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Install this heavy-duty hitch on your vehicle so that you can securely tow your gooseneck trailer. Store the removable ball upside down in the hitch when you aren't towing to get complete bed access. Square ball base won't turn in hitch.
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With the B&W Turnoverball underbed gooseneck trailer hitch you get the best of both worlds. When you go to tow, the Turnoverball creates a sturdy, dependable connection with your gooseneck trailer. And when you're done towing, you can stow the ball upside down in the hitch to get full bed access and a clean appearance.
The durable steel hitch ball included with the Turnoverball system secures in the hitch with a sturdy, 5/8" thick steel pin that is incorporated into the end of the operating handle. To lock the ball in place, drop it into the hitch hole in the bed of your truck. Then rotate the handle in your driver's-side wheel well counterclockwise until the latch engages. When the latch is engaged, the spring-loaded pin on the end of the handle will be inserted all the way through the base of the hitch ball, forming a strong, solid connection and ensuring absolute security when you're towing.
When you're done towing, remove the hitch ball by simply pulling the handle out as far as it will go and then rotating it clockwise until it unlatches. Remove the ball, flip it upside down, and drop it back into the ball hole of the hitch. Then reengage the latch to secure the stowed ball in place.
Unlike typical gooseneck balls - which have round bases - the Turnoverball hitch ball is designed with a square base. This makes latching the ball in the hitch easier because the base won't rotate inside of the hitch like a round base might, so lining the pin up is a snap. The base of the ball also fits tightly within the ball hole during storage. Because only the corners of the base contact the sides of the socket, any dirt or grime that gets into the hitch will fall through the socket, thus helping to prevent any buildup that could cause the ball to seize up in the hitch.
Simple, Custom Installation
This hitch is custom designed for your vehicle. The included mounting brackets bolt to existing holes in your truck's frame. While some modification is required - you will need to cut a 4" diameter hole in your bed for the hitch ball and drill holes for the built-in safety chain loops - there is no need to weld onto or to drill into your frame.
Once you have the hitch brackets and body installed, set up the operating handle. This handle is designed to be accessed from the rear driver's-side wheel well. On the end of the handle is the heavy-duty steel pin that secures the hitch ball.
B&W makes it easy to tow just about anything. With the many adapters and accessories available, the Turnoverball can be made to work with almost any gooseneck trailer. Hitch balls are available that have a built-in rise, an offset, and even a different connection type. Add on the Companion fifth-wheel hitch - which attaches directly to the Turnoverball with no other parts required - and you can tow your fifth-wheel trailer.
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Hey everyone, Ryan here at etrailer. Today we're gonna be checking out the line of B&W turnoverball underbed gooseneck trailer hitches. With these being all custom fit, be sure to use our fit guide, enter in your truck's information to make sure you're gonna get the right one. Today we have it on a Silverado, but these are all gonna work the same way regardless of the make and model that you might have. There are quite a few manufacturers who make gooseneck trailer hitches for pickup trucks and the one that I find myself recommending time and time again is a B&W. And I say that because their products are awesome, you know, they're well-built, everything fits good and just works like you'd expect it to.
And if you're familiar at all with the towing world, you've probably heard of that B&W name and there's a reason for it. And that's because people have really good luck with setups like this. What's gonna separate the turnover ball kits from some of the other ones is a few things really. One of 'em being the fact that when you're not using your hitch, you can take the ball and flip it upside down and actually store it in the hitch there, which is pretty convenient. You know, you're not gonna have to deal with, you know, your ball rolling around in the backseat of your truck or you know, forgetting it in the garage or anything like that.
You can leave it in here and it'll always stay with the truck, you know, which isn't a huge deal to some people. I think it's pretty convenient though. Something else is the bed space. So when you're not using it, this is really all you're gonna have to deal with. You know, the hitch doesn't take up a lot of space in all the different types of trucks, so you're still gonna have that full bed access.
So if you need to haul lumber or parts or whatever, you're not gonna have a big hitch in here taking up all the space. But what I think is really cool about these particular kits is you almost get two hitches for the price of one. And what I mean by that is, you know, we obviously have our goose ball here that we can use for our goose in our trailer. But if you ever find yourself getting a fifth wheel-type trailer as well, or maybe you have a gooseneck and you have a fifth wheel or you just want to kind of keep your options open, with this setup, all the underbed hitches, you can actually use what's called the B&W Companion. And it's a fifth wheel head that utilizes the underbed hitch.
And so that fifth wheel head will have a shank like this that'll drop into this. You lock it down and then you get that fifth wheel. So pretty convenient. You know, you can grow into it, tow multiple different trailers, so on and so forth. Something else worth noting too, let's say if you don't really care about the gooseneck, right That's not really what you're looking to do, but you don't like the idea of having the in-bed rails, you know, your traditional rails for fifth wheels, you can always use this, hit the Companion and still be able to tow your fifth wheel without having those big rails in the bed of your truck. Something that is important to think about whenever you're using a hitch like this is your bed length. You know, do you have a short bed or a long bed And I say that in particular in regards to short bed trucks, which seem to be for the most part, more popular nowadays. And it's important to think about that. And that's due to cab clearance, okay So with the short bed, your hitch is gonna be a little closer to the cab of your truck. And so if the trailer that you're pulling happens to overhang a little bit, you need to think about that when you're making those turns. You know, you don't want to crash the corner of your trailer into the cab of your truck. With the long beds, It's not really that big of a deal, you know, shouldn't really run into too many issues there. But a couple solutions for those of you that have short beds and are concerned about that or kind of know you might run into that issue, B&W offers an offset ball, okay That'll drop down into here and place that ball a little bit further back to buy you some more space. And if you plan on using the Companion or that fifth wheel that'll drop in here, they make a fixed one which stays put. So you can use that for your long beds. And if you plan on using that setup with a short bed, they make a sliding-type one. That way when you do go to make those type turns, you can unlock the hitch, it'll slide back and give you all that extra clearance. All of the underbed hitches are going to have spring-loaded safety chain openings, which are these here. So when you're not using 'em, they stay down flat. With the springs there, it should help prevent them from rattling. You'll still get a little bit of it, I'm sure, but it's better than nothing. And when you're ready to use 'em, you know, they pull up, you click your safety chains to it, and that's really all there is to it there. So pretty convenient. And that honestly is pretty normal for a lot of the hitches across the board, even by other manufacturers. For the most part, just about all the hitches are gonna have a 30,000 pound maximum gross trailer weight rating, which is gonna be the amount of weight pulling on the hitch. So that is the weight of your trailer, plus anything you might have in or on it. Now, it is a good idea to check the instructions for your kit and your particular truck just to verify that weight capacity. And while you're at it, you know, grab your truck's owner's manual too, look in there and make sure it can even handle that amount of weight. And you never want to exceed what the truck or the hitch is rated to pull. Since these kits are gonna be custom fit to your particular truck, everything goes together pretty smooth. And that's where the quality control from B&W comes into play. You really don't have to fight with this a whole lot or do crazy modifications. And that's gonna hold true for just about all the makes and models, at least that I've ran into. Everything goes together really nicely. Their finish on all their hitches is really nice too. It's a powder coat finish. I think it looks good and seems to hold up for quite some time. So should get quite a few years out of this, you know, before you run into any corrosion or anything along those lines. Compared to some of the other hitches too, other manufacturers, I like B&W's handle mechanisms, they tend to be really smooth and you don't really have to search around for the lock. You know, some of the other ones you have to kind of do one of those deals and it wants to unsnap and everything else. And that's just not the case with the B&W hitches. You don't even have to think about it, pull it out, bump it over a little bit, locks into place or unlocks, and that's how the hitch is gonna operate. So it's really straightforward. You pull out, lock it, You can turn the ball around or do what you need to do in there, and then when you're ready to tow or lock everything down, that's all there is to it. So I figured we'd pull into the garage here, get it up in the air and see how the hitch looks underneath our particular truck. And this is gonna be how it looks in a lot of the situations, you know, and I feel like B&W does a really good job of keeping things as simple as possible and low profile as possible. So for such a heavy-duty hitch, doesn't really take up a lot of space even underneath the truck. And I feel like because of that, that's going to allow the hitch in most cases to be compatible with suspension upgrades. And that's one of the big questions we run into a lot when people are setting up their truck with a hitch like this, you know, "Am I gonna be able to use air springs or some type of suspension enhancement" And in our case today, and in many cases that I've experienced in the past, nine times out of 10, the upgrades are gonna be compatible with the hitch. So perfect example, today we have our Ride Right, Or I'm sorry, our Air Lift Air Helper springs installed in conjunction with the hitch. And it's hard to speak across the board for every single make and model and every single suspension enhancement, but chances are pretty good with the B&W hitch you'll be able to do something like this And there's a lot of information available and out there, so you can always, you know, do a little bit more research and just make sure all that stuff is going to work together. So ultimately, what you're gonna get with the B&W compared to some of them other hitches is just that quality. You know, I've installed a ton of these on all different types of makes and models, and it's consistent every single time, and everything works like it should goes together like it should. And it's something that you just have to kind of get your hands on. And once you do, you'll notice that, you know, it definitely has an advantage, at least in my opinion, on a lot of the other types of hitches. And not to mention too, being able to take that Companion, that fifth wheel if need be and drop the thing in this hitch and kind of get two for one is huge, at least to me. And like I said, kind of grow into it and tow all different types of trailers. But with that said, I think that'll about do it for our look at of the line of B&W custom fit underbed gooseneck trailer hitches.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (3835 Customer Reviews)
Install this heavy-duty hitch on your vehicle so that you can securely tow your gooseneck trailer. Store the removable ball upside down in the hitch when you aren't towing to get complete bed access. Square ball base won't turn in hitch.This is an excellent product from B&W! It fits my Ram truck exactly, is very well built, and was easy to install following the instructions specific to my vehicle. etrailer shipped this from stock very quickly and their customer service representative was extremely helpful. Thank You!
Great product.
Everything worked out great the only problem is the handle to pull the pin out is not long enough to go outside the wheel well so I had to add three more inches onto it other than that great product thank you very much
I purchased this to pull a 25Ton GN trailer with heavy equipment and so far it works great! Good price point and reliable product. I would highly recommend this product and trailer. Thank you!
A very good product, I used a warn cable winch to lift the center hitch into place it worked very well, I couldn't quite hold it and work with installing fasteners. The only problem I found was the hitch pin mounts need to be unfastened to get the frame bolt in and tightened. the bolts need to be inserted and nuts started and then after the frame bolt is installed the nuts can be removed and carefully set the hinge pin up over them and reattach the nuts. I have a 2024 and there is a box gusset on the cab side that makes it impossible to put the frame bolt in from the cab side holes. Be sure you clean the frame mount holes and use a lubricant to make it easier to get the nut studs in them. I did mine on the shop floor, you become a reptile for three hours.
This is my 2nd B&W turnover underbed hitch that I have purchased from e-trailer. Price was good, shipping was fast
and the hitch works absolutely great, and it was easy to install.
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.
This was the second Goose-neck mid bed ball to frame assembly I purchased from etrailer....this was for a V-8 Tundra; the first was for a V-12 dodge 2500; Both were absolutely spot on in terms of Hardware provided; Instructions; and actual holes already in the respective frames to line up to the hitch frame mounting steel; beyond that I got digital brake/level controllers from these guys for the Tundra and it was mint....cannot speak more highly of etrailer to get the stuff you need to haul....its obvious these guys actually get the kit first then see if it fits...on an actual truck...then order and distribute it when it does...10 out of 10 for etrailer
After having this hitch for a year I can’t say I’m too impressed. They claim the powdercoat on it is durable, but after only a year there’s already spots of rust. The pictures I’ve included are only showing a few spots I’ve noticed. I painted the pieces that sit against my frame with frame paint in hopes that doesn’t rust either. But the outside facing pieces, I haven’t touched. My truck is stored in the winter and the hitch hasn’t even been used yet since purchase. I’m sure it performs well since my last gooseneck hitch was B&W. But as for durability, I don’t think they do as well anymore. It shouldn’t be this rusty only after a year, being stored, not seeing salt or even being used.
I was converting a fixed/welded gooseneck ball on a CM flatbed to a removable one so I could also use a B&W Companion Flatbed Gooseneck to 5th Wheel Trailer Hitch adapter. Although it wasn’t easy to find someone to cutout the old ball and install the new turnover ball, it was done expertly and the hitch works perfectly! Very easy to operate from the wheel well and turn over for a flat area for cargo. Always had a turnover ball in the past and highly recommend this one for a conversion.
The hitch is beefy and seem to be very strong. My guess is the truck frame will give before the hitch. Great quality. I very happy! I'm an above average backyard mechanic and found the installation doable, but a little of a challenge. Differently need a help. My wife was a big help. I use a 2X4 across my bed and a ratchet strap to lift and hold the center section in to position. I also had to reposition my exhaust pipe where it goes over the differential to get some clearance. Also, I had to drill out one of the square holes in the tailpipe L bracket to receive the factory bolt.
Great instructions.
Grab a buddy to help install a few items as it may take two sets of hands.
Make sure and tighten the plate to the cross members before tightening to the frame.
Top quality , heavily and sturdy parts. Easy to follow instructions. Best things....made in USA and good price!!!
Not my first B&W....and won't be my last either. Installation photos to follow.
We use a lot with a dump trailer and a horse trailer. No issues, smooth!
It’s been about a year now of use with my gooseneck trailers. What a great improvement from using the hitch under the bumper. Still solid and functions flawlessly. Make sure to lube the pin that locks the ball, if grime gets in there it gums it up and doesn’t release it completely.
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.
Fantastic product!! Hardest part is drilling the holes in the frame for safety chain loops. Remove the spare tire for ease of access and have several swivels and extensions for mounting.
4.9 out of 5 stars Etrailer provides an installation video from 2017 which, given my “new” F350 in 2024 is, in fact, a 2017 year, one would presume to be appropriate - but, in fact, B&W has tweaked its product just a bit so there were a few, small headscratchers. Most important of these were drop-in (well, hammer in) threaded busing inserts in place of the previous threading in some of the brackets.
But overall, the surprises all were positive ones. Most importantly, against my dread, I did NOT have to drop my DEF tank, even though my truck has the very long 48-gallon diesel tank. Nor did I have to extract any heat shield…or even lower the exhaust. This is my second B&W Turnover install - the prior was in 2008 - and this went even more smoothly than the prior time.
Lastly, a point of uniqueness: Etrailer’s free shipping applies only for the lower 48. Shipping this ~150-lb product to Alaska would have set me back another $243. But, in that we needed to fly to Seattle, I had the hitch sent to WA and - to the eye-raises of the AK Air employees - managed to check four small but mighty heavy boxes of just under 50 lbs. each and pay no surcharges other than Washington State sales tax. A win!
Product arrived in a timely manner, although it took awhile I was able to install it completely by myself. It was sturdy and looked good, fit well and went together nicely. I used it the next day to bring home a trailer a friend had gifted me. The turnover feature is really great, when not used the hitch ball is turned over, I put the truck bedliner back in and you do not even know it is there.
That hitch was put on for a customer.B&W is the only hitch that I will install in my shop. Both of my trucks have B&W Hitches and they are great. Never had one to fail.
Hitch is excellent quality, and made very strong. My only complaint is installation instructions are poor. I went online and watched YouTube installation video which helped somewhat. The step by step instructions do not have clearly marked pictures showing each step, and proper orientation on truck. Perhaps because my truck is older (2002), there was absolutely no way the cross braces could be installed from underneath. A simple solution was to loosen the 8 bed bolts allowing the bed to be raised 1/2 inch after which the braces slid right in from the left side wheel well.
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.
This has worked perfect. I love being able to flip the ball over and having a regular truck bed when I am not hauling the 5th wheel
The product is great. However the shipment process and commitment to the customer leaves allot to be desired. They used UPS to deliver the hitch but only one of two boxes was delivered (no mounting hardware or brackets. This makes the rest of the product useless. When I contacted them the response was basically requesting a UPS investigation and indicating I should file a police report to show I didn't steal the box. They said I could order and pay for a while new set with additional 6 days delivery all at my expense.
They did not and to this day have not provided me with the UPS tracking data. It makes me feel like I have been left out in the cold to solve the issue of their inability to manage their shipping process very disappointed in the lack of ownership of their shipping and delivery process. So great end product if you are will to pay twice for it to receive it.
I've always liked the B&W hitches.
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