Trailking RGN trailer TK60MG sags near the neck when loaded

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  1. ichudov

    ichudov Heavy Load Member

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    I have a semi truck and a 48 ft RGN trailer. Both have functioning air bags. Trailer is Trailking TK60MG with mechanical gooseneck.

    The problem is that when the RGN trailer is loaded, the front of the bed is too low to the ground. Like just 4 inches off the ground. The middle and the back look visibly okay to my uneducated eye.

    My feeling on this is that something flexes and the neck bends in relation to the bed, and it "sags".

    I wonder what is the proper way to address it. I thought to buy some steel wedges to insert when hooking up to the trailer, so that the overall sag is compensated.

    Am I on the right track and does anyone have any suggestions. Thanks a lot.
     
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  3. L.B.

    L.B. Third Generation Truck Driver

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    most mechanical rgns use wedges of different sizes to adjust the right hight on the front of the trailer. with no wedges at all it would be set to the lowest height.
     
  4. ichudov

    ichudov Heavy Load Member

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    I also thought along these lines, to get some wedges. Does any company sell them or it is something I need to make? Thanks
     
  5. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    Does the trailer have double doubts? (2 holes in bottom that go over the big round pin)

    Shins under the back side of the neck can be as simple as a piece of angle iron, or a slice of pipe the right diameter can go in the front donut.

    4 inches at the front should be no problem, I run a very low trailer and have little problems.
     
  6. johndeere4020

    johndeere4020 Road Train Member

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    Where do the wedges go? I've never seen them on a mechanical neck, I've seen the dog bones with two positions. How tall is your fifth wheel?
     
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  7. Old Man

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    Low is good

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  8. DougA

    DougA Road Train Member

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    I used to use the discarded caster adjustment wedges that are between your front leaf springs and your front axle. Any frontend shop would have them. They help take up the wear in your neck attachment.Drive them in tight with a hammer after you've hooked your neck up,but before you lift it. Under the back of the neck at the bottom,where it meets the deck. To remove them,when you unhook your neck,they'll just fall right out.
     
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  9. Old Man

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    Thank you for explaining it for me.
    Mechanical necks all bend down when loaded, my 5th wheel is 48", standard for most trucks.
     
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  10. johndeere4020

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    I got the impression from the OP that the front of his trailer is lower than the rear. Could be a problem.
     
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  11. Old Man

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    Just lower the rear, my rear tandems have five different ride height stops on the adjuster.

    My trailer was made to run with a 4 inch ground clearance.
     
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