Air lift to 5th wheel with Mor-Ryde

Question

We have a 2003 Carriage Cameo. Our concrete driveway angles and has enough slope that I can't park it into the area we had put in just for that purpose without the rear hitch dragging. I have tried backing in trying a different angle but it still drags.

I tried those rear caster wheels that are made for this but due to the angle, only one wheel makes contact at a time, putting all the stress on the one wheel. Consequently, the wheel can't handle it and shattered.

Our 5er has Mor-Ryde suspension. Is it possible to add air lift or air shocks to raise the unit up when parking and then back down for normal travel and stationary use?

second_chance · Answer

There are several different flavors of MORryde suspension. Are you talking about the independent suspension or the CRE3000 or SRE4000 equalizer systems? If independent suspension (which we have), I don't see any way of adding air bags to the trailing link suspension geometry.

Rob

txgearhead · Answer

My driveway has a high angle slope from the street. We're on our third 5th wheel and I thought all of them would drag when we brought them home. But they just barely clear when backing at an angle. I was prepared with some 2x12 boards to put in the valley but havent needed them.
Before I spent money on modifying the suspension I would look at what you could do to temporarily reduce the depth of the valley between the street and driveway.

opnspaces · Answer

As suggested above, can you lay down a piece of 2x10 or 2x12 lumber under the tires to lift the trailer just enough to clear the hitch?

spd522 · Answer

I will try the boards but I am not sure they will stay put trying to drive up on them.

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