Anyone towing 5ver with lifted truck?
Hi everyone. I am looking at upgrading my RV and I would like to look at 5th wheels. That said, my tow vehicle is a 2010 Chevy 2500 HD Diesel with a 6 inch Zone Control lift kit and 35 inch Nitt...
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KD4UPL wrote:
One thing some people do is move the trailer axles below the leaf springs to gain extra height on the trailer. Obviously this requires a trailer with leaf springs instead of torsion axles. It also requires a trailer that has the axles over the leafs form the factory. Even doing this you will only gain 3 or 4 inches. If it's already a tall trailer this may put you past the legal height limit of 13' 6".
You could possible swap the regular truck bed for a FW hauler bed that wouldn't have the high sides. The advantage of this is you would gain additional storage in all the compartments on the bed. The downside is it probably won't lower the hitch much so you will still have a height problem, just not a bed side problem.
Do you know the details of the new springs (assuming the lift involves new springs)? I know one poster already assumed that it would be stiff; I wouldn't make that assumption. A good quality lift often actually has softer spring rates to improve ride and axle articulation as most lifted trucks aren't used for hauling heavy loads. If this is the case with your you may actually have less rear spring capacity then you did with the factory springs.
All in all I doubt it's worth the trouble to tow a FW with a truck lifted that much.
I would say about 90% or more newer 5er have the axles mounted under the springs already.
