Clearance Between Bed Rails and Fiver. Yikes!
I was about to place an order for a 2014 3500HD 4x4 Ram, but went to dealer's lot first to take some measurements. If I want to tow my fifth wheel level, it looks like I'm only going to have 2 inches...
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Hotel California wrote:john&bet wrote:
Two things not to forget is that the truck will settle about 2 inches or more when hooked up. Now you have 2 more inches than you thought would. Also if you raise the trailer don't exceed a height of 13'6".
The settling of the truck won't change the bed rail clearance, will it? It's a solid connection between the hitch and pin box so the fifth wheel and the truck should drop the same amount it seems. The settling would help the nose up attitude by those 2 inches though.
It means the nose of the fifth wheel will settle the same 2 inches as the truck settles. In turn, the nose of the fifth wheel will be 2 inches lower. In other words, the fifth wheel wont be level anymore, but tilting to the front.
To compensate, you can raise the hitch up 2 inches. I had the same thing happen on my chevy/Bighorn combo. It was more than 2 inches too. Without this compensation, I would have had a big issue on my clearances too.
