Clearance Between Bed Rails and Fiver. Yikes!

glazier wrote:

Hotel California wrote:
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 of clearance between the bed rails and the underside of the fifth wheel nose.

Currently have a 10 year old GMC Duramax 2500HD 4x4 with plenty of clearance. The height of the new Ram bed is 2.5 inches greater than the Duramax and the depth of the bed is 2 inches greater. That puts the RV 4.5 inches closer to the bed rails if I keep the RV level!

I could raise the fiver hitch height and lower the pin box, but that's going to make the RV tow with the nose up and tail down.

Am I understanding and calculating this correctly?

I wonder if the OEM Fifth Wheel package, and the picture frame for the pucks will give you a couple of inches off the bed floor?

The pucks are flush with bed....BUT, the picture frame adapter sits higher than a regular rail kit...again, I had to lower my 5er hitch one notch, by time 5er was locked onto hitch, trucks rear end dropped a couple inches and 5er actually set more level than on the 10 and 12 model Ram 3500 dually's I had....clearance is a little over 5"