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<blockquote data-quote="sweeney" data-source="post: 185313" data-attributes="member: 453"><p>Here's the thing talking from experience of moving hitch height, king pin, and boat height. If your camper is riding high in the front and low in the back you probably don't have your weight distributed correctly on your camper axles. Beings you don't seem to tow a long ways often you probably haven't seen what this does to tires, bearings, brakes, and the overall towability of your rig. You need to level out the camper first, flip your camper axles to raise overall ride height if you haven't already, maybe even bigger tires, next move your hitch height and/or your king pin height in order to get the weight distributed across both camper axles more evenly, and of course do all that without hitting your boxrails. You don't need an extreme amount of clearance between your camper and box rails. Maybe take a picture of your whole rig loaded up on flat ground, so we can see what it looks like. Unless your boat always sways even when its just on the truck, just moving your boat hitch is like putting a band-aid on your broken arm. Is your boat trailer tandem or single axle because that will make a difference too. Does your rig set up look like any of these or is the nose of the camper way higher?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiAg_jRzqXWAhUB7IMKHbNtDTYQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Frvingiseasyatlerchrv.com%2F2012%2F05%2F03%2Ftriple-towing-legal-or-not-in-your-state%2F&psig=AFQjCNEZYw7zVFjzOteQXXaAewif8NbgNA&ust=1505510725401699" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attachments/main-crappie-fishing-forum/33188d1256427164-pulling-5th-wheel-boat-100_0313.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjewND9zqXWAhWjx4MKHVy0AVcQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wakeworld.com%2Fforum%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D778158&psig=AFQjCNEZYw7zVFjzOteQXXaAewif8NbgNA&ust=1505510725401699" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wakeworld.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1690&stc=1&d=1270241023" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p>I'd just hate to see the whole rig end up taking someone or your self out traveling down the road when you know there is a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sweeney, post: 185313, member: 453"] Here's the thing talking from experience of moving hitch height, king pin, and boat height. If your camper is riding high in the front and low in the back you probably don't have your weight distributed correctly on your camper axles. Beings you don't seem to tow a long ways often you probably haven't seen what this does to tires, bearings, brakes, and the overall towability of your rig. You need to level out the camper first, flip your camper axles to raise overall ride height if you haven't already, maybe even bigger tires, next move your hitch height and/or your king pin height in order to get the weight distributed across both camper axles more evenly, and of course do all that without hitting your boxrails. You don't need an extreme amount of clearance between your camper and box rails. Maybe take a picture of your whole rig loaded up on flat ground, so we can see what it looks like. Unless your boat always sways even when its just on the truck, just moving your boat hitch is like putting a band-aid on your broken arm. Is your boat trailer tandem or single axle because that will make a difference too. Does your rig set up look like any of these or is the nose of the camper way higher? [URL="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiAg_jRzqXWAhUB7IMKHbNtDTYQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Frvingiseasyatlerchrv.com%2F2012%2F05%2F03%2Ftriple-towing-legal-or-not-in-your-state%2F&psig=AFQjCNEZYw7zVFjzOteQXXaAewif8NbgNA&ust=1505510725401699"][IMG]http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attachments/main-crappie-fishing-forum/33188d1256427164-pulling-5th-wheel-boat-100_0313.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjewND9zqXWAhWjx4MKHVy0AVcQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wakeworld.com%2Fforum%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D778158&psig=AFQjCNEZYw7zVFjzOteQXXaAewif8NbgNA&ust=1505510725401699"][IMG]http://www.wakeworld.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1690&stc=1&d=1270241023[/IMG][/URL] [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] I'd just hate to see the whole rig end up taking someone or your self out traveling down the road when you know there is a problem. [/QUOTE]
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