Will the trailer hit the in bed tool box?
Hey guys got my maiden voyage tomorrow with the new (to me) trailer. I'm debating whether or not to take out the in bed tool box. I got a 6.5ft bed with an auto slider. And what seems like your standa...
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My 2 cents.
Your slider is most likely going to keep you from hitting the toolbox, just try some 90degree turns in a parking lot to test. Do it slow and easy and you can see the clearance that you have or don't have.
I have a slightly newer version of your same truck. For me the 5th wheel pin weight was something I had to manage. It would have been easy for me to buy a 5th wheel that was too heavy for my truck. There were two things I had to avoid.
First was no toolbox (I didn't want to give up the weight of the box much less what I might throw in it).
Second was a slider hitch (they were all just too heavy) but at 6.6ft that extra foot in my bed worked out ok when compared to the crew cab trucks that had a 5.5ft bed. For your 6.5ft bed you may be able to do as I did and use a Curt Extenda Ball which basically moves your in-bed gooseball 4" toward the tailgate and then the Andersen sits on top of that.
Your slider is most likely going to keep you from hitting the toolbox, just try some 90degree turns in a parking lot to test. Do it slow and easy and you can see the clearance that you have or don't have.
I have a slightly newer version of your same truck. For me the 5th wheel pin weight was something I had to manage. It would have been easy for me to buy a 5th wheel that was too heavy for my truck. There were two things I had to avoid.
First was no toolbox (I didn't want to give up the weight of the box much less what I might throw in it).
Second was a slider hitch (they were all just too heavy) but at 6.6ft that extra foot in my bed worked out ok when compared to the crew cab trucks that had a 5.5ft bed. For your 6.5ft bed you may be able to do as I did and use a Curt Extenda Ball which basically moves your in-bed gooseball 4" toward the tailgate and then the Andersen sits on top of that.
