4X43500Ram

I put a 6" BDS lift kit on my new ram. Looking to buy a fifth wheel RV wondering if I would have any issues getting under the trailer to pull.

Lary Ellis (Top)

Not as long as you put a lift kit on the RV as well

4X43500Ram

So you think I will need to lift RV ? Engineers from BDS said I should be fine. But engineer setting in his seat and on the phone selling his product is another story.

4X43500Ram

RV has jacks on front end of it. So if I can turn when I'm under RV should be ok. My 3500 has air bags that I can lower truck. Just was wondering if someone that had a lifted truck has been in this situation?

BarryG

You want to tow the fifth wheel as level as possible. The current trucks are already fairly tall and many fifth wheels need to be raised some to tow level though it will depend on the make and model of the trailer. I cant hardly believe you will find a fifth wheel trailer that is going to be tall enough with a 6 inch lift on the truck. You will want a good 6+ inches of space between the top of the truck bed rails and the bottom of the trailer.

So I suspect some trailer mods are going to be in order. You wont know how much until you actually hook up the trailer and see. Options are flip the trailer axles, add a subframe, larger tires or combo of those options. Depending on the trailer the axles may already be flipped(or under the springs I know mine was that way new but previous one was not). The trailer subframe is probably the best way to do it and probably the only way to get it high enough for a truck with a 6 inch lift but again will depend on trailer. I need to raise mine a couple inches and checked into a subframe for mine and they quoted me 700 which seemed reasonable as I have heard prices quite a bit higher than that on some of the rv forums. However shopping for a new truck now and waiting until I get it.

Once the trailer is level or pretty close it should tow relatively ok obviously higher center of gravity, wind may catch it a bit more and that last step off the bottom step of the trailer is going to be a doosy but there are options for that as well

4X43500Ram

Thanks for some good feed back that's what I was looking for. I'm going to make a 8 hr trip to pick up this RV then find out I can't pull it. Thanks for your time and good feed back