kingpin air suspension

[wincrasher]

Highly recommend the Tri-glide. You hardly know the 5ver is back there. Definately keeps your truck being pounded by the trailer on rough roads, which seem to be the norm on the eastern side of the country.

[Drew Waller]

We just picked up our new 2013 Raptor 332 which I had a Trailair Triglide put on before we brought it home, WOW, what a difference! I traded in a Raptor3612 which we loved, with no cushioned pin box. It was worth the money. This is not an AD, but little short fat guys like me don't like our bellies jiggled that much on a 1000 mile trip!

[michael]

If you want an easy way to find air leaks try a spray bottle with dish soap and water.
Works great on air bags fittings and air lines tires , rims and valve stems. The air leak causes the soapy water to bubble.

[X-Treme]

Originally Posted by webslave

My TrailAir with Tri Glide is no more difficult, in fact a little easier, to hitch than my old stock pin box. The odds that you are going to be "dead level" at every campground when you unhitch and pull away is almost nil. That being the case you have to raise and/or lower your rig to get it hitched back up. With a "rigid" pin box, that "window" is smaller than that with a moveable (air supported king pin) as that moveable king pin can move up several inches on its own. If it hits anywhere on the ramp you are good to go and it doesn't lift or jerk the trailer around when hitching...it just rides up the ramp, into the holder and latches. I find I don't have to be anywhere as "dead on" as I did with the stock pin box and coupled with the B&W Companion hitch head (moves in both axi), hitching is as easy as it gets. The plate is pretty level with the ground, it doesn't "hang" that much...what it does do is "compress" an inch or two when the weight of the trailer is lowered onto the hitch...my trailer used to tow slightly nose high, now with the TrailAir it is dead level due to the compression letting it "settle" on the air cushion.

Could NOT have said this any better. And cannot agree more.

[Drew Waller]

OK, now I can report back about the new Trailair Tri-glide. I've had a couple of trips now going 4-wheeling which are always taking me on rough roads. It was worth the money! Minimal chucking if any and I can see the up and motion through my rear window working on all the big bumps. It's great.

[rjsurfer]

I'm interested in the TrailAir Pin box and would like to know if it can be installed by a person and a half, me and my wife

I have all the tools including an impact socket.

And can you adjust it so that the ride height is not effected?

thanks

Ron W.

[tileman]

Originally Posted by rjsurfer

I'm interested in the TrailAir Pin box and would like to know if it can be installed by a person and a half, me and my wife

I have all the tools including an impact socket.

And can you adjust it so that the ride height is not effected?

thanks

Ron W.

Not saying it can not be done but the weight is a lot. Maybe around 200lbs
I have helped a few guys change them out not hard to do.

I just use my tractor and lift the bucket up to it then unbolt and lower.
Then just reinstall the new one.

This is the one we are saving up for.

[Jim W]

Originally Posted by rjsurfer

I'm interested in the TrailAir Pin box and would like to know if it can be installed by a person and a half, me and my wife

I have all the tools including an impact socket.

And can you adjust it so that the ride height is not effected?

thanks

Ron W.

Ron,

You can use the truck bed to hold up the un- assembled pieces using a bottle jack and two people such as your wife and yourself. Align the bolts with the bottle jack holding the lower portion of the pin-box in place then loosely tighten them now install the other components using the bottle jack as necessary. Then torque all hardware according to the manufacture instructions. One more point I replaced all of the mounting hardware since you are suppose to reuse the existing hardware with plated grade 8 hardware and harden flat washer no lock washer. Just my preference to use grade 8 hardware.

I have seen this done on other pin boxes during assembly and should work great this way for you and your wife.

Jim W.

[Drew Waller]

I worked up this plan when I was thinking about doing it myself by using my pickup bed. Block it up so it's kind of straight and level and let the trailer down to it on your truck. I would get it up as high as you can using the blocks. Be carefull. But then I got in a hurry and let Camping World do it for me. That decision probably saved my life!

[Quad]

I don't have king pin air ride. But I have gooseneck air ride, with the reese goosebox. I wouldn't change it for the world. Absolutely amazing ride!! Best pulling experience I've ever had. Like others say, with air ride you don't "feel" the trailer back there.