When your fifth wheel's unhitched, your truck still has work to do. This cushioned 5th wheel to gooseneck pin box cuts down on chucking and frees up your bed when the trailer's parked so you can haul what you need, when you want.
When you're not towing your fifth wheel, you still need your truck bed open for everyday use. With this direct replacement pin box, you can hitch your trailer to a gooseneck ball and clear out the bulky fifth-wheel hitch that eats up space. Load your tools, haul lumber, or stow your weekend gear without worrying about having enough bed space. It's designed to keep your fifth wheels ride height and weight balance just right, and it installs with the included hardware. At about 175 lbs, it's a two-person lift, so grab a buddy or a hoist to make the job easier.
If you've had it with an air-bag pin box that seems to lose pressure or need topping off, this gooseneck pin box gives you the same comfort without the upkeep. The GooseTech cushioned pin box uses a heavy-duty rubber shear spring to absorb vertical and fore-and-aft movement, softening the jolt from bumps, dips, and bridge seams. You'll feel less chucking up front and experience a more relaxed ride on long hauls.
Although this pin box can tow up to 19,000 lbs, the internal rubber shear spring is optimized for trailers that range from 14,001 to 18,000 lbs. A rubber spring built for 19,000 lbs trailers would be too stiff to provide any cushion for a 14,001 lb trailer, while a rubber spring built for 14,001 trailers would be too flexible for a 19,000 lbs trailer. To get the best results from this cushioned pin box, the sweet spot is a trailer in the 14,001 to 18,000 lbs range.
With GooseTech, hooking up happens fast. As you lower your trailer onto the gooseneck ball, the spring-loaded coupler clicks into place and locks down tight, so you don't have to latch it by hand or wonder if it's secure. Once you're connected, climb in to attach your safety chains (sold separately) for that extra peace of mind before you head out. When it's time to unhook, reach into your truck bed with the included remote handle to pull the release handle. And when you're parked for the night, use the built-in lock hole to secure your trailer and sleep easy.
If you are not sure what pin box you have, there a couple way to figure it out. Consult this help article for more information: 4 Steps to Choosing Your 5th-Wheel Pin Box & How To Measure Your Pin Box
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everybody. Andy here with etrailer. Let's take a look together at this MORryde GooseTech 5th Wheel to Gooseneck Pin Box. Now, when your 5th wheel isn't hooked up, your truck doesn't have to sit idle, it can still get things done. This cushioned fifth-wheel to gooseneck pin box is going to let you switch from towing to hauling with ease. This is going to replace your Lippert 1116 fifth-wheel pin box, and this is going to connect straight to your 2 5/16-inch gooseneck pin ball that you have in the bed of your truck.
So because of that, you are going to be able to forget about that bulky fifth-wheel hitch that's going to take up so much space in the bed of your truck. And then once your trailer is parked, you're gonna be able to carry whatever you want, haul whatever you want in the bed of your truck because you don't have that unused fifth-wheel hitch just sitting there taking up all that valuable space in the bed of your truck. But when you use this, you're also going to notice a smoother ride as well, because this has an internal rubber shear spring that's gonna help absorb those bumps and road shock. That's gonna cut down on that annoying chucking feeling that often comes with towing. And this is built tough.
This is constructed of steel with a really great powder coat finish on here. So this is rugged, it's durable, it's robust, and this is going to be rated for fifth-wheels between 14,000 pounds to 18,000 pounds gross trailer weight. And this is gonna be a pretty straightforward install with the included hardware that you see here on my table. No extra parts are going to be required, but I do wanna point out that whereas the installation would be pretty simple, this is heavy, this weighs about 175 pounds. I needed a total of three people just to make sure I had this safely on my table.
So all that to say, make sure you do have enough support when you lift this into place when you are getting this installed. Now this is going to be very easy to hook up to your gooseneck ball. Let me give you another angle view here. Wrong button, let me try that. And I just wanted to show you this coupler here real quick as we wrap up our time together.
This actually features a Demco EZ Latch, which is really nice, because while the latch is closed, you can still connect to your ball and it's gonna automatically connect for a solid connection. And then when you're ready to uncouple, you'll just open up this latch like so, lift up, and you'll be disconnected from your ball. Now, another great feature is that this does include this remote release handle, so you're not gonna have to climb into the bed of your truck to open up the coupler. You can just use this hook when you're outside the bed of your truck, and you'll just pull that all the way open, and then you're gonna be able to disconnect, just that easy. By the way, you did, I think you no doubt noticed this cross shape here. We have that on that side and on the other side here. That's for your safety chains. And so if you don't have safety chains, let me make a recommendation there for you on your screen. You can just take that part number and pop it in the search field at our website. That will take you to that chain and you can add that to your order. One final thing I wanted to mention is if you're not sure which pin box you currently have, there are a couple ways in which you can figure that out. On this product page, a little bit lower, we do have a link to an article that we put together for you titled "4 Steps to Choosing Your 5th-Wheel Pin Box." You can take a look at that article and that'll help you determine which pin box you currently have if you don't already know. But if you happen to have any other questions, whether it's about this, about anything else that we carry, or you need further direction about finding out which pin box you have, don't hesitate to reach out. We do want to make sure that you're getting exactly what you need. Well, again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
After years of trying different hitch setups, the MoRyde GooseTech has become my favorite towing system yet. We’ve towed over 1,200 miles with it, and it’s been smooth, quiet, and completely maintenance-free , no airbags to refill, no grease fittings to mess with, and a super simple hookup process. Plus, when I unhook, I get my entire truck bed back. It feels like MorRyde took everything I loved about their rubber pin box and made it even better. I couldn’t be happier with how it tows.
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