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Thread: Level 5th wheel when towing?
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10-01-2020, 08:04 AM #11
Well, your F450 is not the typical recreational tow vehicle. Certainly gaining in popularity though! To solve your issue, you could likely raise your 351 with blocks. The published height of the units is typically conservative. Do an actual measurement from the top of your forward AC shroud and see if you have room to work with. Also, I would bet that Sulastic has a solution to level out the rake and give you a better unladen ride. Now if you have even more money to burn (this is not an inexpensive lifestyle - LOL), MorRyde can setup your 351 with a custom IFS to the exacting height needed. I was just there on Tuesday and saw several GD's getting the treatment (and drooled over the Luxe units getting 10K axle IFS).Last edited by geotex1; 10-01-2020 at 08:13 AM.
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10-01-2020, 09:53 AM #12
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@Overtaxed that's so strange that you can only get 5" of rail clearance with your 450. On my 2019 F350 dually I have 6" easily with the B&W set on the highest setting, 18.5 inches I think it is. On the '20 F450 I had the exact same clearance, same hitch same trailer different truck. What made a nice improvement in clearance was switching to the MorRyde pin box. That moved me up to over 7 inches of clearance and the trailer tows level. What hitch and pin box are you using? You can see the rail clearance in this pic.
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10-01-2020, 10:30 AM #13
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I wondered about that as well. The ironic thing is the truck was leveled in the front, so raised about 2.5"....was riding crazy rough and discovered the original shocks were still in the front. Changed those out and really improved the ride and handling....and of course I'll have to undo all that if I lower the rear - will need to put the front back to stock and I suppose probably have to swap the shocks back out....hoping that is a measure of last resort.
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10-01-2020, 10:32 AM #14
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10-01-2020, 11:51 AM #15
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I have the Goosbox (20K) and the B/W high rise ball. So that could be some of it. Also, I'm measuring clearance from the back lip of my tailgate, I suspect measured from the side rails, I might have closer to 6. It's "enough", but it can get REAL close if anything is off kilter. Highways/roads are fine, it's really when you take it into a park or when I park it at home (which I've fixed, nothing like a little tractor time to level things off more) that it gets a little sweat inducing. I'd like to stop sweating and get another 1-2", but, sadly, the only way I can see to do that is raising the trailer. As others have suggested, I'm going to measure it hooked and see what my real height is. If I can add 2" without going over 13'6", I'll go down that route. I just don't want to stop sweating about the bed rails and then start sweating about the AC units because I'm over 13'6"!
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10-01-2020, 12:40 PM #16
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Yeah that's too much sweating lol.Well good luck, hope you get it figured out. I've thought hard about the goosebox as well but I think I'd loose too much turning ability, it drops pretty far down into the bed and I think it would hit the bed side on sharp turns. The 450's as you know like sharp turns and the MorRyde is almost flat and clears nicely.
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10-04-2020, 07:52 AM #17
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We have a similar problem with our 2017 F350 DRW 4X4 and Solitude 369RL The trailer is 3 inches high in the front and the rear of the trailer's hitch is hitting the rails of our Retrax retractable tonneau cover. After much research our solution is to lower our truck. Based on the Ford Forum, it looks to be a relatively simple process. Good luck to you.
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10-04-2020, 10:06 PM #19
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I joined the Reese Goosebox FB group to get some opinions from owners with this hitch. This picture (there was also a video on his Instagram account) would scare the crap out of me. He claims to have 9” of bed clearance when level and watching the video this is not much of a hill. He came close to the tailgate contacting the underside of the fifth wheel.
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10-04-2020, 10:31 PM #20
Hi-centering happens, and as the driver you need to be conscious of what conditions will cause it with your setup. In a case like this, one would not approach it perpendicular as this person has.
Instead, it should be surmounted at a minor angle and this would alleviate the high-center. At least the goose allows the pivot being on a ball. On a pin, the stress would be damage causing in a different way.Rob & Nikki + Cloverfield
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