Anyone towing 5ver with lifted truck?

ford truck guy wrote:
yea,, I had the big tires,,,, lifted truck.... had a blast..... traded all that in for my fiver....

lifted trucks and towing a fiver do not work... ever.... no matter what some may say

Hey now, I see plenty of 250/2500's with their headlights pointed at the sky bouncing along Hwy 10 to and from the Desert every weekend. So it must be ok.

That's how I know I am getting old. If I see a lifted diesel today, all I see is a ruined pickup. When I was younger, I would have had one.

yea,, I had the big tires,,,, lifted truck.... had a blast..... traded all that in for my fiver....

lifted trucks and towing a fiver do not work... ever.... no matter what some may say

One thing some people do is move the trailer axles below the leaf springs to gain extra height on the trailer. Obviously this requires a trailer with leaf springs instead of torsion axles. It also requires a trailer that has the axles over the leafs form the factory. Even doing this you will only gain 3 or 4 inches. If it's already a tall trailer this may put you past the legal height limit of 13' 6".
You could possible swap the regular truck bed for a FW hauler bed that wouldn't have the high sides. The advantage of this is you would gain additional storage in all the compartments on the bed. The downside is it probably won't lower the hitch much so you will still have a height problem, just not a bed side problem.
Do you know the details of the new springs (assuming the lift involves new springs)? I know one poster already assumed that it would be stiff; I wouldn't make that assumption. A good quality lift often actually has softer spring rates to improve ride and axle articulation as most lifted trucks aren't used for hauling heavy loads. If this is the case with your you may actually have less rear spring capacity then you did with the factory springs.
All in all I doubt it's worth the trouble to tow a FW with a truck lifted that much.

It's hard enough getting enough bed rail clearance AND tow elevel with a standard 4x4 truck

Lifted/big tires...........just stay with a travel trailer and forget 5th wheels
*Unless you remove the lift kit and go back to stock tires even then you will need to lower hitch/raise pin box and/or do a subframe lift on trailer if you REALLY,REALLY want a 5th wheel

Travel Trailer....upgrade that

I measured bed rail height on SRW 4X4 F350 at 60 1/2" and people make them work at that height. Fifth wheels are tall so people can stand in the front bedroom. If you did a frame lift of 4" on the trailer you would very well be over legal height plus all the other associated problems with the lift. I'm guessing your suspension is stiff so you can't rely on squat to give you some inches. I'm thinking after running the numbers and costs to mitigate height issues you will decide to go with a travel trailer.

65" plus 6" clearance would require a nearly 6 ft. high overhang. Maybe a custom built trailer. They do make dollies you could hook to your hitch and tow a fifth wheel.

I can see lots of sparks at night with the rear of a 5er dragging going down the road.
Many of us will still drag a little entering some fuel stops and that's with unlifted TV and level 5ers.

Just don't see a FW working for you! You would need the over hang to be at 6', to tow level. While many tow several inches nose high, three inches is about the limit IMO.

I see a TT in your future, if you plan to keep that truck!

Jerry

If anyone answers saying they did use a lifted truck, you don't want to take their advice about anything.

Measure yourself. In fact back the truck under the pin. The salesman wants to make a sale.