5th Wheel Plate Risers with pics

KajunTankerYanker, how high did you ultimately raise your 5th wheel? I haul cryo and I have a Volvo from the northwest...set-up to haul flatbeds I'm sure.

 

You don't have an 8" drop axle.

 

These risers look too complicated and are way overpriced. Why not use a rectangular tube with 1/2" walls? Or how about a H beam all 1/2" thick? Just thinking of K.I.S.S.

 

I have a stationary (not slider) 5th wheel. The riser plate at the bottom (where it bolts to the angle iron bolted to the frame) is about 18" front to back. I used 3" × 6" rectangular tubing that's about 22" long. Wall thickness is 3/8". Bought the frame bolts (shouldered) from Fastenall for about $40. If not actual frame bolts, they MUST be grade 8. No wiggle room on that. Drilled the appropriate spaced holes, 5 on each tube. And, presto, my 5th wheel sits right at 51". Perfect.

I do have tall 22" tires, so my riser extensions didn't need to be more than 3" tall.

 

This is my set up
work as a substitute of double frame insert + a bridge

 

Is it MAN F2000?

 

Yes Pablo. The best ever F2000 & Volvo F12

They can take abuse for years

here is a guy with 90 tons steel load( they make in one week more than I do in a month this way) And to avoid cops and scale station ,they go off road

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My friend has MAN F2000 with N14 500 hp and autoshift... But really we converted it to manual tranny becouse faulty shift motors.

Cool truck, but some wiring problems/

 

Hey can you send me pics of you're set up? Ajwolf@bgsu.edu

 

Hey can you send me pics of you're set up? Ajwolf@bgsu.edu
Put single fleet engineers full poly fenders on our old farm truck and need more clearance for our van trailer and trying to figure out how to raise the fifth wheel up