Before you pick a fifth wheel hitch, you have to know how it attaches to your truck. There are four main ways to mount a PullRite hitch, and the right one depends on your truck, your bed length, and whether you want a clean, open bed when you're done towing. Here's how each system works and which hitches go with it.
OE Puck Mounting Systems
OE stands for original equipment, meaning the towing hard points come from the factory built into the truck. These underbed puck systems have grown fast in popularity, and it's easy to see why. You get one of the most wanted features in towing: a clean, flat bed when you're not pulling a trailer. OE puck systems come on 3/4 and 1 ton trucks only.
The heart of an OE puck system is the set of mounting posts that drop into the factory hard points, called pucks. You install the hitch by setting the fixed base feet into the pucks and turning the handle to lock everything in place.
Most other brands fix their mounting posts permanently to the hitch base, which brings real drawbacks. PullRite solved that with completely removable, custom-designed OE mounting posts. That's one reason our OE Series hitches stand apart from the rest.
PullRite SuperGlide is the only fully automatic, sliding hitch built for an OE puck system. If short bed towing is in your future, a SuperGlide is worth a close look.
Hitches that work with an OE puck system
- OEX Series Super 5th and SuperLite: #4700 and #4715 for Ford, #4800 and #4815 for Ram, #4900 and #4915 for GM.
- OE Puck Series SuperGlide: #2714, #2715, #2914, #2915, #2315.
- OE Puck Series Super 5th: #1300, #1400, #1500, #1600, #1800.
- ISR Series Super 5th: #1900, #2100, #2200.
- ISR Series SuperGlide: #2700, #2900, #2300.
- ISR Series SuperLite: #2400, when used with OE Series Rail Adapters #4439, #4442, #4444 and #4452.
You can also turn a puck system into a Single Point setup. The #4437 OE Series Gooseneck Ball mounts in the center hole, which then lets you run the #2600 and #3900 hitches. Another brand's OE ball works in that center hole too.
ISR Series (Industry Standard Rails)
ISR stands for Industry Standard Rails. Of all the rail systems ever built, this one became so common that the whole industry now treats it as the standard. The rails are slotted across the top to accept the tabbed, or spade, feet of a hitch base.
Every PullRite ISR Series hitch goes onto these rails with pins and clips. Four easy steps to install or remove, and no tools needed. ISR mounting works with 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton trucks.
The rails bolt through the truck bed into mounting brackets that attach to the frame just under the bed. Once installed, the rails are meant to stay in the bed even after you pull the hitch out. Our ISR systems come in standard models rated 16K to 20K GTW (gross trailer weight) and a heavy-duty model rated 24K GTW, with universal or custom mounting kits.
Because ISR rails are so common, there's a good chance your truck already has them. If so, any of our ISR hitches drop right onto your existing rails. You can also upgrade the rails and the hitch together. All PullRite ISR rail systems and frame brackets are custom-designed for your exact make and model, and most install with no drilling of the frame.
Hitches that work with ISR Series rails
- ISR Series Super 5th: #1900, #2100, #2200.
- ISR Series SuperGlide: #2700, #2900, #2300, #3200.
- ISR Series SuperLite: #2400.
- ISRX Series: #4600 Super 5th and #4615 SuperLite.
ISR SuperRail Mounting Systems
This is the system to choose when a clean bed matters to you. It uses our patented, fully removable ISR SuperRails, which attach to mounting posts set into custom frame brackets beneath the bed. PullRite ISR SuperRails are industry standard rails made of tubing, so they work with any ISR Series PullRite hitch and any other industry standard hitch that uses tabbed or spade base feet.
Taking it all out is simple. Pull the hitch from the bed, then remove the SuperRails by pulling four pins and clips. The mounting posts come out with a quarter turn and lift straight out of the frame brackets. What's left is a completely clean bed, and you did it with no tools. We call this Clean Bed Technology, and it comes with every SuperRail mounting system.
ISR SuperRail systems are available for all ISR Series SuperGlide, SuperLite and Super 5th fifth wheel hitches. As with our other rail systems, the frame brackets are custom-designed for your make and model, and most install with no drilling of the frame.
Hitches that work with ISR SuperRails
- ISR Series Super 5th: #1900, #2100, #2200.
- ISR Series SuperGlide: #2700, #2900, #2300.
- ISR Series SuperLite: #2400.
- ISR Series SuperGlide #3200: mounts to this rail type. See Super Short Bed Trucks below.
Super Short Bed Trucks
Got a super short bed 1/2 ton truck and still want Clean Bed Technology? We have two answers.
The #3100 SuperGlide was built specifically for super short beds, meaning beds shorter than 6-1/2 feet. It's sold only with our exclusive, fully removable SuperRail mounting system. The mounting brackets and rails are custom-designed for your vehicle and are specific only to the #3100.
The newer option is the #3200 ISR Series SuperGlide. It mounts to an industry standard rail, or you can step up to PullRite's stronger, high-grade steel ISR Series rail system. The #3200 also has built-in wheels that make loading and unloading easy. Loosen the Bed Saver Knobs, flip the Bed Saver Foot up to expose the wheels, and roll it out of the bed.
Single Point (1P) Mounting Systems
Single point hitches are built to tow gooseneck trailers and mount to one spot: a standard 2-5/16\" ball. You'll find them as aftermarket products or factory-installed as original equipment.
Gooseneck towing has two real drawbacks. You can't see the ball while you hitch up, and if you also own a fifth wheel trailer, there's no easy way to tow both with the same truck. Other brands tried to bridge the gap with fifth wheel hitches that clamp onto the gooseneck ball and add a plate for fifth wheel towing. The catch is you have to install and remove that hitch every time you switch trailer types. We built better options.
Hitches that work with a single point system
- #2600 SuperLite and #3900 Single Point Super 5th.
The #4437 OE Series Gooseneck Ball can be installed in the center mount hole of an aftermarket underbed gooseneck system, which lets you run the #2600 and #3900 hitches above.