Shorter pin box, dimension recommendations?
Picked up a new to us 2007 Kz Sportsmen 3551lx. I'm new to camping in general so there's a bit of a learning curve. As you can see the camper is a bit low on my stock height Ram. I'm thinki...
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Bobcat698 wrote:corvettekent wrote:
A shorter pin box will not shift any weight forward, you will need to move your hitch forward to shift the weight.
The hitch is full forward. If you move the whole camper forward this should also move weight forward as well.
I don't believe you will shift much if any weight forward to the front axle. Some have trimmed the rear of the pin box at a 45 degree angle to remedy the pin box scuffing the box rails.
My self I wouldn't want to go to a shorter pin box as I can now lower my tail gate and hitch up. Wouldn't be able to do that with a shorter pin box as then the tail gate would hit the trailer.
