Video of Gen-Y Hitch Shock Absorbing 5th Wheel Pin Box - Lippert 1116 and 1716 - 18,000 lbs - 3.5K TW
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Video Transcript for Review of Gen-Y Hitch Fifth Wheel King Pin - Shock Absorbing 1116 and 1716 Upgraded Pin Box - GY35FR
Hi there, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna take a quick look at this Gen-Y Hitch Shock Absorbing 5th-Wheel Pin Box. This is going to upgrade the existing pin box on your 5th-wheel trailer. The king pen is still going to insert into your standard 5th-wheel hitch on your truck, but then it does provide the shock absorbing design that's gonna ensure a nice, smooth, steady ride for you. So it is gonna be a major upgrade for you over your traditional or factory static pin box. This is designed specifically to replace the Lippert 1116 and 1716 5th-wheel pin boxes.
So it is going to be very easy to get mounted in place of those. It's gonna use the same bolt pattern and all of that. So very simple to get installed. We do have these filler shims here that we'll install on the sides to take up the little bit of gap that would exist between your original trailer wings and the, the pin box there. So that's included, and then you'll just use your existing bolts to get it mounted in place.
Now, I wanna be very careful to explain that this is a very simple installation. It's not necessarily easy, because these are very heavy. So you're definitely gonna want a, at least a second set of hands to help you lower your original, put this one up in its place. I've heard of other people using a jack in the back of their truck. So they pull up and kind of use that to help lower.
They are very heavy, but it is a very simple installation. Because this is going to be a little bit shorter than your Lippert 1716 pin box, you might have a little bit of clearance, a little less clearance when you're towing. So when you're taking your turns and that sort of thing, keep that in mind. If we look at where our pin is, we can see these bolts are right about center on there. So if we go from the center of one of those bolts back, you can see to our first set of holes, it's about 17 inches.
And to our back set of holes there, it's just a little shy of 26 inches. So keep that in mind to see if that actually measured out according to what you're used to, to make sure that it's going to give you the functionality that you need. This does have a nice heavy duty steel construction. Gen-Y has a great reputation for building very robust, solid products, and this is no exception. It is going to give us a towing capacity of 18,000 pounds. That, of course, is the weight of the trailer plus the load included. And we're gonna have a pin weight capacity range of between 1,500 pounds and 3,500 pounds. And the reason for that range is because of our shock absorbing capabilities. So we want to have at least that 1,500 pounds in order for that shock absorbing to engage properly. But any more than that 3,500 is gonna be too much, it's gonna overload it. We're not gonna get the benefits out of it. To help us with that, we do have this pin weight scale here on the side that's going to allow us to see where our pin weight is. So you can see we've got the red, green, red sticker here, and then we've got that white mark. So as we get our trailer loaded, that will turn, and we wanna make sure that that white mark is lining up with that green portion. And then we'll know that we're within that optimal range there. So it is nice that they include that here on our pin box to make sure that we're gonna be getting the most out of our shock absorbing capabilities. Now, the way this works, it's kind of like a, a torsion axle, if you're familiar with that concept. So at each of our pivot points here, we're going to have a square metal bar. I've got a cutaway to kinda show you a little bit better. So there's a square bar, and then we've got rubber cords on the, the sides. So as we experience shock and jolting, that's going to pivot, and those rubber cords are going to help absorb that movement to make sure that everything's gonna be nice and smooth. So it's gonna help reduce your chucking and rough fore and aft motion. It's also going to limit your bounce and jarring up and down motion. So it is gonna be a much smoother ride. It's going to limit that movement transferring from your tow vehicle back to your trailer and vice versa. So both you and your trailer are going to be more comfortable. You're gonna have less wear, and that sorta thing. One of the really nice things about this system is that there are fewer moving parts that would need to be repaired or replaced. There's no airbag that you're gonna have to worry about maintaining, making sure there's enough air pressure, and that sort of thing. So it is going to be a nice system, as far as low maintenance, just kinda getting it installed and allowing it to do its thing once you have that pin weight properly situated. In, in addition to our steel construction, we do have a powder coat finish that's gonna help resist wear and corrosion. So this is gonna be a, a long lasting pin box for you. It is made here in the USA. So you can trust it's made to high quality standards. We've come to know and trust for products that are made here in the U.S. And like I said, Gen-Y does have a great reputation for very, very sturdy, robust products. So this is gonna do a good job for you towing, making sure that you have the adequate capacity and that sort of thing. So, and that's gonna complete our look for today. Again, I'm Michael with etrailer.com. Thanks for watching..
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