Ram 2021 3500 DRW Bed Height for 5th Wheel ?

Many 2 and 4wd trucks ride the same height in the rear especially the newer ones.

To get a lower bed rail height, do not get a rear wheel drive and not a 4x4 truck if you do not need 4x4.

Our 2012 rear wheel drive dually works great.

Ken

Something you guys can compare to. My 15 DRW with Factory Rear Air Ride in ALT position sets the truck nearly level with the rear about 1" high. That puts the top back corners of the bed 55" from the ground. This height is constant whether towing with a 6k pin or running solo.

Roger10378 wrote:
That's why I am still driving my 07. All the new trucks are to high for the older 5th wheels. I was all set to order new when I found that the rail heights are about the same as the overhang height of my 2005 Cardinal. I still haven't decided whether to fix up the old truck body wise or get a new truck and change to a flat bed. I am thinking of fixing the old as the wife is starting to complain about getting into the old so there is no way she would be happy getting up into the newer trucks.

For 15 years we pulled with an 05 Dodge 2500 two wheel drive. When my new F250 2WD came in I put a new B&W hitch in and guessed at the bolt hole settings. It actually came out about the same as the old truck!!
No height or clearance problems and the 5th wheel sit level. Just stay away from 4WD and you should be fine on new trucks.

That's why I am still driving my 07. All the new trucks are to high for the older 5th wheels. I was all set to order new when I found that the rail heights are about the same as the overhang height of my 2005 Cardinal. I still haven't decided whether to fix up the old truck body wise or get a new truck and change to a flat bed. I am thinking of fixing the old as the wife is starting to complain about getting into the old so there is no way she would be happy getting up into the newer trucks.

This is why I just ordered a 2021 F250 two wheel drive. 4 wD trucks are just too high to hitch up to some 5th wheel trailers. What's with this new mandate on 4WD trucks? They've had a race with the torque numbers of the diesel offerings and now a race to see who can build the tallest 4WD !!!!

We don't own a 2021, we have a 2015 but the box on the '15 is 2" deeper than the box was on our '06. That being said I had to raise the hitch to get my clearance (6") causing us to tow nose high even with the RAM set in "alt trailer height". On the '15 we have the factory rear air suspension. "ALT trailer height" setting lowers the truck by an inch but that wasn't enough, we ended up having the suspension on our Mobile Suites raised by 2". That took care of the nose high towing.

Good luck with your situation, you're probably going to have to do something similar to what we had to do to get level towing and still have the bed clearance that we're comfortable with.

Dan