
I ordered a 3” B&W ball and E-Trailer got it to me quick!
it fits well.
Yet to use it but it looks and feels like it should. Shipping was on point as well.
Product works well and fits in my truck (B&W flipover gooseneck frame).
This is the replacement as UPS lost the first order. (They're still looking for it, btw)
Thank you Customer Service for such a speedy response, and offer to replace at no additional cost to me.
Product arrived as promised and in GREAT packaging! Has the look and heft and build to it to handle and task I so deem it to perform without any concerns or reservations on my part.
Stays in the toolbox when not needed. Easily swapped out with my other standard size drop in ball.
A must have item if you tow various sized gooseneck trailers.
I was certified how my order was handled. Thank you
I am a transporter and purchased a 3 inch ball that I needed to complete a job. The b&w ball was consistat with the high quality expected from b&w. The fast shipping was what impressed me, although expensive it was worth it. I needed the ball for a load Friday morning. I placed my order late Wednesday afternoon, and had it at 8 am Thursday morning. Very fast,thanks a ton.
Strong hitch arrived on time and a good price
excellent service and fast shipping
Quick service and quality products
Fast shipping.
Great hitch! I'm a pretty avid do it yourselfer so I did the install myself and it was relatively simple. The directions that came with the hitch had all the information I needed. It works well with my trailer and the quality seems to be pretty good. It's pretty low profile while you're not using it as well. Overall very happy with it. A couple of install notes for squarebody Chevy, GMC trucks which is what I installed mine on: You will need to lift the bed off the frame just enough to slide the hitch between the bed floor and the top of the frame rails so if your truck is rusty like mine, you may want to have new bed mount hardware on hand before you start in case you have to cut the old bolts to get them out. Also, the safety chain loops land right on the ridges in the bed floor so they don't recess completely flush even when they're not in use but so far it hasn't been a problem for me. I saw that mentioned in some other reviews on here so I already knew before I bought the hitch.
Installation was straight forward and it's well built. Works smoothly. etrailer was awesome as usual with shipping and service.
However.... ;) on the BWGNRK1400 for '73-'87 GM trucks, the predrilled holes in the hitch for the safety chain u-bolts are 6-1/4" each way from center of the ball. This places the matching holes you have to drill in the truck bed on the sloped edge of the ribs, not in the center of the valley as intended. The instructions read as if the holes are not pre-drilled but they are, so I contacted B&W and asked if I can drill new holes at 8-3/4" each way of the ball so that they center in the next valley and they said no, that will void the warranty. So I had to do some bodywork, cut, weld and grind to scallop the ribs around the anchors to they won't always be sticking up (defeating the flat floor intent of this hitch design). I saw guy on [online] noted this was an issue on his squarebody bed as well.
B&W needs to look at this dimension for future installations to help out the next guy.
Overall this Installation went as I anticipated, 4-5 hours; it's not for an unprepared amateur. I strongly recommend watching the Installation Video, but more importantly, disconnecting the wiring harness (from both sides, there's 3 connectors) that cross over the rear cross member above the Differential. Disconnecting the rear exhaust was a MUST DO for us (my son helped me) as is a second person. Patience was our friend during this entire Installation for both of us. The brake line that crosses over to the passenger side was of concern to me, and got in the way as well; in the end it is below this entire installation. However there is a Mount Block on the driverside that creates a problemwith getting one bolt into place; a "Fishing Spring" (spring wire that wraps around the threads with long tail to fish/thread/pull thru the hole) would have helped to get this into place. (SEE PICTURE) Once in place the head is able to be held with a narrow spanked wrench while tightening. The rear center bolt is a HUGE challenge to reach once everything is in place and you're torquing things to spec.I had to purchase a "3/4" Crowsfoot" to get this and some of the others because of things blocking access with a socket (not talked about in the video or Installation Video). Once everything is in place and Reconnecting electrical plugs we found that there was enough gap/spacebehind the Kit Rear Cross Bar, over the vehicle rear cross member, to run the driver side electrical. Pay attention to have the "male" plug facing inboard to give you enough slack to reach the passenger side plug. A couple of zip-ties were needed to keep this inplace. See picture for how I routed this and the vent tube to avoid the heatshield.
I've got a 26 foot Keystone Cougar 5th wheel RV Trailer that I be using this, along with an Andersen 3217 hitch. With this B&W Hitch I don't have the 5th wheel Rails across the bed full-time anymore of my 2022 Ram 1500DT 4x4.
Excellent product for my application. Iam Using a Anderson Hitch to pull a 5th wheel. Leave it in or take it out if you need more bed room
I did have a trailer place install it.
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Gene
4/24/2019
Gooseneck ball is holding up well, pulling a 40ft flatbed.