height of rig

SSN609 wrote:

scrapperlila wrote:
My hubby just measured our Big Country's height. 13' 6". Thats pretty high in my book. What do you guys use to help navigate and stay away from low bridges? We certainly don't want to rip the air conditioner off.

I have the Big Country 3070RE which has the same height as yours of 13'3" according to the manufacturer spec. I make it under three 13'5" bridges around my house with the Curt hitch set at the highest setting.. Of course, there are several factors which can push your trailer higher (hitch, truck, tires, pin box, etc.). I'm assuming your trailer is sitting pretty level. If not, maybe you can do something to lower the front end a little (like hitch height). Since I can get under bridges marked 13'5" I think I'm ok, but now I'm curious and want to get out and measure it. Lots of good ideas here though. Good luck!

The spec sheets on fivers that give you the height is useless information. Mine is suppose to be 12'11". It is really 13' and a strong 4.5". So I set my Rand GPS height warning at 13'6". I slow down and use caution when I have to go under a 13'6" or 13'7" structure. What if they are an inch or so off on their measurement, or what if you run under that structure at 70 mph and there is a slight dip in the road that causes your fiver to bounce up a couple of inches? Goodbye front air conditioner!

I used a 6' level I picked up at Harbor Freight really cheap. Climbed up on my 10' step ladder next to the front air (with truck hooked up), stretched level across to top of front air. Measured down from there. The whole process took maybe 10 minutes.