Morryde pinbox
Our Cougar 27RKS weighs less than 9000 pounds and the ride ts not real bad and I have found a Moryde pinbox for $455. Will the ride be that much better? This question has probably been asked and ans...
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We first installed a Lippert cushioned equalizer similar to the MORryde CRE3000. We never noticed any improvement in anything. Next we installed the MORryde pin box on our 9400 lb. fifth wheel, and it reduced the chucking by about half. Chucking in this case is the backwards jerk in the seat of the truck when the trailer hits a bump. Next we installed the MORryde SRE4000 equalizer. It requires lot of vertical travel (4” above the tire if I recall correctly) which many trailers will not have. In our case we needed to raise the trailer 2” to get it level so the extra 2” provided enough room. Oh my goodness--what a difference the 4000 system made! We no longer feel any chucking from the trailer 98% of the time. Items in the trailer move around way less. The microwave plate is in place part of the time after driving, which never happened before. I am convinced this will be a significant reduction of the trailer shaking to pieces over the long run. I will absolutely drive the next, new, trailer straight to MORryde to get a 4000 suspension system installed—it is that good.
Additional notes: Neither the suspension nor the pin box has reduced the jolt in the seat when the tow vehicle hits a bump in the road, but half the jerks are gone since we get none from the trailer. An air ride pin box or hitch in the bed of the truck might very well reduce the “truck hitting bumps” jerk since they would allow more vertical motion of the truck itself in relation to the trailer nose. We have not tried either of those. We had our work done at MORryde in Elkhart—they do excellent work, but the cost of the 2” rise was twice as much as the 4000 work itself. We had the X-factor bar that comes with the 4000 system installed along with a heavy duty wet bolt kit.
Additional notes: Neither the suspension nor the pin box has reduced the jolt in the seat when the tow vehicle hits a bump in the road, but half the jerks are gone since we get none from the trailer. An air ride pin box or hitch in the bed of the truck might very well reduce the “truck hitting bumps” jerk since they would allow more vertical motion of the truck itself in relation to the trailer nose. We have not tried either of those. We had our work done at MORryde in Elkhart—they do excellent work, but the cost of the 2” rise was twice as much as the 4000 work itself. We had the X-factor bar that comes with the 4000 system installed along with a heavy duty wet bolt kit.
