buylow12
Jan 14, 2016Explorer
Adjusting Height of Hitch?
I feel like my fifth wheel rides a bit uneven, further down at the front. I was wondering what is the best way to adjust that, should I raise the hitch or lower the pin? It seems like the first would be the easiest. I'm also worried that it will change the way it handles. I've been quite happy with it so far over the past 10k miles in the past 6 months or so.
The thing that really brought it to my attention was when I was doing some offroading to get to a boondocking spot with the whole rig. The road was fairly unlevel in one spot and the trailer ended up pushing against the rails of the truck bed. It didn't do any damage but much more of a lean and it would have. Adjusting it up would obviously provide more room between the trailer and the bed rails. I was also wondering, how far can these things lean before the go over on their side? I don't think it was more than 5 or 10 degrees but it still made me pucker up:E!
Tim Czarkowski
TotalTravelers.com
Here is a picture, I'm not sure if you can tell from this that it's front heavy but you can certainly see there isn't much room between the trailer and the rails.
![](http://totaltravelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wpid-wp-1428630467269.jpeg)
The thing that really brought it to my attention was when I was doing some offroading to get to a boondocking spot with the whole rig. The road was fairly unlevel in one spot and the trailer ended up pushing against the rails of the truck bed. It didn't do any damage but much more of a lean and it would have. Adjusting it up would obviously provide more room between the trailer and the bed rails. I was also wondering, how far can these things lean before the go over on their side? I don't think it was more than 5 or 10 degrees but it still made me pucker up:E!
Tim Czarkowski
TotalTravelers.com
Here is a picture, I'm not sure if you can tell from this that it's front heavy but you can certainly see there isn't much room between the trailer and the rails.
![](http://totaltravelers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wpid-wp-1428630467269.jpeg)