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I used a B&W Companion hitch for a number of years. I turned the arms around which moved the hitch back about 3.
If I remember correctly, that took somewhere around 100lbs. off the front axle. With the front axle weighting about 5K, that’s only moving about 2% of the weight off the front axle...
There is an important distinction to be made between gooseneck adapters that fasten to the pinbox, and gooseball conversion pinboxes like the Reese GooseBox and the Gen-Y. The adapters have been known to cause damage to pinboxes or trailer frames.
Actually, according to the tape measure, using alt height mode does give me more clearance. Not a lot more, measured 1/2”. But I’ll take whatever I can get.
I’ve got a GooseBox on my 5th wheel since ‘18 and pulled it about 30K miles. I’m pleased with the GooseBox. The problem with needing to release air to unhitch, is not a very common problem. I’ve hitched and unhitched dozens of times without any problems.
Lippert does not own Reese. Reese is owned by a totally different company. Lippert does have a marketing agreement with Reese to be the exclusive distributor of the GooseBox.
I have a Bakflip MX4 on my 2019 Ram 3500 cc sb. It has four sections and folded up against the rear window, only partly covers the bed camera. My guess is that a three section on a short bed would totally cover the camera and a four section on a long bed would also cover the camera.
I haven’t used the automatic feature for quite awhile, but as I recall, when in automatic mode the exhaust brake when coasting like down hill, the exhaust brake engages any time the vehicle speed gets up to the speed when you hit the brake pedal. It worked great on long down hill grades where...
I live in the same area as you. I never worry about using additive. The fuel suppliers in that part of the world do an excellent job of making sure that gelling won’t be an issue.