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Herzog
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Jan 12, 2017

New 5th Wheel & New Truck - Running nose high - UGH!!

We recently purchased a 2016 Hideout 5th wheel (30 feet and 8000 pounds). Last summer I bought a 2016 Ram 2500 4x4 gas truck. We love both but when I hitched up to bring the RV home, it was running ab...
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Searching_Ut
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Jan 17, 2017
jimmyfred wrote:
..........WHY , can't you simply purchase some of those blocks\inserts they use on the rear axles of 3/4 , 1 ton trucks and get longer Ubolts and add them to the suspension ? , jf


Lifted trucks are common in my area, and I've seen more than one person do as you suggest only to learn that the lippert frame I-beams are not strong enough to support the side loads and get twisted due to the extra leverage applied to the shackles.

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