Short bed with wide body 5th wheel?
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Some have to turn it the other way around to have enough clearance for the pin box sticking down to clear the bed rails when turning. The factory GN ball is over the rear axle. The AUH ball is 9" back and the coupler can be turned either way to give you extra clearance for the cab or turned around to give you extra clearance for the bed rails...depends on the truck bed length and the height of the bed rails relative to the pin box sticking down when running the trailer level. Need 6-8" of bed rail clearance but with the truck beds being so deep now days that is hard to do and still keep the trailer from running nose high.
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Either way Happy Hunting! .... yes I always wanted to play internet weight policeman!
2018 Ram 3500 Specs
CREWCAB LONG BOX, 4X4, SRW
6.7L CUMMINS DIESEL (HO) 12,300 4,320 25,300
CREWCAB SHORT BOX, 4X4, SRW
6.7L CUMMINS DIESEL (HO) 11,500 4,000 25,300
I know, I know... it's an Eagle! BUT... pin is 2100 AND it's got the large bathroom. (No I'm not a salesman... I'm the police remember.)
#22
Last thought Reese gooseBox Pin? Zero hitch weight! But not sure on a short bed?
#23
Well, these specs are real close to what my Raptor’s are. I started pulling it with a CCSB SRW equipped with B&W turnover ball and companion hitch. I had the hitch set up so the trailer was as far back as possible, and YES, the 102” wide body would definitely hit when turning too tight.......ask me how I know.I was lucky and only marred the paint a bit. And no, mine truck was not a ‘17+; it was an ‘11.
And before you go any further with this, I would advise to, if there is ANY way possibe, to get the rig weighed to get the ACTUAL weights before buying!!
Ask me how I know this, also. The “dry” weight listed likely does not include batteries, generator, propane bottles, etc. Then when you add your gear, the pin weight could very easily be close to 1000 lb more than this listed weight. My first long trip with the SRW, I smoked a set of rear tires in 3000 miles. All this weight stuff is just FYI. I see people pulling big 5ers with SRW’s all the time.
And before you go any further with this, I would advise to, if there is ANY way possibe, to get the rig weighed to get the ACTUAL weights before buying!!
Ask me how I know this, also. The “dry” weight listed likely does not include batteries, generator, propane bottles, etc. Then when you add your gear, the pin weight could very easily be close to 1000 lb more than this listed weight. My first long trip with the SRW, I smoked a set of rear tires in 3000 miles. All this weight stuff is just FYI. I see people pulling big 5ers with SRW’s all the time.
#24
Looks close what we are going to tow. Couple of questions if you don't mind...Do you know how much room you have between the cab and cap while turning? Do you have the connection coupler turned towards the front like "normal" or turned around to give you extra clearance of the pin box to bed rail?
#25
2017+ srw short bed trucks have an extra 3/4 foot in the bed between the back of the cab and the rear axle for what it’s worth I’ve never needed to engage my slider .. in two years many trips .. wish I’d spent the extra money on a lighter hitch instead I have a 26k husky with manual slide
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