Andersen Trailer Coupler - AM3100
Don't say goodbye to your truck bed. Instead, say hello to the Ranch Hitch fifth-wheel-to-gooseneck coupler adapter. It offers 24,000 lbs towing capacity with 3" vertical adjustment for towing a fifth-wheel trailer with a gooseneck hitch.
Features:
- Heavy-duty adapter converts 5th-wheel trailer king pin to gooseneck coupler
- Conveniently allows 5th-wheel camping trailer to be towed with a gooseneck hitch
- Remote coupler release lets you engage and release coupler while standing alongside your truck
- Eliminates climbing in and out of truck bed
- 3" Vertical adjustment allows towing with multiple vehicles
- Do-it-yourself installation in less than 1 hour
- Works with standard 2-5/16" diameter gooseneck hitch balls
- V-19 Certification
- Made in the USA
- 1-Year limited warranty
Specs:
- Application:
- Standard 2-5/16" gooseneck hitch balls
- Measurement from bottom of the king-pin plate to top of the hitch ball when trailer and truck are level: 11-3/4" (when adapter is collapsed) to 14-3/4" (when adapter is extended)
- Required clearance between the overhang of the trailer and the top of the siderails of your truck for safe operation: 5" or 6"
- Trailers with standard or extended pin box
- Extended pin box can be no longer than 24" (measured diagonally)
- Capacity: 24,000 lbs GTW, 6,000 lbs TW
- Vertical adjustment: 3"
- Hardware included; optional slide hammer to ease installation sold separately
- Safety chains sold separately
V-19 Certified for safety and featuring exceptional strength and versatility, this universal adapter converts a fifth-wheel king pin to a gooseneck coupler. This allows you to tow your fifth-wheel trailer without a bulky fifth-wheel hitch. The Ranch Hitch from Andersen Manufacturing is easy to install, even for the inexperienced do-it-yourselfer.
Measuring Your Truck and Trailer for the Ranch Hitch Coupler Adapter
You can perform these steps to determine if the adapter will work for your fifth-wheel trailer.
- Back your truck into position as if you were hooking up your fifth-wheel trailer, making sure that the truck and trailer are level.
- Measure from the pin plate (the bottom of the pin box) down to the top of the ball in the bed of your truck.
- The measurement should fall between 11-3/4" and 14-3/4". (The adapter is 11-3/4" tall when fully compressed and 14-3/4" tall when fully extended.)
Additional Measurements
Five or six inches of clearance between the overhang of the trailer and siderails of your truck is necessary for safe operation.
Measuring for Pin Box Length
The Ranch Hitch adapter is designed for trailers with a standard or extended pin box up to 24" long (measured diagonally). To find this dimension, you should measure from the centerline of the bottom of the king pin into the back of the pin box as far as you can reach. You may not be able to reach the very back of the pin box itself because the top of it may extend into the trailer. In this case measure to where the pin box disappears into the trailer.
3100 Andersen Manufacturing Ranch Hitch Fifth-Wheel-to-Gooseneck Adapter
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- The maximum height of the Ranch Hitch Universal 5th-Wheel-to-Gooseneck Coupler Adapter, item # AM3100, is 14-3/4 inches when fully extended.
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Knowing t
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