2014 Dodge Ram 3500 fifth wheel issues

Dutch & Di wrote:
NC, did you run into any problems with the height of the hitch being an issue with the height of the Ram's bed rails? I've heard they're higher on the Rams, but I'm not sure. I also have a 20K Reese (not sure what model) that I really like, so keeping it and saving the money would be a plus. On top of that, it's only a couple of years old.

We had to have our 5th wheel raised by using different bolt holes in our Mor Ryde suspension. We also lowered our pin box to gain more clearance. Hate to think what we would have had to do if we had a 4 x 4 and a crew cab which is higher yet. We wanted the single cab and 2 wheel drive like we had before. We almost hit our bed rails twice until we could get to Vegas and have the work done.
We now have almost 7 inches of clearance. Hugs, Di

I've owned a 2010, 2012 and now the 2014 Ram dually in my sig...thus far, this one is the highest from the ground to the top of the tailgate rim....All 4 wheel drive dually's. Don't know why these manufacturers want to build these trucks taller with each year.:h

The picture frame adapter, be it a Reese or a Mopar ,(they're identical), is taller than the regular rails that set in the trucks bed....I was fortunate to some extent, I LOWERED my Reese hitch ONE notch and have just a tad over 5 inches of clearance between the 5er and my trucks bed rails. BUT, some of the differences could be in the manufacturer of our 5er's. Mine might have already been a little higher off the ground than yours.

My 5er is almost 8 yrs old and I'm doing some revamping on it..going from 3500# spring packs to 4000# spring packs (couple of springs looking weak and thought I'd go with more robust springs)..not planning on loading it any heavier (still have 7,000# axles, just wanted to make it "better"....with this and a few other things, I will probably pick up about another inch or so in height on my 5er..BUT, I've been over the several steep places that I have to transverse to get where we need to go, (one backing up my driveway and leveling off to park and the other is going to our camp), so far I've had enough clearance, but again, will end up with at least another inch of bed clearance with new upgrades on 5er.

I knew that Reese also had an issue with getting enough of their picture frame adapters on the market, but I also know that the Mopar had actually become easier to get, (at least in the last couple of months)...bummer is, Mopar charges $200 more than Reese :M Did you try to get the adapter from Mopar, or were they also out of the adapter?

I like the idea of a couple of the manufacturers coming out with hitches where the legs will fit into the Ram's 5er/GN prep package, BUT, "I" already had a hitch and didn't really want to get rid of it, so the reason I waited out the adapter

hope this helped.

RVBlade,
Believe most of the above should have answered your questions also. You, like me, wanted to keep my hitch, so can't blame you for that....thus the reason I waited for the adapter, (though quite mad about it).

Jim