Leveling for Towing???
Hi, This is a followup to one of my previous posts. Just recently got my first 5th wheel. Dealer set it up pretty nose high despite claiming it was okay and telling me that it would level out with ...
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ebshingleton wrote:
over at blue dog RV they had no clue what to do with it. Is this the new problem? New trucks and 5th wheels not matching up when it comes to hieght
It happens with taller trucks. It's not a complex problem though it may seem like it at first. As I said earlier, pull the rig up onto wood blocks until it's level. At that point you can measure the bedrail clearance and the thickness of the wood blocks that you put have put under the RV tires. If the rail clearance is wrong you have to make changes in the pin height.
When the pin height changes you then have to change the rig height, for example if you moved the pin down to gain bed rail clearance you now have to put more wood under the rigs tires to compensate for that and make it level again.
When it's sitting there and the bed rail clearance is where you want it and you have put whatever amount of wood under the rig tires to make it level, that amount wood is how much you have to raise the fifth wheel. Sometimes it can be combination of a few small things.
In other cases it might be an axle flip which usually accomplishes about 5 to 6 in or another way is to add a subframe.
Then when you get done doing all that the stairs may be too high and the stabilizer too short. I went to extra-long stabilizers and a four-step torque lift step instead of a three-step.
