I bought an 07.5 New body style Chevy Duramax truck and it came with a 6" lift and 295 tires. Basically 35" tires. We are in the process of buying a 2014 Grand Reflection 303RLS and I'm worried about driving out 300 mikes to pick it up because my truck is lifted. My truck has the B&W turnover ball and the guy is giving us his B&W companion hitch out of his truck to go with the fifth wheel. Is it possible I'll get up there to buy this and my truck will be to high for the fifth wheel to work? Also should I put airbags on my truck? The guy that owned the truck before me took the airbags off that he had on.

The 2014 303 had several complaints on the Grand Design owner's forum about not being tall enough to use with non lifted trucks. In 2015, Grand Design modified the chassis to add a two inch lift to the rig. I don't believe you'll be able to tow anywhere near level with that combination unless you either bring the truck back to a stock condition, or add substantial lift to the trailer.Jim

I'd call the guy and ask him how high the sides of his pick-up box are and then measure yours. I think you'll have problems. You might have to dump the lift kit and tires or raise the 5th by putting a 4" or larger piece of tube stock between the spring hangers and the frame rail. And that's not going to help the weight of the 5ht any.Bill

Your going to have two major problems. The 6 inch lift if from springs could mean your truck basically will have too soft of a suspension to handle the load. Second 6 inches is the recomended minimuum recomended clearence between truck and trailer. So in essence you will have ZERO clearence. Likely making it impossible to hitch up, much less attempt to drive down the road with it.On top of all the other mistakes you have made, if this is a 2500HD and not a 3500 even in stock form, which it is not, you likely will be overloaded just a bare bones trailer.

How high is it from the ground to the top of tailgate? If more than 60"s, it will likely be a problem. Even at 60"s, you'll likely be nose high. If the truck squats 2-3"s from pin wt, that may help.Jerry

donn0128 wrote:Your going to have two major problems. The 6 inch lift if from springs could mean your truck basically will have too soft of a suspension to handle the load. Second 6 inches is the recomended minimuum recomended clearence between truck and trailer. So in essence you will have ZERO clearence. Likely making it impossible to hitch up, much less attempt to drive down the road with it.On top of all the other mistakes you have made, if this is a 2500HD and not a 3500 even in stock form, which it is not, you likely will be overloaded just a bare bones trailer.I'm overloaded towing a 10k lb trailer with a duramax 2500? The trailer itself shows a GVW or 9300lbs. Thought the Duramax was good to 17500lbs? No

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lacofdfireman

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Feb 22, 2017

Towing a fifth wheel with a 6" lift. Will I have issues?

I bought an 07.5 New body style Chevy Duramax truck and it came with a 6" lift and 295 tires. Basically 35" tires. We are in the process of buying a 2014 Grand Reflection 303RLS and I'm worried about driving out 300 mikes to pick it up because my truck is lifted. My truck has the B&W turnover ball and the guy is giving us his B&W companion hitch out of his truck to go with the fifth wheel. Is it possible I'll get up there to buy this and my truck will be to high for the fifth wheel to work? Also should I put airbags on my truck? The guy that owned the truck before me took the airbags off that he had on.

Trackrig
Explorer II
Feb 22, 2017
I'd call the guy and ask him how high the sides of his pick-up box are and then measure yours. I think you'll have problems. You might have to dump the lift kit and tires or raise the 5th by putting a 4" or larger piece of tube stock between the spring hangers and the frame rail. And that's not going to help the weight of the 5ht any.

Bill
TucsonJim
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Feb 22, 2017
The 2014 303 had several complaints on the Grand Design owner's forum about not being tall enough to use with non lifted trucks. In 2015, Grand Design modified the chassis to add a two inch lift to the rig. I don't believe you'll be able to tow anywhere near level with that combination unless you either bring the truck back to a stock condition, or add substantial lift to the trailer.

Jim

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