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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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Herzog
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Jan 19, 2017
garyp4951 wrote:
I would never lower the stock suspension of a new truck, and would just install a subframe on the rv.


I certainly agree....the vehicle design engineers know a lot more about driving/towing/hauling that I do....

Having said that, I think I am going to use blocks between the axles and the springs on the 5th wheel....I thinks it's the easiest and safest way to raise the darn thing....

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