This shock-absorbing pin box provides a smooth, safe ride while you tow your fifth-wheel trailer. The all-in-1 box has no air bags to refill or small parts to replace. The weight scale lets you monitor your vertical load. 6.5K pin weight.
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| Calculated Tongue Weight | Executive Tongue Weight Capacity Required |
|---|---|
| 1,600-2,599 lbs | 3,500 lbs |
| 2,600-3,599 lbs | 4,500 lbs |
| 3,600-4,599 lbs | 5,500 lbs |
| 4,600-5,599 lbs | 6,500 lbs |
| 5,600-6,599 lbs | 7,500 lbs |
| 6,600-7,599 lbs | 8,500 lbs |
| 7,600-8,599 lbs | 9,500 lbs |
If you've ever towed a fifth-wheel trailer before, you're no stranger to road shock. Driving over uneven terrain can result in a rigid, bumpy ride. And uncomfortable fore-and-aft chucking can occur when you're starting and stopping. When all of the motions combine, the road shock can even potentially damage your truck or trailer.
This Gen-Y Hitch torsion pin box is designed to absorb road shock at the connection point to create a safe, smooth ride. This is thanks to the internal construction of the box, which is similar to that of a torsion axle.
Pivot points are built into the Gen-Y pin box. This allows for movement between the box, which attaches to your trailer, and the king pin, which connects to the fifth-wheel hitch in your truck bed. When your trailer bounces or jerks, the king pin will move accordingly.
Built into the Gen-Y pin box are tubes with inner bars that are surrounded by rubber cords. As the king pin moves, these inner bars twist inside of the tubes, attempting to follow the pin's motion. But the rubber cords prevent the bars from twisting too far. And as each bar turns, these cords compress to absorb the rough shock. This means that any shock experienced by your truck can be absorbed before it reaches your trailer, and the shock experienced by your trailer won't get transferred to your truck.
The vertical load, or pin weight, refers to the weight that a fully loaded trailer exerts downward on the hitch in the truck bed. Too little vertical load can cause trailer sway and too much can cause poor performance.
This Gen-Y pin box has a built-in mechanical scale so that you can check to see if your vertical load is too high or too low. The highest arrow on the scale indicates your maximum vertical load (3,500 lbs). The lowest arrow indicates no vertical load (0 lbs). A vertical load of at least 1,500 lbs is recommended for the built-in shock absorption to function effectively. This means that the scale's white indicator marker should be between the highest arrow and the middle arrow when you hook up your trailer to tow.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hello neighbors, it's Brad here from etrailer. And today, I'm at N.A.T.M, and this convention brings a lot of the vendors that we have at etrailer to a convention where we have their booths and their products set up. I had a chance to catch up with quite a few of them. So, let's take a look at their products a little bit up close and ask some of the questions to those vendors about their products. I'm here with Jason from Gen-Y, and what do we have on this display Oh, this is our Executive, it's our Torsion-Flex pin box. It is the hottest seller that we have at the moment.
We are so excited about this product because obviously, the traditional pin box has the kingpin connection, right Just think about a semi, tractor, trailer has that, you know, that connection point with like a kingpin. Brad Mm-hm. So, that's your traditional connection point on your fifth wheels that you buy off of, you know, off of your dealer lot, where we still have that connection point as well. With Torsion-Flex, by the way, so you get Torsion-Flex with both styles, the kingpin and the Torsion-Flex, really, is like your torsion axles. That same technology is in inside of this housing here, okay So what that does, it gives you a more comfortable ride, but what people don't understand is when you're towing a trailer, there's also the fact that the products that you're towing in your trailer are getting the same pounding that you're feeling in your seat.
And so, it's also protecting the assets in your trailer. The inter-dependent suspension between the truck and trailer absorbs that shock up to 90%. You can bolt this up to any RV. We have two different bolt patterns that are the most common. It's the Lippert 1621 and the Lippert Rhino Box frames, and the whole pattern is determined by the frame model, so that's important that we know that.
And that's, with fifth wheel, you know, those connections, there's chucking, there's porpoising. You don't have a whole lot of cushion there and this fixes that problem. Correct. So, I think this is a no-brainer for anyone that's considering it. Awesome.
Well, thank you, Jason. Absolutely, no, thank you guys for taking the time to come out to our booth here at N.A.T.M. It's been a great show and you guys are awesome as always. Just love to talk to etrailer.com. You have so much educational videos and I feel like this is just another value-add to have these types of educational videos out there, and I appreciate you taking the time to do that. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you.
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