It is easy to do, and you'll notice many RV trailers going down the road with it done. Fords and Dodges will require it with older gooseneck trailers. But there will be a huge gap between the top of the tire and the bottom edge of the fender which is unsightly and can catch a halter, foot,etc...

There are  ranchers in the west that flip the axles as they are constantly driving through creek bottoms and they don't want to drag the rear end when loaded.

If they want to keep the trailer and there is no way to adjust/modify the hitch, the only option is to flip the axles.

I assume this is a bumper pull??

Lower the BALL...don't raise the trailer...

He wants to buy a WD hitch assembly with the following shank...

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They are talking about a gooseneck, and a leaf spring setup. Dodge has lost more than one customer about the height issues. I sold my 2004 CC Dually 4x4 for that very reason.

Thank you so much, but I still need to know...is flipping the springs a good thing or bad thing? Anybody??

My friend just bought a trailer that has the... whatever they're called... already flipped, making it very tall, which she really doesn't need. Should she flip them back over, does it cause weight stress, etc?

There is a change in the geometry of the trailer with increased lateral load vectors...probably not a problem, but what did the trailer manufacturer tell you about flipping them?

Ok now I have a question ;) The Hart GN trailer we just bought doesn't sit/ride perfectly level when hooked up to the truck. It has a slight incline. We too have a Dodge 1 ton 4X4. We can't lower the hitch anymore or it will hit the bed/tail gate of the truck.

Is there any harm in that?? For the horses?? Trailer?? What can you do about it if its a problem??

The horses ride in there just fine so far. But again hooked up the truck its not perfectly level.

That depends on how much higher the front is.  If it is just a few inches it shouldn't matter. I've seen some ranchers when I was in Tx that had almost a foot difference between the front and back and the livestock was definately standing "up hill".  That trailer was hooked to a big 4x4 and the floor looked more like a ramp.

I think the biggest problem would be with overloading the rear axl/tire if there was to much slant.

Well if you are talking about lowering the coupler or what even its called LOL we can't do that or the trailer will hit the bed of the truck. It is the only truck that pulls the trailer though ;)

So what other solutions are out there?? Because I looked at it again today and it does have more of a incline that I thought. So we don't know what to do now. Lift the trailer?? Or lower the truck??

If you don't need the pickup body...then a flatbed conversion is the real trick way to go...

http://www.bradfordbuilt.com/

http://www.hillsboroindustries.com/Products/AluminumTruckbeds.aspx

http://www.hillsboroindustries.com/Products/SteelTruckbeds.aspx

http://www.mheby.com/truck/index.php

http://www.turnoverball.com/custom.asp#

This is neat -  I'm the one who started this "chat", and I did wind up selling my trailer this week.  So no more worries about "flipping the springs". He might have to adjust the gooseneck level, but that'll probably be it. But I did let him know about my Q and A session here, and he agreed that it could be an option. Wow - it felt so great to really know what I was talking about!!

BTW - they had to lift the gooseneck on my new Bison in order to make it level with the truck and high enough for the plumbing. I thought it was ironic that my truck (not a 4X4) was too low for my new trailer. Plus they actually offered to flip the axles or add blocks in order to get the plumbing further from the pavement, I'm assuming free of charge. That was nice, but we didn't have to.