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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. 5.5K pin weight.
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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.
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (322 Customer Reviews)
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. 5.5K pin weight.
Hands dow the best Fifthwheel hitch you can buy. I had this hith over a year now and is the best one i ever had.
The site says free shipping. I am a week past the delivery date and I am spending an hours on hold trying to track my package down. Don’t waste your time with etrailer just buy it from the manufacturer and get better service.
It definitely smooths out the ride and reduces chucking. Not entirely but a large amount.
After about a year, and ~15k miles I’m very happy with the Gen-Y. Currently on a trip to Alaska and I love how when going over bumps I can look back and see the Gen-Y doing it’s job and absorbing the bumps without passing them on to the 5er frame.
Installed on my 2018 Grand Design Momentum 395m 3 axle toy hauler. Immediate improvement with chucking. This should help with any FRAME FLEX that you hear so much about. Fingers crossed.
I would rate it a 5Star, on the customer service and the delivery. I was also impressed that it was delivered on or very close to the date given at time of order.
Haven’t towed it yet with the new equipment installed. Will be towing it next week on Tuesday, looking forward to it. Will go back and leave comments on how it does.
This hitch makes towing our 44ft toy hauler a pleasure
Install went smooth. I'm 75 and with a small car jack on my truck tail gate it went very quickly. Blocked the pin end on bed so it wouldn't tip and jacked up the back. Got one rear hole lined up bolted and then just jacked up the pin end and put those bolts in. I will hook it up today and see how it sets. Might have to lower my truck hitch one notch if it sits too high - we will see. ( Momentum 395 MS/ F350)
This pinbox fixed two problems I was having. I can know turn 90 degrees and I have up to 10 inches of clearance from top of bed rail to 5th wheel overhang
Excellent hitch, rides smooth and quit e.
The Gen-Y hitch is very stout & well built. Fit & finish was excellent.
Installed myself in about 30 minutes.
The Gen-Y gooseneck has been excellent! I now have approximately 12k miles on mine and it rides very nicely with very limited chucking and handles rough roads very well. I’d highly recommend that you contact Gen-Y BEFORE ordering to ensure you get the correct load rating product. Gen-Y and Etrailer have provided excellent customer and tech support! This product definitely frees up your truck bed and does require a precise line up to hitch.
The box for the hitch was absolutely destroyed, the hitch has damage to the powder coat on most sides. Almost no packaging in the box, not sure how you guys pack these but this $[XX] hitch is beat up pretty bad. Really disappointed and i don't have time to had it repowder coated as i am picking up the new camper tomorrow with this hitch and now this one is going to rust.
Shipping on this item was quick and packaged extremely well. The GenY hitch exceeded our expectations. We just completed a 600 mile trip. In the first 100 miles we noticed some stiffness, but after that it loosened up and on the return home we definitely noticed a difference. The hitch is very easy to hook up and as long as you are within a few inches the hitch will center itself and slide onto the ball. We towed with an F350 6 3/4 foot bed and I do not see any need for the 4 inch extension ball setup. A subcompact tractor makes 1 person install of the hitch a complete breeze. The angle is perfect. I ordered the GenY chains and mounting bolts and all worked very well.
This hitch reduced chucking very well, I have a 2004 3500 Dodge Ram 4x4 Conestoga riding truck with very stiff suspension, the torsion action of the hitch definitely helps when crossing bridges and pot holes. The 5th wheel is an older Keystone Copper Canyon that is in great shape. I Have 12K miles with the new hitch.
I provided the specs on my 5th wheel (Grand Design Momentum 351 MS) when ordering the pinbox. I had the Gen-Y pinbox mounted and used it for about 5-months to find later that the pinbox was not the proper pinbox for my 5th wheel while having Independent Suspension installed. I replaced the Gen-Y with a MoRryde pinbox while at MoRrdye. Not a good experience and a loss of funds.
Great product. The fit and finish is perfect. The trailer tows so much smoother and the chucking is almost gone. The extra bed space is a great bonus.
Invoices were confusing. They said I was getting two Gen Y hitches? Then when it actually came down to tracking it appeared I was getting the wrong one. Afte a few emails and phone calls, Will did get that cleared up. Then they shipped my chains to someone else and I got their package, an awning support bracket of some sort. Again a few emails and phone calls Will did get this cleared up as well and shipped the chains to me, but I had to make a trip to the UPS shipper to get the awning support back to them. Real roller coaster...
I have towed now for a few thousand miles since changing to this pin box and honestly wish I had done this years ago! It tows so much better than my 5th wheel box did! Feels more stable, no more bucking and so much softer and better feel when towing! Not to mention so much less hassle dealing with a 5th wheel hitch!
Simple design, very robust construction, made a vast improvement in towing ride quality.
Easy install by myself, Engine hoist, utility cart and motorcycle jack...ya I have "stuff".
I will need to lower my B&W slide about 2inches to get back to level towing. Calculator that Gen Y has for selecton is spot on , I was a bit worried as my measured tounge weight was 2700 +/- lbs 22% of GVWR (14,400) was 3168 so I ordered the 4.5k model
When hiched for the first time...indicator was in the middle of the green (perfect).
Very happy ... next Im adding shock absorbers to see if i can smooth the trailer hop a bit more.
Makes life a lot easier l don’t have to remove my hitch from the bed of my truck to use it. Just flip the ball and there you go.
The gooseneck hitch actually pulls better than the 5th wheel hitch I had.
It is rather heavy so come up with a good plan for installing, I used the front end loader on my tractor which allowed me to do the install by myself.
Great product!!!
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7/15/2023
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