Lifted truck for towing?
Towing a 5th Wheel with a lifted truck Which one of you guys has the lifted truck and wants to know if you can still tow a fifth wheel?
Forum Discussion
BenK wrote:
Ratings still the same...except...depending on what type of lift...the Z angle of the U-Joints may have increased
Meaning that they are being stressed more, are unable to transmit as much torque as before at certain portions of it's rotation...that they will wear out sooner
Depending on how and where driven...CG might be an important factor
If by ratings, you mean the sticker on the door frame doesn't change...sure but that sticker presumes a stock truck with not significant suspension changes. If there is an accident traced to the suspension modifications, don't expect that sticker to do anything for you.
But to claim the actual physical changes don't change the loading based on the assumptions of the engineers is just plain false. If it's a quality well designed, properly installed system, it might have minimal impact but without someone running the calculations and verifying that it was installed correctlly, you can't say it's the same.
