Video Transcript for A Look at the MORryde Cushioned 5th Wheel Pin Box

Are you looking to tow your 5th wheel down the road with a little bit more cushion, not only for you and the passengers in your truck, but also the truck and all the contents in your camper Well, you can do that by adding a cushion pin box. This one is from MORryde and this is gonna allow you to absorb shock at the connection point, which is gonna translate to a better towing experience across the board for all of the truck trailer and people involved. Changing out your pin box from a just a fixed style means that with this cushion built in place, you can really add comfort to any 5th wheel that you have, including a wide range of weight capacities, anywhere from 11,500 pounds all the way up to 24,000. So it covers a good majority of 5th wheels out there, as well as different fits to be able to bolt it up. And that's gonna include pretty much all of your Lippert's Leland, Dexter, as well as Fabex. So no matter the 5th wheel you have, more than likely there's gonna be an application to allow you to bolt this up.

And then within a couple minutes of getting it installed, you'll be ready to hit the road with a much smoother ride. Now the best way to figure out what fit that you need is going to be looking at your original pin box. So ours originally had the Lippert Rhino Box, which is coming standard on a lot of different new manufacturers, and it's a fine pin box, but again, no cushioning. So we did get the Rhino Box fit for ours, but you're just gonna wanna take a look at your pin box and find the number associated with it. Or if you're having trouble with that, you can reach out to the manufacturer of your camper and figure out exactly which one you have so you can get the fit that's gonna bolt up directly to yours.

The cushioning is done by having the plate that you can see on the shafts be able to move around. And we have these slide plates on the bottom that make contact, that's gonna give you nice smooth actuation as it rotates around, but you have rubber that's inside of here. It's sheer rubber that's going to absorb any of that shock, whichever direction you put it, and it's gonna bring it back to the center. Really allow for any of that movement to be hampered down by that absorption. All that adds to having three inches of front to back movement to absorb that chucking, side to side is also one and a half inches.

So this is really just gonna keep everything nice and smooth and keep all of that vibration and jarring into the suspension of it. And again, that's gonna translate across the board to truck and camper. No matter what brand that you have that you're gonna be replacing, pretty much installs all the same. You're gonna be taking your old one out, and generally you're gonna just have some larger bolts. Ours we inchesre 5/16 today.

Kind of depends on your application. You'll just simply take those out and take your old pin box out. Now it is heavy, so getting the new one in, you're gonna want an extra set of hands to be able to raise that up into place and then bolt it up according to the height that you wanted adjusted to get your camper and truck nice and level. Now it does really become important choosing the right weight capacity just because you know you have maybe a camper that weighs 14,000 pounds. There's no reason to get something that's rated 24,000. And the reason being is this cushion is designed for that weight. So if you go over, you're really not gonna get good absorption. It's gonna be wanting more weight for that to really work better. And the same goes, you obviously don't wanna get something that's not rated for yours that's not gonna be safe. So check out the GVWR on your camper and you're gonna wanna account for anything you're gonna be loading up in there as well. So if it's toy hauler, you're gonna want the weight with the toys inside of it and any other accessories that you bring along on your trip. So once you get that weight capacity figured out, you can start narrowing it down by getting the proper capacity and then just getting the proper fit for the pin box that you originally had. Now, if you're not sure of your GVWR, generally you can go on the side of your camper and there's gonna be a tag that you can read out exactly what the weight is. And again, you need to account for anything else that you're loading. So on ours today, just taking a look, we can go down to our GVWR. Ours is 17695. That's just gonna be without anything else loaded. So we did go with a higher capacity one on here, but it's gonna be a great application. So at the end of the day, it's yes, gonna be replacing your pin box, is gonna hook up and tow just like you did before, but with cushion installed. So really most of what I can point out is gonna be done out on the road and really feeling it from the driver's seat, which is hard to quantify. So take a look at some of our reviews if you're interested in this and see what people say about it. People that have actually been out on the road used it long term and see the difference. Something that you might want to think about picking up at the same time if you don't already have one is a lube plate. This will just slide over our king pin attachment. That's gonna make it nice and smooth on our 5th wheel and really cuts down the need for grease, which is kind of nice, keeps nice and clean. So we'll just get this slid in and I'm gonna grab my truck and we're gonna hook this up, take it out for a ride. We got it all hooked up. We got it to a B&W Sliding Companion, which is a great 5th wheel. We have a 250, a newer King Ranch. So it's a heavy duty truck. It's a heavy duty trailer. So I think it's gonna be a really good application. We're gonna hit some bumps outta the parking lot. I'll do some stopping. We should be able to see this actuate and really all that actuation means that it's not translating into our truck and camper. So let's take it out. More times than not I love 5th wheels because they can turn well, it puts the weight where it needs to be. But generally that does come with some pushing around on the combo of the truck and trailer. Again, this is a big truck, so normally it can handle this weight no problem. But it's no shortage of clunking around normally, and I'm not really feeling that here today. So I'm gonna get a few more, I'm gonna drive around, hit some curves and hit the brakes, see what it does, and see if we can tell the difference. First initial thought though is it's already quite a bit smoother. I mean, this is a heavy trailer behind me and it doesn't really seem like a whole lot where normally you hear the shifting around. I'm gonna hit the brakes here. Oh man, that's a lot better. Normally that trailer's just pushing you and the truck is feeling it. This was nice and gentle, real smooth. Same thing as I'm pulling away, you can feel that start to cushion as it goes. Definitely a huge difference. So we're gonna go hit our bumps course, and that's really where this is gonna shine, especially, you know, out on the highway, you hit the transfer plates on an overpass or something and that's where you really start to feel that just chucking. And the problem is, is it never really has a chance to settle down with a normal application. It's just metal to metal, there's nothing there to absorb it. And that's not the case here. It's gonna cut down that bouncing back and forth every single time, and that's where you're really gonna find a much greater reduction in any of the jarring movements. So kind of accelerating here, I'm gonna get up to, I'm right at 20 miles per hour. We just have speed bumps set up here. Again, this is probably not common that you would just hit speed bump after speed bump, but this is really gonna be a little bit more of an extreme case of something you'd feel out on the road. Now granted, we're not at speeds or anything like that, but yeah, normally at this point with the 5th wheel, it is just pushing you back and forth and back and forth and that's not the case here. I can still obviously feel the trailer, but the absorption that's happening is really, really good. After taking it out on the road course, again, I have very limited on-road experience, but just comparing in a parking lot, this makes a world of difference. Now you still feel that initial kind of jerk for a quick second, but it's quickly gone once that cushion takes into place. The big thing is when braking, normally you hit that and you kind of just feel a couple surges of the weight just pushing. It's not the case here. This really did a great job of absorbing it and just through a parking lot hitting bumps, super comfortable. And that means that out on the road, I think you're putting a lot of hours out on the road it's gonna make a huge difference. You're not gonna have to white knuckle as much, it just gives you a little bit more confidence because you're not getting that jarring motion. And honestly, a big truck like this, when you have a heavy camper, it does start to feel like it's just being pushed around. And this does a really good job of absorbing that and making the truck feel like it's at home.