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04-13-2014, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Taranwanderer
Yep, that's what I figured after looking at that adapter--it looks like it'll only work with the u-bolt style Companion. So it looks like I'll be yanking the knock-off ball out and having a real B&W turnover installed. They really look alike. Like, a lot alike. Fooled me.  |
Replacing the ball and it's mount will be cheaper and better so I agree with your approach.
Kind of a PIA right now but you will like it much better when done.
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04-13-2014, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Ford Idaho
Replacing the ball and it's mount will be cheaper and better so I agree with your approach.
Kind of a PIA right now but you will like it much better when done.
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Sorry man!
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04-13-2014, 09:32 AM
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Dealer installed 3500 companion literally 15 min before acceptance of our camper. (Dealer ordered for 800$!) I didn't inspect hitch then, or when I hooked up for 1st trip a week later. Experienced chucking on pull home, researched, and figured not enough wt on the pin. Less chucking on 1st camping trip, I put this off to Louisiana back roads!
Come Monday, decided to pull the hitch. Actually pulled base up 3" or so without loosening the draw down. Dealer installer missed the drawdown bar, just torquing the bolt to the frame only. I know, I started pulling a hay trailer @ 10yrs old. Pulled trailers all my life. But I trusted someone else. Never again!
Had a long talk with all involved @ dealership, but it was ultimately my fault.
Sign me embarrassed!!
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04-13-2014, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by D-maxx dave
Dealer installed 3500 companion literally 15 min before acceptance of our camper. (Dealer ordered for 800$!) I didn't inspect hitch then, or when I hooked up for 1st trip a week later. Experienced chucking on pull home, researched, and figured not enough wt on the pin. Less chucking on 1st camping trip, I put this off to Louisiana back roads!
Come Monday, decided to pull the hitch. Actually pulled base up 3" or so without loosening the draw down. Dealer installer missed the drawdown bar, just torquing the bolt to the frame only. I know, I started pulling a hay trailer @ 10yrs old. Pulled trailers all my life. But I trusted someone else. Never again!
Had a long talk with all involved @ dealership, but it was ultimately my fault.
Sign me embarrassed!!
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It is your fault because you did not stand there and babysit the grownup that installed your hitch, BAD CAMPER, BAD!!!
 
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04-13-2014, 12:31 PM
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Just wanted to be sure no one else does this! Could've posted in anonymous confessions, I guess! Lol!
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04-13-2014, 07:58 PM
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So my updated plan is to buy a B&W turnover online (Tweety's or eTrailer,) have them ship it to my Dodge dealer (where my truck is at the moment having some warranty issues addressed,) and have the dealer tech do it, on a lift--that's gotta be easier than me crawling around under there. But I am a little worried that they're gonna screw something up (ala D-Maxx,) so I'll have to look over it very carefully. It's just bolting a bunch of bolts through the frame, right?
Btw: Tweety's and eTrailer are EXACTLY the same price? Really? I smell collusion...
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04-14-2014, 01:38 AM
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I sincerely hope that the holes for both hitches line up or there will be a big hole on the bed. Or two holes.
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04-14-2014, 06:51 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by golfmedik
I sincerely hope that the holes for both hitches line up or there will be a big hole on the bed. Or two holes.
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Yeah, I've already resigned myself to the fact that the two holes probably won't line up and I'm going to end up with one big hole. I'll probably have to fabricate some kind of drop-in plate to go around the ball once it's all done to cover it up...
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04-14-2014, 10:00 AM
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Taran, dude! I didn't see your PM until today. I was actually fixing to go through my pictures to show you my hole.
This sucks!
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04-14-2014, 10:11 AM
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It does indeed sucketh, but it will all be fixed soon. The real deal has been ordered and is on the way to the dealer. I called my service guy this morning and told him he can have his tech start ripping that off-brand turnover ball outta my truck in prep for the name brand! 
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04-15-2014, 05:35 PM
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So, this is a little off-topic, but I figured I would share it, since we don't often get examples of good customer service. I was actually floored this morning when the service writer from my Dodge dealer called me to let me know that everything was completed on my truck, including removing the old turnover ball, and they were just waiting for the B&W turnover to arrive. Usually, when the writer calls your cell phone, it's bad news. So I was pleasantly surprised by the level of customer service at keeping me informed. Miracles do happen at times!
Hopefully Tweety's has my stuff shipped by now. C'mon UPS!
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04-15-2014, 06:38 PM
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I got my hitch the next day from tweetys, but im pretty close to thier texas warehouse.
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04-16-2014, 08:59 AM
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04-16-2014, 10:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ependydad
(you know- when I promptly forgot it was out and weeks later drove to storage without my hitch!)
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OMG, Doug--this made me laugh so hard, if I HAD been drinking chocolate milk, it would have shot out my nose. Thanks, I needed a good laugh through this annoying saga!
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04-16-2014, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Taranwanderer
OMG, Doug--this made me laugh so hard, if I HAD been drinking chocolate milk, it would have shot out my nose. Thanks, I needed a good laugh through this annoying saga!
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Yep. I have sort of gotten used to getting to the camper without keys. But arriving and pulling up to the camper to realize my HITCH wasn't in the truck... well, it's funny now.
Funnier yet- I like to have a spotter to watch my tailswing so that I don't nick my neighbor's camper. It's easier than jumping out a few times and going to look. So I called my wife and she drove there specially for spotting me while I pulled the camper out. So not only did I waste my time- she got the present too!
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04-17-2014, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ependydad
So not only did I waste my time- she got the present too!
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The gift of giving...true love
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04-17-2014, 10:55 AM
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The gift of giving...true love |
Love her dearly- she didn't get me any crap for it. The look of rage (at myself) must have scared it out of her.
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04-18-2014, 10:55 AM
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Love her dearly- she didn't get me any crap for it. The look of rage (at myself) must have scared it out of her. |
Funny how they can pic things like that up
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04-18-2014, 12:51 PM
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I was just looking at my hitch sitting in the garage last night. Realized it had been a year since I waxed it! I know, overkill but......
You could probably appreciate that one Doug!
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04-18-2014, 09:35 PM
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Well, it's in. The new turnover part anyway. Brought it home from the dealer today--they had some trouble installing it, had to drill some holes in the truck frame as they didn't all line up for some reason, and of course the hole in the bed had to be enlarged since the new ball and the old ball weren't exactly in the same place. But it's in, dammit. Now to find some time to finish the Companion install--family coming over tomorrow for Easter dinner and my house becomes a hotel. Maybe Sunday... 
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