Goosebox hitch installed
Hello all, I needed some extra room in my bed of the truck and wanted to do away with the Dodge factory Picture frame adapter and reese hitch to make a little room for my 60 gallon Fuel Cell / Toolbox...
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N-Trouble I disagree. Torque is what is applied to the frame of the trailer through the hitch assembly. The height or angle are not a function, only the length of the arm. The longer the arm the greater the forces applied to the trailer mount and thus the frame. You could say that the greater height is a result of a longer arm but we are back to the length of the arm is the force multiplier.
In the old style 5th wheel hitch the pin box was very short (compact)and carried the load very close to the trailers frame. When you added a gooseneck adaptor you raised the height or extended the arm's length (increased leverage). With the newer extended pin box, the frame is designed to deal with the stresses of a longer "lever arm". The Goose Box is very similar in length. Lippert in their testing found the vibration dampening system to produce stress similar or less that the original solid pin boxes.
From the Lippert Website "•Reduced stress on trailer system verified by independent lab testing"
Thanks for the discussion. Hope you have a great day.
In the old style 5th wheel hitch the pin box was very short (compact)and carried the load very close to the trailers frame. When you added a gooseneck adaptor you raised the height or extended the arm's length (increased leverage). With the newer extended pin box, the frame is designed to deal with the stresses of a longer "lever arm". The Goose Box is very similar in length. Lippert in their testing found the vibration dampening system to produce stress similar or less that the original solid pin boxes.
From the Lippert Website "•Reduced stress on trailer system verified by independent lab testing"
Thanks for the discussion. Hope you have a great day.
