Fifth Wheel Hitch Recommendation 2025 Chevy Silverado Towing Alliance Valor

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I’m going to purchase a 2025 Chevy Silverado 3500 with a 6’10” bed. I’m going to pull a 20,000 gvw alliance valor 40v13 fifth wheel toy hauler that’s 44’ 4” long. The bed is already setup for a fifth wheel hitch. The salesman told me I need an auto skidding fifth wheel hitch. What would be the least expensive but best hitch for for my situation. While making sharp turns and while backing up I don’t want my RV to hit my cab. Thanks, Dan

asked by: Daniel G

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Hey Daniel, I actually would disagree with your sales guy on whether you need a sliding hitch or not. The short bed of your 2025 Chevy Silverado 3500 is actually one of the longest "short" beds made so that adds turning clearance. Your Alliance Valor 40v13 has a tapered nose and an extended pin box too which was designed for short bed turning clearance without needing a slider so a fixed hitch would work fine and would overall be a better solution.

I'd go with the B and W Companion part # BWRVK3710 that fits your OEM pucks directly and you'd be set with a really nice hitch that's easy to use.

expert reply by: Jameson C

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Daniel G.

2/13/2025

Thanks. I appreciate the time and research you put into this. I will be make this purchase from your company. Are they offering any coupons or other incentives to make this price lower? Sincerely, Dan Govora

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Jameson C.

2/13/2025

@DanielG I wish we had a discount code or a coupon we could share but we don't have any. Our prices are generally about as low as you'll find though.

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Daniel G.

2/28/2025

Hi Jameson, I’m picking up my 5th wheel RV. It’s connected to the new hitch that you sold me. It’s not going to work. I can only go forward. When I try to back up I can only make about a 70 degree turning radius and the RV is ready to hit the cab of my truck. As soon as my salesman saw it he said this is not going to work. Then he said I told you to get an auto sliding hitch. Then I showed him the email exchange that we had and he said you were incorrect. I won’t be able to back up properly nor make U turns. I had to use your hitch to get home because the RV was purchased 265 miles away and I wasn’t making another trip out of state. I need to return this hitch and get an auto slider. Can you sell me one ? Dan Govora

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Jameson C.

3/3/2025

@DanielG I'm sorry to hear that. Personally I've never found myself in a situation when towing that I needed that full 90 degree angle when backing up so getting close to that at 70 degrees is going to work for most people. While I can't handle returns and I'd have to direct you to customer service they are going to probably struggle a bit with that since it was used technically. Did you get into any close clearance issues on your drive home? Is i possible your sales guy just wanted to have a "I was right all along" moment? We have been hearing from more and more people that we've sold heavier, more expensive, and noisy slider hitches to that they don't even ever end up using the slider so we've been trying to be more upfront with when/if they'd actually need it and not over sell them.

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Jameson C.

3/3/2025

@DanielG Other thing I didn't mention is that you have a triple axle trailer and if you are at a 90 degree corner you will be scrubbing your tires very hard to point you might damage suspension components etc.

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Jameson C.

3/3/2025

@DanielG Instead of a new slider hitch I have a better solution though. Sorry I keep adding comments to this thread. I feel terrible about this and I keep thinking of different ideas/thoughts. So in order to return your hitch and buy a new one I predict customer service being a hassle about it but I do have a better solution. Your best solution is to keep the Companion hitch you have now and replace the pin box on your Valor with a Sidewinder like the part # RP34FR that is a confirmed fit. This will give you all of the turning clearance needed to make a 90 degree corner and also allows the trailer to track better behind your truck. It does this by moving the pivot point back 22.5 inches. This give you the lighterweight and simplicity of a fixed hitch with even better clearance than a slider hitch. You'll also need the wedge part # SWW-06 to lock the hitch to the Sidewinder. Plus with the total cost of the Companion hitch and the Sidewinder you really aren't that far off from an auto slider hitch like the Demco Hijacker # DM29GV and you get an overall better setup.

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Answer 1

Hey Jerry, GM moved the placement of their puck systems starting with 2020 models so you are correct that the pucks would have the hitch not sit directly over the axle. GM did the math and made sure that this placement wouldn't adversely affect…

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Answer 2

Hello Joe, thanks for reaching out. If you were to install a B&W Tunoverball Gooseneck Hitch #BWGNRK1020 you would be able to easily transfer your #BWRVK3400 5th wheel hitch to your new truck. If your new 2025 GMC 2500 HD comes with the factory…

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Answer 3

The OEM prep package consists of 4 "pucks" in the bed of the truck that will allow you to drop in puck style hitches for easy installation and removal, that gives you a completely clear bed when not in use. The B&W Companion OEM 5th…

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Answer 4

Hey Steven, you can't go wrong with the B and W Companion hitch part #BWRVK3710. It fits directly to the OEM pucks of your 2020 GMC Sierra 2500 and will give you what most consider to be the best hitch around due to how well it's made, how…

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Answer 5

You will have to go with a sliding hitch to allow the trailer to make tight turns. For a trailer 8 feet wide the only bed length that's going to allow 90 degree turns without a slider is a stationary hitch. That being said you have two options.…

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Answer 6

The B&W Companion 20k #BWRVK3300 and 25k #BWRVK3305 base and head are going to differ in their components and construction, which results in the 25k hitch being about 10-lbs total heavier than the 20k hitch; so the 25k hitch head and base is a…

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Answer 7

I checked out your 2016 Solitude 321RL and since it has a tapered nose and an extended pin box you wouldn't need a slider hitch installed in the bed of your 2020 GMC Sierra 3500. You could use the B and W Companion Fixed Hitch for GM rail kit…

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Answer 8

The correct height setting is going to vary by trailer but you can get there taking some measurements. First make sure your trailer is on level ground and then measure from the ground up to the bottom of the king pin. Then on your truck take a…

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Answer 9

Yes, the puck system used on the 2016-2019 Chevy/GMC trucks is different than the pucks used on the 2020 and newer trucks. So you would need a 5th wheel like the B&W Companion #BWRVK3710 for your 2020 GMC Sierra 3500 with an 8' Bed. If you…

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Answer 10

Yes, you can use a fixed fifth wheel hitch in the pucks of your short bed 2020 Chevy Silverado 2500. I checked with B&W, the manufacturers of the outstanding B&W Companion hitches, and found out the puck spacing of the Sliding B&W…

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Answer 11

The head alone for the B&W Companion hitch #BWRVK3500 weighs about 70 pounds. Everything else weighs about 130 pounds. So the total weight of the hitch is approximately 200 pounds.

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Answer 12

You do not have to use a sliding 5th wheel hitch in a short bed truck. In many cases, truck beds shorter than 8 ft do not have enough clearance between the trailer and truck to execute sharp turns. This is why sliding hitches were invented. Due to…

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