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ependydad
May 08, 2018Explorer
Wood chip wrote:
The trailer overhang at the bedroom area must be much different from trailer to trailer. I guess this would be the biggest of the reasons for tailgate clearance issues
I just upgraded trailers and I was really surprised at how close the tailgate comes to the basement compartment now. It's just a couple of inches. Before, with my old rig, I could come in at a lot of angles and the tailgate wouldn't touch. It was actually nice to be able to hitch and unhitch when not perfectly in-line.
I switched to the Andersen and have the same amount of clearance as the B&W. I turned the receiver/adapter around on the king pin to move the trailer back further. Now the pin box shroud touches the sides of my Retrax Pro bed cover. But the metal pin box itself doesn't touch. I'll trim the plastic shroud back and should be good.
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