Newbie towing question
I recently purchased a gas 2019 F250 RWD to tow my 2018 Jayco 24.5 ckts fifth wheel. I am a newbie with heavy-duty trucks. And I have a question about steering with the fifth wheel hooked up. The two-...
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mkirsch wrote:
2" of squat is perfectly fine. You don't want the suspension so stiff that it does not move, or you will beat everything to pieces, including yourself, going down the road.
LOCATION OF THE PIN is the elephant in the room here. That pin hanging down from the hitch of the 5th wheel trailer. Its relationship to the rear axle (i.e. ahead of, directly over, or slightly behind) determines whether you add weight, don't affect the weight, or remove weight from the front wheels.
Hitch the truck and trailer, pull them straight. Where does the pin sit with regards to the rear axle?
Do you have a slider hitch? Are you leaving it in the rear position all the time?
Thanks! To answer your question, when hitched up the pin on my fiver sitting on the hitch is directly above the rear axle.
