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Originally Posted by turbo
HI all - appreciate your replies here! I just picked up a 2019 F350 SRW Diesel 4x4 and looking at swapping my old travel trailer for a 2019 Cougar 315RLS this weekend. I note that the height of the rear of the new truck (top of tailgate) is exactly 60" from the ground, which is 3-4 inches higher than my prior 2015 F150. How do 5th wheels accomodate the extra height of the larger tow vehicles? Will there still be about 6" clearance between the truck bed and the Cougar? Anyone have a similar combo that can share their experience? thanks in advance
Turbo
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Well it is 60" unloaded, there will be some squat once you place the weight of the pin on it.
Sometimes it is better top be lucky that smart (I did measure both before) the height difference between our old 2001 Ram 2500 4X4 and the new to us 2016 Ram 3500 DRW was about 1"
. Now the sidewall was about 1" or so taller, well we got a picture frame adapter for our hitch to use the puck system and the result was no change necessary. The tailgate height on the 3500 is 58".
This is a comparison of the 2001 to the 2016, same 2005 Keystone Sprinter Copper Canyon.
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