Lowering the Pin Box

I don't see what the L channel is doing anyway. I've never seen one with that on it. I would not worry about it, just move the box. I would clean it up the rust and give it a coat of paint also.

How level is the trailer now? Dropping the pin box will make the trailer about 2 more inches nose high.

Mine looks pretty much just like yours, angle braces and all, and it is mounted in the lower holes.

RCMAN46 wrote:
How level is the trailer now? Dropping the pin box will make the trailer about 2 more inches nose high.

The trailer sits pretty level, but I only have about 3-4 inches of clearance. I take it on some pretty nasty dirt roads and have on occasion had contact between the fiver and my truck bed. Got to get some more clearance

BB_TX wrote:
Mine looks pretty much just like yours, angle braces and all, and it is mounted in the lower holes.

Thanks BB,

I'm going to go ahead and move it down

raise the fifth wheel

BB_TX wrote:
Mine looks pretty much just like yours, angle braces and all, and it is mounted in the lower holes.

I just noticed my neighbors 2 year old Montana has the same angle braces. Must be the current design on the Lippert pin boxes.

Currently you have 6 bolts per side

IF you 'lower' pin box are you still going to have 6 bolts per side?

Any adjustment on hitch to 'raise' it?

Are you just going to lower it 1 bolt hole down, it will be fine, but 2 bolt holes down and olny using 3 bolts per side, hmmm I wouldn't do that

If lowering doesn't give you enough room I would look at an air assisted pin box. I ended up putting an extention that pushes mine back and up because even with my longbed the nose was making contact with my stacks. After looking at several other trailers I see that my pin box is set back further than any of the others. Oh well, just my luck..