Bed rail clearance with 4wd pickup and fiver
I just bought a 2014 Excel 31IKE and hope to buy a 2013 Ram 3500 4wd dually mega cab short box diesel for towing (2nd choice: 2013 3500 HD Silverado diesel dually extended cab long box). (Am buying 4...
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I don't mean to rain on your parade, however the short box on the Dodge you are looking at should be called a "mini" box. It is really short. I know several fiver owners who tried it and found it to be too short to properly accommodate a fifth wheel trailer especially when making tight turns or backing.
Newer trailers may already have the axles mounted below the springs, so you may not have and adjustment there. I had to swap out the rear leaf spring brackets to lower the back of my truck two inches in order to lower the front of my fiver and still maintain the six inch clearance between the trailer and truck bed rails.
Newer trailers may already have the axles mounted below the springs, so you may not have and adjustment there. I had to swap out the rear leaf spring brackets to lower the back of my truck two inches in order to lower the front of my fiver and still maintain the six inch clearance between the trailer and truck bed rails.
