RVK3300 with Ram Short box EDIT
Anyone use a RVK3300 with a Ford short box installing the support posts angling back 2"? Change of plans. Seriously looking at a Ram 3500 short box. Anyone have on of these hitches with a Ram? S
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Yup. That’s how I use mine. It buys you a little extra cab to trailer front clearance and seems to handle just fine. The difference between putting 3000 lbs of pin weight 2 inches behind the axle centre and two inches ahead of the rear axle centre is minimal. 2 inches in front puts 37.5 lbs of that 3000 on the front axle where as behind takes 37.5 lbs off the front axle. One way the rear axle carries 2963 lbs the other way it carries 3038 lbs.
Edit: the above assumes the pucks are centred over the rear axle but I think they might be about 2 inches ahead of Center to start with. So it still would make a difference of 75 lbs to the front axle one way vs the other but angled back would put the pin directly over the rear axle vs angled forward would put the pin 4 inches ahead of centre .... putting 75 lbs to the front.
Edit: the above assumes the pucks are centred over the rear axle but I think they might be about 2 inches ahead of Center to start with. So it still would make a difference of 75 lbs to the front axle one way vs the other but angled back would put the pin directly over the rear axle vs angled forward would put the pin 4 inches ahead of centre .... putting 75 lbs to the front.
