Getting right height or truck & hitch
Truck is a 2014 Ram 4X4 CC 6.5 bed - prospective 5th wheel is a Cougar Xlite but the question applies to pretty much any new brand. The bed rails and overall bed height on my Ram seem to be higher ...
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Another plus to a level fiver is when Walmarting for the evening you don't have to look for the correct slope in the parking lot to get level for the night.
My experience when I went from an F150 to an F350 and was very nose high, was to change from the now unneeded Sidewinder pin box to a MorRyde pin box for a 1" or more drop (installer forgot to measure) in the nose. I also had replaced the original MorRyde CRE 3000 equalizers with the Dexter EZ Flex and wet bolts which lowered my fiver about an inch, so I swapped the EZ Flex for new CRE 3000 and am now level. The towing is a lot smoother now due to the MorRyde cushioned pin box.
One caveat, don't go by looks which can be deceiving. I thought I was still a little nose high by the look of it, but a bubble level on the floor proved me wrong.
My experience when I went from an F150 to an F350 and was very nose high, was to change from the now unneeded Sidewinder pin box to a MorRyde pin box for a 1" or more drop (installer forgot to measure) in the nose. I also had replaced the original MorRyde CRE 3000 equalizers with the Dexter EZ Flex and wet bolts which lowered my fiver about an inch, so I swapped the EZ Flex for new CRE 3000 and am now level. The towing is a lot smoother now due to the MorRyde cushioned pin box.
One caveat, don't go by looks which can be deceiving. I thought I was still a little nose high by the look of it, but a bubble level on the floor proved me wrong.
