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Code: RP50081-58
Retail:$298.88
Price:$208.10
Shipping Weight: 63 pounds
Shipping SpecialCustom brackets reduce the amount of drilling and time required to install your fifth-wheel trailer hitch. Brackets, base rails and hardware included.
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Video of Reese Quick-Install Custom Base Rails and Installation Kit for 5th Wheel Trailer Hitches
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Today on our 2013 Ford F150 well be installing the base mounting rale kit, part #RP50081-58. Now to begin our installation weve already gone ahead and removed the spare tire from the vehicle. Well now go ahead and remove the two rubber bumpers here for the rear axle. Theres one on the drivers side as well as one on the passengers side. We will remove the bolt in the center of the bumper and set the bumper off to the side for reinstallation later. Well now move up into the bed of the truck were well place one mounting rail into the box of the truck.
Now using a tape measure, well measure the rail, centering it in the truck bed. Well also use the measurement found within the instructions to make sure that the rail is in the correct location forward and backward of the truck. Once we have done that well go ahead and mark the location for the mounting holes were well drill a small 1/8 inch pilot hole. We can move underneath the truck at this point were well take one of the two side brackets and dry-fit it to the frame rail making sure that its up on the bed. Now our 1/8 inch pilot hole should line up with the bracket.
Now that weve done that, and made sure that it lines up on both sides of the vehicle, well move back up into the bed of the truck and open up our 1/8 inch pilot holes to a 9/16 inch hole. We will use a step drill process to accomplish this. Now that weve got all four holes drilled well move back underneath the truck where we can attach the rales to the frame. Now here on the drivers side, for the front mount, we will be using a fish wire which will feed through the mounting hole and out the large hole on the inside of the frame where well attach our spacer washer, square plate, and our carriage bolt to the fish wire. We can then pull it through the frame up here to the front mounting hole.
With that bolt in place, well leave the fish wire on and well take another one of our fish wires, feed it through the rear mounting hole here, and out the same hole on the inside of the frame. Well this time attach a small flat washer, the square block, and the carriage bolt to the fish wire and pull it through to the rear mounting hole here. With that hardware in place well move over to the passengers side and repeat the same procedure. Now weve went ahead and left the fish wire on in order to make sure that our hardware doesnt fall into the frame as were installing the bracket. We will now take the fish wires, feed them into our bracket, and slide our bracket into position on the frame.
Well then take a lock washer and the nut and finger-tighten down the hardware. Now that we have our brackets in and snug to the frame well move back up into the bed of the truck and drop our hardware into place. Youll want to make sure that you use the half-moon washer as spacers in the corrugation of the bed. This will prevent the corrugation from being bent when we tighten it down. Now that we have carriage bolts through all four holes well now move back underneath the truck where we can make our attachments to the brackets as well as to the bed of the truck. We will use the square washers here on the front mounting locations. Well want to make sure that the square washer does hang over the hat channel on the bed. We can then fit a lock washer and a nut to the carriage bolt and finger tighten. On the rear carriage bolts, well make sure that the carriage bolts go through the bracket where well attach a conical-tooth washer making sure that the teeth of the washer face the hitch and a nut. We can all make sure those are finger tight. Now that we have all our hardware on, well go ahead and just snug it down with a wrench where we can now move back into the bed of the truck and were going to take our fifth wheel head here and place it into the rails. Well make sure that the head of the fifth wheel drops into both rails which will give us our position of the rear rail. Now that we have the position for the rear rail, well go ahead and drill our 1/8 inch pilot holes to attach the rear rail to the bed of the truck. Well again move underneath the truck and make sure that the 1/8 inch pilot holes that weve drilled line up with the brackets. Once weve done that we will go ahead and enlarge these holes out to our 9/16. Well now make sure that our rail is back over the holes, drop our carriage bolts in, making sure that our half-moon washers are in place within the corrugation where we can now move underneath the truck and attach a flat washer and nut to each of the four carriage bolts through the bracket. Now that we have all our hardware in place we can go ahead and tighten it down. Now when we tighten it down, well want to tighten it down first tightening the rails to the bed of the truck and then tightening the brackets to the frame of the truck. Well want to also make sure that when were tightening them down we do get them torqued to specification as indicated in the instructions. Now that we have all our hardware torqued to specification we can go ahead and reinstall the two bumpers for the rear axle. With them reinstalled, we will reinstall our spare which will complete our installation of the Reese Fifth Wheel Installation kit, part #RP50081-58 on our 2013 Ford F150.
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Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (7 Customer Reviews)
by: Bill02/27/2011
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A friend & I started at 9am and had this in my truck at 11:30......We measured 3-4 times but evey hole lined up perfectly. On the 2010 truck frame yoiu do not need to take the spring bumpers off. On the inside of frame just above the bumpers is a large hole that serves the pupose of feed in the wire and then the bushing ,metal plate then the bolt We added large washers on the side of mount plate then lock washer then nut when mouunting plate to frame. We felt that the lock wash might not work properly if it was not on level surface. The holes are large to allow for movement and lock wash could be inaffective if it was not on flat surface.......Also ordered this item on a Tuesday was here on Friday...7996
by: Rick S12/02/2012
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Product was delivered as stated. 60445
by: Gary.C03/15/2012
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This is a quality product. Fast Free Sh ipping33948
by: matt03/05/2012
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great product!! very fast shipping!! 33141
by: Edward D.11/18/2011
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I recieved 5th wheel rails within two days. Exellent delivery time. Read over the directions and can see this is very clear and can't wait to install it. I was also pleased with the quality of the parts. Plan to order my hitch in the near future. Thumbs up etrailer.27111
by: steve simpson08/20/2011
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orderd on monday was here on wed very happy22325
by: Stephen B.06/21/2012
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Great product. It came in the allotted time. Etrailer was great to work with.one thing I liked was the courtesy message telling me it was at my back door. Five stars....45147
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