Truck too tall for 5th wheel

C-Bears wrote:

SCCamper wrote:
Hi all, new member here.

My Dad has a 2014 Dodge 2500 4x4 he would like to use to tow a 5th wheel. The issue is that the truck be is 60-61" high which I believe is 6-7" too tall for most fifth wheel campers.

Thanks

My F350 measures 58" from the ground to the top of the bed rails. I am surprised that a 3/4 ton Dodge would sit 2 - 3" higher, so does he have some type of lift kit or oversize tires on his truck?

If the Dodge is "jacked" or has some type of huge aftermarket tires then I would correct those issues. Otherwise, if the truck is generally stock then you probably don't have anything to worry about even if it is 61" high. As others have stated you can make adjustments to hitches or adjustments to pin boxes. Either way you are not going to be 6" or 7" too high for a 5th wheel, or at least nothing produced in the last 10 years.

I have a stock 2014 Ram 3500 ,and it sits 59.5 inches to the top of the tailgate, a little shorter then the op's 2500 . Stock tires rims etc etc

I own a 2008 Montana fifth wheel ,with the axles above the springs, my pin box is a high as it can go , and the hitch is as low as I dare go, and I am still around 3-4 inches too tall. There is nothing else I can do short of lowering the Stock truck or raising the fifth wheel more.

Maybe the newer fifth wheels will be okay, but my 7 year old fifth wheel is not.These new trucks are just too high in the rear. My previous truck with same fifth wheel was borderline high ( 1999 Superduty 350 )