What gives you the most bang for your buck in terms of reducing the jerking on an open road pull ....a good hitch or good receiver if you can't buy both?Sorry for the confusion and I was out of town after I posted. I'm looking for a better ride from the chucking I get with the slider hitch on the truck and the factory pin box on the trailer. I don't need the slider capability anymore and was thinking of replacing it with a better hitch hoping that might get me a better ride. However, I'm now wondering if I would be better off replacing the standard rigid pin box on the trailer first, with a better one if I can't afford to replace both right now. I hope this is a better explanation.

Get your terminology straight and reask the question. Your question makes no sense.

You are talking about the truck hitch versus the trailer pin correct?Can't say about hitch, haven't changed one to try and reduce chucking. However, I can repost what I wrote several months ago.Our chucking has been bad. Then again, the roads up here are bad too. We had Lippert switch out our Trail-Air with the Trail-Air Tri-Glide (got a heck of a deal at the Coachmen Annual Rally). The ride home was much better. I was wanting to get, if it worked well, the new Flex-Air they are supposed to be coming out with. Delays after delays. Was told by a Lippert rep that the testing has not gone well with the Flex-Air. They are not happy with the results. I can recommend, so far, the Tri-Glide. I will never be one of those people that says "Oh, we don't even know it's back there", but it is better with one, than without, especially if you have the cruddy roads, that we do.Currently using a Reese 16k jaw hitch. Doesn't appear to have much slack, but who knows.

We are getting a pretty good ride with a Trailer Saver TS3 hitch (air ride) and a Demco Glide pin box. Of course the Mor/Ryde IS rubber in shear suspension on the trailer helps too.A less expensive way to go is with the Air Ride pin box and a standard rigid hitch in the truck.Winged One, you are luck that Lippert is testing the new Flex Air before releasing it. Ken

I too am guessing you mean an air ride hitch vs a shock absorbing pin box. I did not have much chucking to begin with, and a 5th Airborne air ride pin box eliminated almost all that I did have.

I like the TS-3 as well. I have it paired with the factory pin box, but I'm happy. My thought was the hitch will go with me if I upgrade the truck.

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Winged_One
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Sep 10, 2014
You are talking about the truck hitch versus the trailer pin correct?

Can't say about hitch, haven't changed one to try and reduce chucking. However, I can repost what I wrote several months ago.

Our chucking has been bad. Then again, the roads up here are bad too.

We had Lippert switch out our Trail-Air with the Trail-Air Tri-Glide (got a heck of a deal at the Coachmen Annual Rally). The ride home was much better.

I was wanting to get, if it worked well, the new Flex-Air they are supposed to be coming out with. Delays after delays. Was told by a Lippert rep that the testing has not gone well with the Flex-Air. They are not happy with the results.

I can recommend, so far, the Tri-Glide. I will never be one of those people that says "Oh, we don't even know it's back there", but it is better with one, than without, especially if you have the cruddy roads, that we do.

Currently using a Reese 16k jaw hitch. Doesn't appear to have much slack, but who knows.
Water-Bug
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Sep 10, 2014
Get your terminology straight and reask the question. Your question makes no sense.

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