Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Watch Video5/20/2013 9:39:28 AM
Draw-Tite Gooseneck 9460-39 Review- Video
Today, were going to review part number 9460-39. This is the Draw-Tite, Hide- A-Goose under-bed Gooseneck trailer hitch with the installation kit. This installation kit is specifically designed to fit the 1994 to 2001 Dodge Ram Pickup, 6 foot and 8 foot bed. It will also fit the 2002 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 and 3500 series and also the 6 foot or the 8 foot bed. Basically, when this is installed in your truck bed, only the ball and the safety chain loops are visible in the truck bed. The rails and the hardware and all mounted under the bed, so it will allow for full truck bed access when this ball is in the stored position.The stored position is if you pull open the handle, you can release the hitch ball and if you drop it down into the hole it will lock into position, that being the stored position when its not in use.more
Watch Video5/14/2013 10:27:34 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Chevrolet Silverado New Body- Video
Today on our 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD, we'll be installing the Blue Ox Diamond Hitch, part number DH1304. We've already gone ahead and removed the spare tire as well as the two rear wheels on the vehicle. We've removed the two rear wheels only for demonstration purposes so that you will be able to see what we're doing. We'll now go ahead and measure on the underside of the bed from the rear of the bed making sure not to include the tailgate forward. We'll insure that the location of the ball is approximately one inch in front of the centerline of the axle. We'll now go to the top side of our bed where we'll use a tape measure to find the center of our bed. We'll measure from the two wheel wells across.more
Watch Video4/10/2013 3:01:56 PM
Curt Gooseneck 16085 Review- Video
Today were going to review part #: 16085. This is the Curt spider gooseneck trailer hitch for fifth wheel rails. This spider gooseneck trailer hitch is designed to fit on the above bed rails in your truck bed if you want to switch to hooking up to a gooseneck trailer. This does have a capacity of 25,000lbs, gross towing weight capacity. It has a two and 5/16ths size trailer hitch ball. It does require a fifth wheel base rails and a bracket kit which are sold separately or if you already have them installed in your vehicle.more
Watch Video3/27/2013 12:15:50 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 Ford F-350- Video
Today in our 2012 Ford F-350, we're going to be installing the Draw-Tite Hide-A-Goose Underbed Gooseneck Trailer Hitch, part number 9460-48. Our first step is going to be to lower the rear exhaust tailpipe. To do this, I've found it's easiest to go ahead and remove the rear bracket fasteners and three flange fasteners, and go ahead and remove the tailpipe from the truck. Next, we'll remove the hangers here. First, we'll spray them with some spray lubricant, and then remove the rubber isolators. This will allow us easier access in between the frame ramps.more
Watch Video3/25/2013 11:40:04 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on this 2013 Chevrolet Silverado were going to install part number 9465-56. This is the Hide-A-Goose installation. The first thing were going to do is prepare our truck to install the hitch. First off were going to lower the spare tire out of our way, and were also going to remove the tires and wheels from the rear axle. We dont have to do this part but it makes things easier to see and do and get access to the fasteners. Were also going to loosen up the exhaust.more
Watch Video3/1/2013 10:15:42 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 Dodge Ram Dually- Video
Today on our 2012 Dodge Ram 3500 dual-rear-wheel, we'll be installing the Blue Ox Diamond Hitch Under-Bed Gooseneck Trailer Hitch, part number DH1102. We've gone ahead, raised the vehicle, removed the spare tire, all four rear wheels on this dual-wheel, and the exhaust from the catalyst monitor back. Our first step, we'll go ahead and remove the rock guard or heat shield that goes around the spare tire. There are a total of five fasteners to be removed. Once we remove the fasteners, we'll go ahead and set it aside for reinstallation later. Next we'll move over to the driver's side outside frame rail.more
Watch Video2/13/2013 2:27:26 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on this 2007 Chevrolet Silverado were going to install part number 9465-34. Were going to start off our install with the rear wheels removed and the spare tire lowered out of the way. You dont have to do this, but it makes access to the insulation and hitch a lot easier. Now this vehicle has an OEM brake controller installed in the frame rail, so theres two bolts we have to loosen up so we can remove it from the rail. All we have to do is just loosen up the bolts, push it to the side and we can remove it from the frame. Were going to let it sit inside the frame for now.more
Watch Video1/24/2013 7:11:55 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2010 Dodge Ram- Video
Today, on our 2010 Dodge Ram pickup, we'll be installing the Blue Ox Underbed Goose Neck Hitch, part number DH1102. Note, before starting the install, weve already gone ahead and lowered and removed the spare tire. Our next step will be relocating the ground wire located on the outside frame rail of the driver side. We'll remove the nuts securing the ring terminal to the stud, and then route it to the inside of the frame rail. We'll also need to go ahead and remove one of the plastic fasteners securing the wiring. This will give us enough length to route it to the inside of the frame rail and secure it to the break line bracket.We'll simply use a 10-millimeter bolt and nut and go ahead and secure it to the pre-drilled hole.more
Watch Video1/11/2013 10:16:34 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2010 Dodge Ram- Video
Today on this 2010 Dodge Ram pickup were going to install part #: 9464-35. This is from Draw-Tite. First thing that were going to do to make our installation a little bit easier is that were going to go ahead and remove the rear wheels. Were also going to remove the inner fender well liners as well and lower the spare tire. Were also going to lower the heat shield for the spare tire, so we can go ahead and lower the exhaust as well. To lower the exhaust were going to spray down the rubber hangers with some lubricant and well go ahead and remove the retainers for the hangers so we can slide them off.more
Watch Video12/17/2012 3:06:08 PM
Reese Above-Bed Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Review- Video
Today well be reviewing the Reese above-bed gooseneck trailer hitch, rated at 25,000 pounds. This is part number RP58079. It will mount to standard, above-bed fifth wheel rails. Well simply drop our hitch into place on the fifth wheel rail and using the four pins and clips included with the hitch well pin it into place and clip the pins. This will secure our hitch to the truck. The hitch ball rotates to reduce binding with gooseneck couplers.more
Watch Video11/6/2012 9:36:48 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 Dodge Ram- Video
Today on our 2012 Dodge Ram 2500 were installing the Blue Ox Gooseneck part number DH1102. To get started weve already removed the spare tire both rear wheels and the exhaust from the catalysts back. Next, well go ahead and remove the rock shield for the spare tire. This will give us more open room access when installing our gooseneck. Now with that done well go ahead and move to the bed of the pick-up. We need to go ahead and drill a pilot hole and then our 4-inch hole to allow for the gooseneck head to come through the truck bed.more
Watch Video8/8/2012 11:23:05 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 Ford F-350- Video
Today on our 2012 Ford F350 we're going to be installing the Draw-Tite Hide-A-Goose 30K Gooseneck Head, part number 9460 in conjunction with the Gooseneck Mounting Kit, part number 4448. Now we've already gone ahead and removed the spare tire from the vehicle so our next step will be to remove the exhaust. We'll need to unbolt the hangers from the frame of the truck as we'll need to install hanger extensions before reinstalling our exhaust we'll undo the rear hanger here undoing the 1/10-mm bolt on the bottom side of the frame as well as the 10-mm bolt on the inside of the frame rail. We can then move forward on the truck and undo the two 13-mm nuts holding that hanger in place. They do face up towards the bed of the truck. It is quite a tight fit to get those undone.more
Watch Video6/19/2012 6:56:23 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 GMC Sierra- Video
Today on our 2011 GMC Sierra 2500 Short Bed, well be installing the Draw-Tite Hide-A-Goose Kit, part number 9465-56. Weve already removed the spare tire, two rear wheels and the exhaust for more working room. Our next step will be to cut the heat shield on the passengers side. At the rear side, well cut just in front of the hat channel here. Moving forward, well cut behind the hat channel here. Ill go ahead and make a mark on the heat shield to better illustrate where well be cutting.more
Watch Video6/14/2012 1:13:15 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 Dodge Ram- Video
Today on our 2011 Dodge Ram well be installing the Blue Ox goose neck hitch part #: DH1102. Now before we get started weve already gone ahead and removed the spare tire, both rear wheels and the rear half of the exhaust. All this will just make it easier to install our goose neck hitch. To start the installation of our hitch well first need to mark out and drill a pilot hole where our goose neck will come up through the bed of the truck. Following the manufacturers instructions and measurements well mark the length and the center point of our bed and drill a small pilot hole. With our small pilot hole made Ill now go ahead and take a quarter inch bit which is the same size as the bit on my hole saw and make it a little larger.more
Watch Video5/30/2012 10:03:50 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 GMC Sierra- Video
Today on our 2011 GMC Sierra 2500, were going to be installing the Curt Gooseneck Hitch, part number C60604. Now, weve already gone ahead and removed the spare tire and exhaust from the vehicle to give us a little more room for working. Our first step will be to cut the heat shield as it will be in the way for our install kit. Ive already marked where were gonna be cutting at these lines here and here. To cut the heat shield, well be using a grinder fitted with a cutting wheel. If you dont have this, a pair of thin snaps and a little patience will suffice.more
Watch Video5/3/2012 3:11:37 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2012 GMC Sierra- Video
Today on our 2011 GMC 2500, well be installing the Blue Ox Diamond Hitch part number DH1308. Now weve already gone ahead and removed our spare tire and the two rear wheels and tires from the vehicle. This truck has had some slight modifications with the exhaust so were gonna go ahead and drop it at each of the attachment points to the frame. Were gonna undo the flinch here with the two bolts then well remove the insulator from our pipe and work our way back on the truck, removing all six insulators holding our exhaust up. Now weve already removed our wheels and tires, weve dropped our spare tire and weve dropped our exhaust. Were now ready to begin our install.more
Watch Video3/31/2012 1:59:51 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2011 Dodge Ram 2500- Video
Today on this 2011 Dodge Ram 2500 were gonna install part number 9464-35.Now, to get the truck ready for installation what weve done is lowered the spare tire and we also removed the wheels. You dont have to but it makes things a lot easier. And we also removed the inside fender well.So the next thing we need to do is we go underneath the truck, youll see we have a heat shield. We have to remove that as well. We got our two fasteners here and here and one, two, three here. This fasteners behind a heat shield so you have to have an extension to go in between.more
Watch Video1/13/2012 10:26:03 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2002 GMC Sierra- Video
Today on a 2002 GMC Sierra, were going to install Curts Double Lock Gooseneck Hitch using part number C600-652. Alright what we have done so far is remove the rear wheels and the spare tire. Now you dont have to remove the rear wheels, but it makes it easier to get access to the frame and get in there and see what is going on. So after that our first step is going to be to cut our a piece of heat shield. This is the section we are going to have to remove for the heat shield, from here to here, because our hitch is going to sit right in this spot. And to make things easier there, we will loosen up the truck bed, and tilt it up so that we can get to it.more
Watch Video10/28/2011 2:55:56 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Dodge Ram 2500- Video
Today on this 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 we are going to be installing part number C600-659, the double lock gooseneck hitch by Curt. For the ease of installation we have gone ahead and removed the rear tires and the spare tires just to make things a little more accessible and easier to install. Our first step is going to be finding 47-1/2 inches off the edge of our truck bed as this is an 8 foot bed, or considered a long bed pickup. This is going to be our center mark between our wheel wells and it is also our mark for 47-1/2 inches off the edge of the bed. What I am going to do now is drill a pilot hole through the bed liner, just making a mark in the steel bed. I am just using it as a reference point in the steel bed because I am going to re-measure everything to make sure that the bed liner is square to the truck bed. I am taking out our push pins for the removal of our bed liner. Next I am going to get my torque spit and ratchet. We have four hold down hooks that are going to have to be removed. Here is the passenger rear corner. We are going to do the other three the same way. Now I am going to go ahead and pull this bed liner out. You can see here is the mark we made with our pilot hole through the bed liner. Now what we will want to do is re-measure this so that we can see if we are still at our 47-1/2 inch mark. And you will see now we are actually about a quarter of an inch off. We need to go towards the cab a quarter of an inch. I am going to go ahead and check my wheel well to wheel well measurement now. See if there is any difference there. There is a slight difference from side to side between the wheel wells. We are going to need to move towards the passenger side about 1/8 of an inch. OK, now we have our pilot hole through the bed that is going to mark out our larger hole once we get our gooseneck in place. 1:55more
Watch Video6/16/2011 3:06:26 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2007 Dodge Ram 1500- Video
Today on this 2007 Dodge Ram 1500, we are going to install part number 9464-38 from Draw-Tite. This is the Hide-A-Goose gooseneck hitch. What we have done so far is gone ahead and removed the spare tire and the wheels on the back axle. You do not have to take the tires off of the vehicle but it makes the installation a lot easier to do. Also in this case, it might be a good idea to loosen the exhaust up in order to have room to install the hitch head as well. In this case however, we are actually going to do it a little bit different. We are actually going to loosen the bed itself up, tilt it up and we will install the gooseneck hitch as one piece. There are three bolts on each side we need remove to loosen the bed. We have this one here, and on the back side towards the tailgate and there is one hidden at the very back end of the rail right here. We are going to use a piece of timber to help push up the bed and then we will use a small block of wood to actually hold it in there while we install the hitch itself. 1:02more
Watch Video1/13/2011 3:14:39 PM
Fifth Wheel Base Rail Kit Installation - 2004 Ford F-150- Video
Today on this 2004 Ford F-150 we are going to install part number RP30080, we are also going to install part number 49080 from Draw-Tite. This is their Pro Series 25K gooseneck plate for fifth wheel rails. The first thing we need to do is get the vehicle up in the air a little bit to lower the suspension so it will be easier to get to the frame and tighten the bolts. We also lowered the spare tire too to give us a little extra room if we need to. The first thing we are going to do is mark our location for our rail that goes towards the back of the bed and we are going to measure from the back edge of the bed itself up to the back edge of the rail as described in the instructions. We are going to take our rail and line it up with those two marks and then you want to even it out left and right. 00:44more
Watch Video10/11/2010 2:07:37 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Today we are going to be working on this 2008 Ford F-250 Super Duty and we are going to be showing you how to install part number 9460-48 from Draw-Tite. As you can see we have already removed the spare tire just to get it out of the way because we are going to need to access up underneath here. Next we are going to have to remove the heat shield. We are going to take off the bolts located here and here. There should be two at the top of the frame as well. Now we are going to remove our exhaust bracket at this location here. If you can see, there is an exhaust bracket back here towards the front of the vehicle we are going have to remove that one too by removing the two bolts that are holding up the exhaust bracket from the cross member. 00:45more
Watch Video7/6/2010 4:39:51 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2001 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500- Video
Today on this 2001 Dodge Ram eight foot bed 2500 series we are going to install gooseneck hitch part number 9460-39. We need to do a couple of things first to get ready to install this hitch. First off we need to lower the spare tire so we have room to work underneath. Second, the fender well has a plastic cover on the inside. We need to remove that so we can get room for the side brackets to install those into the frame. First we will take off the mud flap and then we will take out the fender liner. After you drill out these two rivets you are going to need a right angle drill. These rivets never seem to do too much work so they just pop right off. This will be reinstalled once we get done. Next we are going to lower our exhaust. We are going to just take these rubber hangers, spray them down with some lubricant, and slide them off and push them off to the side. Also to take note this is an after market exhaust, basically the hitch is designed for stock exhaust in figurations. 01:16more
Watch Video3/25/2010 12:48:35 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Today, on this 2006 Ford F-250 Diesel, we will be installing Hide-a-Goose part number 9460-48. The first thing we want to do in preparation of installing our gooseneck assembly is go ahead and lower your exhaust down. Depending on your model year, this being a 2006, we just need to remove the rear most hanger here, but I actually want to take the whole bracket down off of the frame rail because we are going to be installing a new bracket piece to help lower the exhaust once the gooseneck is installed. There is just one bolt to the side of the frame we just want to set that off to the side because we will be reusing that bolt and flange nut assembly there. Now that we have the exhaust lowered, we can go ahead and slide our cross members into place. You do want to note that the two cross members that come with the installation kit are different. The front cross member has two extra holes here in the middle whereas the rear one does not. So, before we slide those into place we do want to install our carriage bolts into position because once we rails in place we will not be able to get the carriage bolts into place. We are going to be using 5/8 carriage bolts in these positions here. 1:05more
Watch Video1/3/2010 5:05:15 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2001 Ford F-250 Super Duty- Video
Today on this 2001 Ford F-250 Super Duty we will be installing Hide-A-Goose part number 9460-48. Before we get started we need to do a couple of things in preparation. First thing we are going to do is go ahead and lower the spare tire and get it out of our way. We also want to remove the heat shield from this section directly over the exhaust and over the axle well. And then we also need to lower the exhaust off of its rear most hanger. With those three things done we can actually go up inside the bed and start by drilling our hole in the bed. We need to check with the directions to verify the appropriate length that you need to mark and drill your hole at. On this particular long bed model we are going to be measuring from the end of the bed here. My dimension on this long bed model will be 46-3/16 inches. We just want to center that mark in between the wheel wells. 00:51more
Watch Video11/11/2009 12:25:02 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 HD- Video
Today on this 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Heavy Duty we are going to install part number 9464-35 from Draw-Tite. All right, we are underneath the bed of the truck right now. First step is to pull the exhaust out of the way. We will go ahead and remove this rubber hanger here, theres one here, and a couple on the muffler in the back itself. Sometimes they have these little clips on here, so what you want to do is take a pair of pliers and just kinda work them off. Then you can take the rubber hanger off. :25more
Watch Video11/5/2009 3:52:31 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2006 GMC Sierra- Video
Today we are going to be installing Hide-a-Goose part number 9465-4434 on a 2006 GMC Sierra 2500. The first thing we want to do is to go ahead and lower the spare tire. That will give us a lot more room to install the gooseneck system. The second step is to go ahead and cut out a section of the heat shield, which is basically forward of the axle in between the two hat channels, which is basically parallel to the gas tank as well. We need to go ahead and cut that section out to allow us to get the crossmembers into place. OK, with that section of the heat shield removed, we want to next go inside the bed. And we are going to go ahead and mark and then drill our hole for the opening in the Hide-a-Goose system. You want to check with your directions to verify the appropriate dimension that you are going to be drilling from. On this particular short-bed model, we are going to go ahead and mark from the end of the bed at 44-1/2 inches, and then we just want to center that in between the two wheel wells, which will land us right in the center of this rib here. And with my dimensions marked out, I am just going to go ahead and center punch that location, and then we are going to go ahead and drill out our 3-1/2 inch hole.more
Watch Video5/5/2009 9:13:04 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Rail Kit Installation - 2008 Ford Super Duty Pickup- Video
Today we are going to install part numbers 9460 and 4430. This is a Hide-a-Goose install kit for a 2008 Ford Super Duty pickup. This is a diesel version with a 6-foot bed. Next we are going to create some working room beneath the vehicle. We are going to take off this heat shield temporarily, and we are going to lower our exhaust system, too. That way we will have plenty of room to work with to put the head assembly between the two rails. This is the second exhaust bracket we need to lower, too. Once you have the secondary one down you can go ahead and actually pull the exhaust down a little bit out of the way to give you some more working room. Next, go ahead and loosen up the bed on this truck. It gives us a little bit easier working space underneath the vehicle. And once we get all the components installed underneath we can set the bed back in. We are just going to loosen the bed up, put some blocks in it, and maybe raise it 1-1/2 inches or so. Next, we will go ahead and mark off the bed so we know where to drill the hole. What you want to do is find the center rib and measure back on the bed, per the instructions. On our 6-foot bed, in this particular case, it is 47-7/8 inches. So from the back edge of the bed itself you want to mark off 47-7/8 inches and then you want to center it in between the fender wells. It is kind of handy to use these edges of the bed itself. We are looking at 24-1/2 to the center. And what we will do next is go ahead and punch our mark, just enough so we can see a dimple on the bottom side of the pickup, because we will save drilling the hole for one of the last things we need to do. We just loosened the bed and we have got it propped up with these blocks right here. And on the 6-foot bed, it looks like it is a little bit tail heavy, so we have got plenty of space up in front.more
Watch Video1/26/2009 6:07:25 AM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2005 GMC Sierra- Video
Today we are going to install part number 9465 our gooseneck head assembly. We will also be installing a rail kit which is part number 4434 for our 2005 GMC Sierra pickup 3500. The first step involved would be to make room for the install kit and rails. What happens is this heat shield needs to be removed. We are going to take it out from this section to this beam here. To make it easier maybe go all the way this far back. But for necessity purposes we need from here to here for the rails. We cut out our heat shield and left an inch or so hanging off. We took a rubber mallet and beat it back and keep it away from the sharp edges as much as possible. Our next step will be to loosen the bed so we can slide the rails underneath the truck. There are 2 options on how you will do this part. more
Watch Video7/22/2008 7:35:14 PM
Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2006 Dodge Ram- Video
First thing to do is lower the spare tire. The next step involved is to go ahead and sliding the rails into the bed of the pickup truck. They will fit in between the bed and the frame. What we will do is slide them sideways and once we get them in place we will flip them up to the right side up. We also installed one bolt loosely in the rail because we will use that when we want to attach the head assembly on. The bolt has to be facing this way because once we have it in place we will not be able to tighten it down or get to it very well. Also there are two different lengths as well. The short one goes in the front and long one goes towards the rear. Next we will go ahead, since we have the rails in there, we will flip them up into position. The stickers will tell you which way to go with it. Next step involved is to go ahead and mark the bed so we can drill our hole in the center of the bed. The instructions will tell you exactly what to do, basically you will get a measurement from the rear of the bed to right above the axle and center it left to right. Once you do that, you go ahead and make a punch mark and get ready to drill it out. In this case were going to go ahead and punch it out and drill a small hole just to make sure this is a spray on bed liner.more
Watch Video7/22/2008 2:44:02 PM
