New Truck Too Tall to Tow

[powerscol]

Okay, just got back. Looks like 3" would do, although the front frame corners were 25" and the rears were 24". Looked much better than before...
And fyi, the rear jacks were 5" off the ground before driving up on the boards.

What is you bed rail clearance in the photo? Also have you put the full loaded pin weight in the truck yet to see how much the additional loaded squat will be.
Hope this helps - my guess when loaded you will want about 2".

[Grandesigner]

At least 7" clearance.
Full load next spring, maybe about 600lb more distributed with water.
I guess the trailer squats a bit also when loaded.
I was thinking since the front is still higher than the rear, maybe even another inch with tires later, if needed.
And if the rail clearance ends up closer to 8", maybe drop the hitch a notch.

[robmcqueen]

Okay, just got back. Looks like 3" would do, although the front frame corners were 25" and the rears were 24". Looked much better than before...
And fyi, the rear jacks were 5" off the ground before driving up on the boards.

That looks a lot better. Might want to just raise the trailer and be done with it.
https://www.trailerblocks.com/

[DougW9876]

At least 7" clearance.
Full load next spring, maybe about 600lb more distributed with water.
I guess the trailer squats a bit also when loaded.
I was thinking since the front is still higher than the rear, maybe even another inch with tires later, if needed.
And if the rail clearance ends up closer to 8", maybe drop the hitch a notch.

With 7” of rail clearance i would just drop the hitch an inch, load it up and go. If you have the trailer perfectly level before you have it fully loaded it will likely not be level when loaded, and it does not have to be perfectly level to tow good, that is what spring shackles are for.

[Grandesigner]

Not that it matters much, but I revised my measurements by 3" at the corners to account for the size of the measuring tape body...either way, the front was 1" higher than the rear.
Since the fresh water tank is aft of the axle mostly, and I have another 150lb hanging on the rear hitch receiver, I am concerned about handling in cross winds. I do think closer to level will do better than not...
Also, I did notice the rear tires wore more than the fronts with the old truck setup, which is less nose up than the new truck.

[J_Schulz]

I have run into this problem with a Solitude 2930RL and all I did was added leveling kit to the front of my truck and air bags. I talked to GD and they were no help but I spoke with Lippert and they advised me to increase my leaf springs by 1 size, 3500# to 4000#, and that helped some. I found a place in Canada, Simcoe Springs that makes a 2" lifting black with new u-bolts from simcoespring.com. I will be installing my blocks tomorrow and that should get me to level.

[Grandesigner]

Tried to lower the hitch, but confirmed it is as low as possible already.
Winter project to raise it up with blocks...

[Grandesigner]

I have run into this problem with a Solitude 2930RL and all I did was added leveling kit to the front of my truck and air bags. I talked to GD and they were no help but I spoke with Lippert and they advised me to increase my leaf springs by 1 size, 3500# to 4000#, and that helped some. I found a place in Canada, Simcoe Springs that makes a 2" lifting black with new u-bolts from simcoespring.com. I will be installing my blocks tomorrow and that should get me to level.

How did the install go?
https://simcoespring.com/products/ta...42270611341480
Pretty strange that we have to buy from Canada for these parts, none found locally...

[huntindog]

Tried to lower the hitch, but confirmed it is as low as possible already.
Winter project to raise it up with blocks...

I like the raising the coach approach, just be mindful of the overall hieght.

[rbolam]

A little late to the topic. We have a 2021 Ram 2500 4x4. While a different truck our bed height to top of rail is the same at 58". As you can see we have the same 5er. 260RD. I had the same issue and we were nose high, i lifted the trailer with 3" lift blocks between axle mount and springs. works perfectly we have 1000+ miles on the trailer and no issues or abnormal tire wear. I have 6" of bed rail to trailer clearance. While i built my own lift blocks, i was unaware of trailerblocks.com. or i would have just purchased them.