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    Level my toyhauler

    My new 5th wheel rides high in the front inlieu of the fact my 2019 F250 has a 4.5 inch lift on 37x20 inch tires. Is there something we can do to raise the trailor up so its level? Flipping the axles? Blocks?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne1962 View Post
    My new 5th wheel rides high in the front inlieu of the fact my 2019 F250 has a 4.5 inch lift on 37x20 inch tires. Is there something we can do to raise the trailor up so its level? Flipping the axles? Blocks?
    Thank you
    You are not gonna want to hear this:
    Raising the 5ver is not probably not a good idea. Overall height usually gets too high, causing bridge clearance problems.

    Additionally, the lift and big tires that make your TV look so tough, really weaken it as for as towing capacity goes.

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    You might want to reconsider stock height of truck. Your 320G is already at 13'5", but probably already sits higher than that while being nose high due to your truck lift. Legal height for trailers is between 13'6" and 14' depending on the state, but being higher than 13'6" could cause clearance issues in certain areas as stated by @huntindog .


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    Drop your truck.

    You are probably already over maximum height limit of 13' 6" by riding nose high. Don't make the whole trailer go over height.

    Using a lifted truck to tow a fifth wheel is not a good idea.
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