kenny thomas
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Let us know how that works for you.I may try that with my wife.
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TNtrout23
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I have a 19' f250 FX4. The trailer is a 91 W&W 16'. I had to lower the couple on the trailer for me to get 5.5-6" of clearance from my tailgate/bed rails to the gooseneck frame. When I did that it made it so jacked up on the front end unlevel it made the front axle tires of the trailer be off the ground. It has 205/75/15s on the trailer and I was curious if I could put 235s on it to jack the whole trailer up allowing me to drop the coupler enough to carry weight on the front axle as well? If I can't figure anything out I'm gonna end up trading it and taking a loss on it which sucks. The trailer also doesn't have springs where I could axle flip it and put blocks under it.
TNtrout23
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I'm in south Pittsburg. About any direction for me is an hour so I figured I would drive an extra 15-20 miles to a better market.
kenny thomas
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I totally agree with a short drive sometimes being worth a lot.
Does the truck have off-road suspension? You could put taller tires on the trailer, and maybe put shorter tires on the truck? How far off the ground are the from trailer tires now?
TNtrout23
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It's the fx4 package so I'm pretty sure it's a suspension package. No lift kits or anything with factory size tires. On perfect level ground I would say 1.5-2" off the ground.
Bob Kinford
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Wives don't understand as well as animals. My dog beelines to the truck at the phrase "Get in the truck bitch." I don't even finish the sentence and my wife's mad at me....I may try that with my wife.
I think you are close to @coachg
Hogfarmer10
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I'm in a similar situation with my trailer. I had to have a longer coupler put on my trailer because the new truck is so much taller and the bed is deeper. Before the new coupler, there was only about 1 3/4" between the bottom of the trailer neck and top of bed rail. Now I drag the back of my trailer on everything. Mine has 15" tires too. No way on mine to swap to bigger tires without swapping axles, rims, tires, and fenders.
GoWyo
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Thinking way out of the box maybe a heavy single axle where the rear one is and 16" inch rims and run it as a single axle GN. Probably easier to just trade it
Or put a flat bed on it!
coachg
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He is 35-45 minutes
TNtrout23
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Yea probably 45-55 since I'm at the foot of monteagle. I've worked with several people from up on the mountain
TNtrout23
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Hard to do that to a 75k truck though. I did think about buying an older truck but that's just something else to be in the yard and insurance to pay onOr put a flat bed on it!
TNtrout23
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I've thought about everything possible. I did t get any bites on it on Facebook market place so I'll probably just trade it in tomorrow. He has a decently price one but the steel runner that the wood floor bolts to needs replaced and I've never done that so idk
TNtrout23
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Yep. I wouldn't have ever thought about the newer trucks being that much taller and beds deeper but I guess it's a lesson learnt.
kenny thomas
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I have noticed how high the beds on the new trucks are even if standard. One reason i keep my old flatbed truck.
coachg
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True , you close to the log cabin place ?
The FX4 Fords are tall. I don't think swapping tires around will get you where you want. You are likely only talking an inch or two movement.
With 6 cows you might look at a nice bumper pull so you don't have to worry about the truck height. They have some nice 16' and 6.6' ones that pull great.
With 6 cows you might look at a nice bumper pull so you don't have to worry about the truck height. They have some nice 16' and 6.6' ones that pull great.
