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Wheel Well ReleaseItem # 9464-35
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Remove the ball on this gooseneck hitch and store it upside down inside of the hitch to get full use of your truck bed when you're not towing. Wheel-well-accessible handle makes it easy to engage and disengage. Custom installation kit included.
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The Hide-A-Goose gooseneck trailer hitch works to meet your heavy-duty towing needs while still allowing you to get full use out of your truck bed. The hitch installs beneath your vehicle to create a low-profile look. Even the safety-chain holders sit flush against your truck bed to take up as little room as possible. The ball easily secures in the hitch with a reinforced locking pin that is operated by a handle that installs in your truck's rear wheel well.
This hitch is called the Hide-A-Goose because of its convenient ability to hide the ball when you're not towing. To remove the ball, just pull the handle in the wheel well until it latches in the open position. Remove the ball, flip it upside down, and drop it back into the ball hole of the hitch. Then pull the handle again to release it from the open position and reengage the locking pin to secure the ball in the stowed position.
Once you secure the ball in the stowed position inside the hitch, use the rubber cover to conceal the ball hole. This cover prevents dirt and debris from getting into the ball hole. This will prevent buildup that could cause the ball to seize up in the hitch.
Installation Details 
Alternate Instructions
2006 - 2008 Dodge Ram Pickup 1500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - Mega Cab
2003 - 2012 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed
2006 - 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - excluding Mega Cab
2006 - 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - Mega Cab
2003 - 2012 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 - 8 Foot Bed
2003 - 2012 Dodge Ram Pickup 3500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed
2006 - 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup 3500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - excluding Mega Cab
2006 - 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup 3500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - Mega Cab
2003 - 2012 Dodge Ram Pickup 3500 - 8 Foot Bed
2010 - 2012 Ram 2500 6-1/2 Foot Bed
2010 - 2012 Ram 3500 6-1/2 Foot Bed
2010 - 2012 Ram 2500 8 Foot Bed
2010 - 2012 Ram 3500 8 Foot Bed
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Video of Hide-A-Goose Underbed Gooseneck Trailer Hitch with Custom Installation Kit - 30,000 lbs
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
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. :25
I pulled the exhaust out of the way a little bit so now I have more working room. Before we install the rails what you want to do is take some time and just thread the nuts on for a second and make sure they thread on. A lot of times they will powder coat the threads, and it is a real bear to get the nut installed and tightened down, so you might want to run a nut where it is easier to get to. All right we will sneak our rails in from underneath. The rails are identical, however you want to make sure that this rail here, the lower part with the bolt stays towards the back of the tail gate. Likewise with the part going on the other rail, this part has to face the cab so the hitch can fit inside. 1:24
And then the carriage bolts will simply into the square holes in the crossbar. We will take this bar and pull it straight to the back. We will install our front crossbar now. Drop our bolts in here. And we will just put them just like that for now. Then we will go ahead and put our side plates onto the cross bars next. All right this is a side plate we are going to install on the side of the frame, and you can tell it has a variety of holes in it and kind of looks like swiss cheese. What it is is this bolt hole here and here are going to be used for u-bolts that clamp on, and this hole here and this hole outside here is going to be used for the frame brackets themselves and there is another set of holes for the u-bolts also. All right, we will install our hardware on loosely because we still need to install one more bolt onto the frame. So I need to be able to move the bracket around a little bit. All right we will go ahead and start installing our hardware going from inside the frame and coming out of this hole on the bracket right here. We will take our bolt leader, put it through the hole, then work our way out this access hole here. There is one on the side that might be easier. Get the mud out of the way. Slide the block in first, then we will thread in our bolt, and pull the whole assembly through. 3:20
All right lets go ahead and install our hardware, conical tooth washer and the nut. And again we will just loosely thread those into place too. Okay we will go ahead and install our u-bolts next. This is the easy side here, and just line them up and push them into place. This is the passenger side we are looking at. Align with the bottom one, and then push that one out of the top. We will go ahead and install our hardware for the u-bolts, the conical tooth washer and the nut. Again we are going to leave everything loose for now. Now we will move over to the other side. All right we are going to install the u-bolt on the drivers side now, and the wire harness is going to be in the way as well as the brake line. We can not do anything with the brake line so we will have to warp the u-bolt behind it. So we will start by taking off the harness here, just moving out of our way. Slip our u-bolt here first, and that is why you leave the plates loose so you can slip your u-bolts in there. Once again we will go ahead and install the washers and nuts for the u-bolt. One neat little note here, you are able to pull these out without breaking the little plastic stubs, once you are done with it you can push it right back into place. We will go ahead and mark out the location for our hole that we will drill through the bed of the truck. There are two different dimensions for a long bed and short bed, so make sure you go by what is specified in the instructions. What we will do next is go ahead and just punch it, and then we will actually compare it from the bottom to the head assembly just to verify we have it in the right spot. We pound our mark right here in the bottom of the bed. It is offset towards the front rail which is good because if you check the instructions it will be offset to the front of the vehicle so we are in good shape there. Now lets go ahead and drill out our 1/ 4 inch hole and follow it up with the hole saw to make an opening for the hitch itself. 5:29
What we did was snug down the side brackets to the frame cross members themselves and the brackets are still loose on the frame. We tightened them enough to hold the cross members up at a right angle so it is easier to put up the head assembly. Once we have that loosely installed we can go ahead and loosen the brackets and make any adjustments that are necessary. All that remains now is to snug this up a little bit, center with the hole in the bed. Go ahead and take the ball, put it in loosely. Just go ahead and center the ball, you can probably push it with your foot or maybe take a rubber mallet and tap it over as you need. When you are satisfied with the way it is sitting we will go ahead and tighten the bolt that attaches the hitch to t he cross members and go from there. Go ahead and start snugging down all the bolts in the frame bracket, we will start with the bolts that go to the cross member and the frame bracket. Then we will go to the u-bolts, and both sides of the u-bolt. And then we will go ahead and torque everything down as specified in the instructions. Now that we have all our bolts torqued down we can install the handle, line up the holes and the cotter pin. Next we will mark and drill for the u-bolts themselves. What is going to happen is you want the u-bolts to sit inside the trough so when it is sitting down it fits in the low part of the corrugation. So, we feel over to one side, the closest to the hitch ball itself, you can see and fell the trough come down. See what I do with the u-bolt. So that is the part we want to go ahead and drill out. We are going to use a 1 /2 inch drill bit just to mark it. Go up to the 1 /4 inch bit, it will make a nice clean hole going back down with the 1/ 2 inch bit or 9/ 16ths if you need to. If you notice, one of the u-bolts has a shorter leg than the other, what that does is give it a little bit of extra clearance, to say for instance the gas tank was in the way or the exhaust like one this side is pretty close. We will actually just put the short one towards the exhaust to get more room. We will go ahead and install the springs, washers, and nuts from underneath. We are going to install our washer first, then the spring, and then the nut. We can only go so far because it is a lock nut, only two or three threads at the most. When you tighten them down you only want 2 to 3 nuts showing past the nut at all. Go ahead and put our exhaust hangers up now. That will finish the install of part number 9464-35 room Draw-Tite.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (239 Customer Reviews)
Remove the ball on this gooseneck hitch and store it upside down inside of the hitch to get full use of your truck bed when you're not towing. Wheel-well-accessible handle makes it easy to engage and disengage. Custom installation kit included.While initially I was frustrated with what was potentially going to be super slow shipping, the customer service at etrailer was fantastic. We ended up getting the hitch we ordered in a timely fashion and it came with easy to use instructions. The worst part was trying to cut the hole in the bed of the truck, but ended up working out fine. thank you etrailer! Excellent customer service. 553194
My son and I bought the Hide-a-Goose set up for his 2008 Dodge Ram 2500 Mega Cab. The shipping of the 111 lbs. packages (came in 2 boxes) was fast! Upon arrival, the instructions were right-on and easy to follow. We took our time and the installation went off without a hitch(pun intended!). We purchased the "no drilling required" kit and the only holes needed were through the truck bed. George kept us updated and we really appreciate the guys at etrailer. I highly recommend their products and would most definitely buy from etrailer again! Thanks guys! Leon W. 246677
It took me about a year to get around to putting it in... I didn't have to take out the exhaust like the video says. I have a 2012 short bed Cummins 4x4. Getting the bars in is fascinating. Everything is super heavy so you'll need help for sure. 564042
I have bought from etrailer for many years now. Many hitches from a 2005 Toyota highlander hitch and wiring, to a 2012 Chrysler town and country hitch and wiring, brake controller to my most recent one a 2008 dodge ram mega cab gooseneck hitch. Every part I have bought have fit without any modification. The YouTube videos are specially helpful. I've recieved my shipment a few days ago which was way faster then I expected. Today i woke up ready to install it, I read the instructions and watched the YouTube video went under my truck bed and started working on it. I did mess up on the hole for the ball but that was my oops. Very satisfied. 501465
Ordered the hide a ball gooseneck hitch I had it in 4 business days with the free shipping, and if that wasn't good enough I found a cheaper priced hitch on another site after I bought it, and etrailer refunded me the difference plus 5% and lowered the price online so that the customers are getting the best bang for the buck with hands down the best customer service I have encountered yet. As far as the hitch goes it comes with plenty of instructions and all the hardware and took a buddy and I 2 hours from start to finish to complete. Great product, great service 168992
Very please with the customer service and the hitch! I called etrailer.com to verify the hitch would fit my 2005 Dodge Ram 3500 dually, as I wasn't entirely sure the application was the same for a standard bed and a dually. Lindy was extremely helpful, and I was able to place my order with her right over the phone. The hitch arrived on time, and I was able to install it with no significant problems. I say 'significant problems', as the custom exhaust installed by the previous owner was in the way, but that's a problem with my truck, not the hitch. A recommendation: get a computer, or tablet, or phone, and use the video for installation. The video was (by far!) the best explanation on how to install the hitch. I used both the video and the written instructions, and occasionally the written instructions made me scratch my head. The video immediately cleared up any confusion. A word of caution, though, don't throw out the written instructions. They have the measuring distance for drilling the holes in the bed and the torque specs for the bolts. The whole installation took about four hours, from pulling the truck into the garage to putting everything away after installing the hitch. Most of that time was trying to maneuver around the non-standard exhaust, though. If my truck had the factory exhaust, I figure it would have been about two to two and a half hours for installation. The only tool I had to get was the correct size hole saw for drilling out the bed to install the ball. Everything else in the installation just requires basic hand tools and a decent socket set. Overall, it was an easy installation, and a great product. I would highly recommend this hitch, and will purchase it again if, or when, I get another truck. 504530
Great product at a great price! I measured out the 3.5" hole location as the directions said for a 8 ft bed on my 2010 Ram 3500 4X4 quad cab. I drilled the hole and deburred, Removed the rear fender well panels and proceded to slide the rails over the chasis. I had to bend the steel flange where the bed is put together during fabrication to have enough room to fit the rail between the bed and the chasis. This was only done on one side in one location. The rails slid right in and I continued on with the install. It was a little hard by myself but I managed. I did not have a lift and was lying on my back under the truck half the time. I did not have to remove my rear tires, raise the bed or remove exhaust to install. I did notice that I could have drilled the 3.5" hole about 3/8" to 1/4" less than the specified distance for perfect alignment on the chasis but all worked out well and it tows great! I'm very satisfied with my hitch and the experience with Etrailer, Thanks Etrailer! 182288
Great product, easy install l highly recommend it. Thanks 641432
Haven't used the product yet but have finished the installation myself. After opening the boxes and noticing that there were no sort of installation tools included I was disappointed and felt a little misled by the product description title considering it says "with custom installation kit" in the title. Besides that the installation went smoothly after I acquired the proper drill bits after discovering it actually did not come with what I would call a "custom installation kit". So, for everyone thinking about buying this you will need 5/16", 9/16", 1/4" drill bits and a 3.5" hole saw. 577433
Very happy with the item, easy install 563769
Received part of the hitch. Had to wait call 3 times to get the rest of the parts. Will see if all there lost the day I had set to do the hitch, so will let know when I have installed. 529654
The installation video on the website was extremely helpful. Went right in. I am sad though that it has MADE IN CHINA stamped all over it. Forgot to check that before I bought it. 518597
Works great and was easy to install. 508438
Fit just like it was designed to. Has worked perfectly to date. 504547
great product. very easy to install. took just under 2 hours to do in a driveway. I have had no issues with it at all and would recommend this hitch to anyone on a budget, because it does the same thing that the expensive brands can do asst an affordable price. 500048
Turned out great took a couple hours to install .The installation videos are very helpfull and went in just like they said 497792
easy to install. took my about 3 hours to install the hitch and some airbags on a lift. great functionality, easy use, little maintenance required. make sure you have the right size hole saw....i didnt...ended up using a die grinder and a cut off wheel. also...kind of hard to find a hole saw that size at 1am... 488287
Works great, allows me to use bed of pickup when not used for towing RV. Wonder why more people don't go this way instead of 5th wheel that uses up pickup bed. 485279
Still works great. Best part is that it is completely out of the way.
David M - 03/16/2019Draw-tite is the Most easy hitch to install!!!! I have had more expensive hitches on other trucks let me tell you Draw-Tite is just as good as the higher priced ones I have had ...I all so like to add. etrailer is a great place to deal with great prices. The people are very very easy to deal with and do everything thay can to make you happy.... They will get all my business for sure...!!!!!!!! 472665
I haven't installed the hitch yet, but the ordering was easy and delivery was very fast! 470944
Well packed to me and very easy to install. Recommend this product. 467017
All products performed as described. Installation video was one of the best feature. Price and delivery was best found anywhere. Video and personal service sealed the deal. 459094
Quality product. Easy install. Would buy again. 453824
I was very impressed with the quality of this hitch. I had it installed in just over one hour. Etrailer shipped the day I ordered and best of all paid the shipping. You can't go wrong with this company and its emploees. 451099
It's a really good pitch for me 441633
This was my first time installing a gooseneck hitch. I found the instruction to be very informative and simple. Had it together in no time. I would recommend this hitch to anyone 437373
I like this hide-a-gooseneck hitch. It was easy to install. The only draw back is it takes two people to set the ball. I would recommend this product. 428413
I havent installed this part yet but it looks like im missing a few bolts...... other than that its good thick metal and looks heavy duty. the box it came in was heavily damaged, maybe a bag of bolts slipped out i dont know, but every thing else seems to be ok........ 401486
all parts were in the box. despite heavy damage to box. parts fit on perfectly. and works great. NO issues so far
Daryl T - 07/09/2018Great product, easy install, works perfect and the price was excellent. All the parts and included hardware were accounted for and went together fine. 399834
the product worked just fine, installation directions where to a tee. nice work guys! 389513
Great product, easy installation, just don't like the cheap magnetic cover for the hitch. That's the only bad thing. 389450
Excellent, even with my 5" exhaust it fit no problem, an easy 2 hour install. Arrived quickly, great price, very sturdy, 370671
Fantastic product, installed easily, looks great in the truck and does everything I wanted it to. I preferred this hitch over the b & w. 368328
Easy to install and use looks great I'm very pleased with my draw tite hide a goose 359522
I have installed quite a few hitches in customers trucks. This hitch is very straight forward and easy to put in. You don't have to drill any holes, it's all bolt in. If you are familiar with installing these, one person and a helper can usually tackle this job in less than 2 hours. The hitch is well made and all the parts are powder coated, so rust is not an issue. The ball is hardened and chrome plated, and is very easy to remove and flip over if you need the room in the bed. To top it off Etrailer has the most reasonable prices I have found and always free shipping. I would recommend this product to another person. 352808
This was easily installed and fit my needs exactly. Easy to flip over for towing or to use the truck bed. It tows my fifth wheel trailer without any issues. This is a great product. 349006
Great
George P - 03/06/2018This product was delivered within days. Went in easy and it still working great. 348817
I haven't had the chance to use it a lot but I was very happy with etrailer.com. I got the the gooseneck hitch in a timely manner and installing it was fairly easy. 347808
Good product, exactly as described. There's was a fairly important detail missed in the install video, but I was able to get an answer from their technical dept in 30 minutes on a Sunday. Good customer service. 343820
Great product, solid with a stout design. Easy install with the help of their well put together instruction video. The hitch was delivered on time but the packaging was a little rough. After we opened the box we noticed the ball was missing. After contacting the folks at eTrailer, they sent out a replacement, no questions asked. I would recommend eTrailer and this product to anybody looking to install a new gooseneck hitch on their truck. 336741
Great hitch, strong hitch and simple in stall 329120
Great product for the price! I installed it in my truck within a few hours at home. fit perfectly and the day after I installed it I pulled over 15,000 pounds and pulled great! Great instructions, and good quality just wish I was made in the USA! 326734
As good as B
Phillip P - 12/20/2017Easy installation all though the instructions make it seem otherwise. Well built product comes with everything you need to get your gooseneck on the road. 325125
Pretty darn sweet. 306329
Im sure its great. I havent installed it. Deal fell through on goiseneck trailer
Joe - 10/17/2017The product is excellent!! couldn't be happier with the purchase!! Fast and friendly service and it was great to get a call to make sure verbally and first hand that the shipping address was correct!!! will definitely purchase from here again in the near future!!! 302916
I have used this same gooseneck hitch before and know that the quality of the item is great. The shipment and price through etrailer.com was definitely a 5 star they contacted me to check up with my shipment and the price was the best I could find. Very satisfied and will definitely be glad to do business with etrailer.com again in the future! 302393
after waiting two weeks for another on-line company to ship the hitch I order, then being told three more weeks for it to be shipped I cancelled order and reorder from etrailer and received it in three days, box was torn open but every thing was there. It did not take 90 minutes about 3 hours still not bad. Hitch looks good have to wait to try it 299571
Installed this by myself except for help to lift the ball hitch assembly into place and bolt it up. I did this in my garage with out a hoist or jack stands. I am 75 years old--you can do it too!! 291519
Hitch is outstanding unit and would highly recommend to all. Installation is 50% easer to install with a hydraulic left instead of crawling around on a floor creeper. There is no need to cut or remove anything on your truck except for the ball opening, just hard to muscle laying on your back. But guess what all gooseneck installations are this way. 284101
Very Easy Install my 2011 instructions said to remove bed bolts but the 2012 video said no need so I followed the 2012 video and did not remove bed or wheels just spare and rear pipe after cat/muffler. slid right in like 2012 and bolted right up. Good Product and E trailer videos and instructions make it very easy DIY. 283442
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