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:If you measure a level trailer to ground and your truck to ground unloaded and find a certain difference the truck will be lower with load and trailer still level. Thus the clearance is more. To me trying to determine clearance by measuring a level trailer and an unloaded truck is going to give a false indication. I think this is what the op is trying to do. JMHO.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.
