Pin Box Adjustment and Trailer Leveling???
My current setup has my trailer slightly nose-high. When I measure the clearance between my trailer and the bed rails I am right about 6 inches by the tailgate and the front of the trailer nose is ab...
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schlep1967 wrote:HRJOHN wrote:
Just move the Pin Box. Get a couple buddies over, Get a 15/16ths socket and adjust it up. The change each hole up approximately 2”. Take a look after you get it moved and see what you got. Really not that hard and fun with friends helping
You really don't need any buddy's. Remove your tailgate (makes it easier to work). Remove the nuts from the pinbox bolts. Hook the 5th wheel up to the truck. CHOCK THE TRAILER WHEELS. Adjust the trailer legs so the truck and trailer are at the same height and remove the bolts. Adjust the trailer height to realign with the new holes and put the bolts back in.
Work smarter not harder.
Work really smarter and far less harder.
No need to remove tailgate use as work surface, 5er parked and chocked. Now loosen all the bolts holding the pin box. The remove all except two in the front and two in the rear, these act as pivot points.
Now place some wood blocks on the tailgate to get near the level of the pin. now lower the front of the 5er until the pin just makes contact with the blocks. Then either remove the front OR rear set of bolts, then using the landing gear align the empty holes with the next set of higher holes. The holes are large enough that you can get the bolts back in. Once those are back in loosely then do the other set and raise or lower the gear to align.
This is how I did mine in about 30 minutes. Toughest part is getting the bolts/nuts loose in the first place. I was able to get an impact gun inside the pin box and work on the nuts, rather than trying from the bolt side.
