Ok so we have purchased our 5th wheel and our 2001 Volvo VNL660 and both have an air hitch on them. On the 5th wheel we have a MorRyde at which our home has a full weight of 15,500. and is 39ft long. Our HDT has an E-Z floater on it. The people who owned it previously had a 42ft toy hauler. Not sure the weight but quite sure it surpasses ours. ;p At any rate, we are trying to make the best decision as to which one to keep. I am thinking the E-Z floater as it is clear that it can handle the most weight between them both and leaves us room if we decide to need a bigger home. Been trying to locate information on both so that I can understand them better, but its not working very well for me. Thinking I am not looking it all up the right way or something..
TheHarveys said
03:56 PM Nov 21, 2012
Maybe I am mis-understanding your question...but I did not think MorRyde made an AIR hitch. We have a MorRide hitch on our fifth wheel and it has rubber "donuts" inside it to limit and negate the "chucking" effect of the fifth wheel. Assuming you have the same MorRyde hitch on your fifth wheel, then I do not think you need to do anything. I would just hitch up and take it out and see how you like the way everything rides. At the very most, you might trade out the hitch on the trailer. I would definitely keep the E-Z Floater hitch on the truck.
Terry and Jo said
04:02 PM Nov 21, 2012
From what I've heard from others on other forums, it isn't a problem even if one does have both an air hitch and an air ride pin box. I don't know about the MorRyde system all that much, but I don't recall anyone saying that MorRyde had an air pin box. So, I would simply suggest you not change anything.
I've not ever heard of the E-Z Floater fifth wheel, so I really can't say anything about them.
Terry
Workinrvers said
05:37 PM Nov 21, 2012
the "doughnuts" I think he was referring to are the white plastic discs seen between the 2 plates on the pin box in the picture of the Morryde.
The hitch on your truck is a true "air hitch" and will lesson the impact of the road between your truck and 5th wheel frame. You can adjust the ride of the 5th wheel (and "stiffness" of the hitch) by adjusting the amount of air inside the black air bags. The Morryde pin box is used to reduce the "chucking effect" caused from forward and backward movement (starting/stopping etc) and has little to no effect on up and down movement caused by bumps, chuck holes and freeze joints. There is no adjustment on the Morrydes that I am aware of.
Again, I would just keep them both and enjoy the ride.
Phil
ps: nice looking truck
-- Edited by Workinrvers on Wednesday 21st of November 2012 05:38:52 PM
Workinrvers said
05:44 PM Nov 21, 2012
I agree with TheHarveys, leaving the set up as is should not cause any problems. If you must get rid of one or the other, keep the air ride hitch on the truck. I had the air ride pin box on our Montana and it helped with some of the roughness an HDT causes but an air ride hitch would have been a lot better IMHO (I had a 20K Reese on the Freightliner).
Phil
sunflwrgirl said
05:56 PM Nov 21, 2012
I was trying to attach my pics of the MorRyde and EZ-Floater, but don't understand how. If I understand correctly here, the MorRyde is actually a 5th wheel and the EZ-Floater is our "Air" ride? I was thinking they both are the air ride, but it makes more sense to me now that the EZ-Floater is the 5th wheel hitch. The previous owners loved this hitch and could not say enough about how super easy it was to hook up and unhook as needed..
sunflwrgirl said
06:09 PM Nov 21, 2012
TheHarveys wrote:
Maybe I am mis-understanding your question...but I did not think MorRyde made an AIR hitch. We have a MorRide hitch on our fifth wheel and it has rubber "donuts" inside it to limit and negate the "chucking" effect of the fifth wheel. Assuming you have the same MorRyde hitch on your fifth wheel, then I do not think you need to do anything. I would just hitch up and take it out and see how you like the way everything rides. At the very most, you might trade out the hitch on the trailer. I would definitely keep the E-Z Floater hitch on the truck.
Yes, I believe that you understand well. Our EZ- Floater is exaclty how you are saying about the rubber "donuts", but our MorRyde does not have the "donuts".. I really wish I knew how to attach photos. If someone here can tell me how I would be happy to share so it can take away all confusion for everyone.. ;)
the "doughnuts" I think he was referring to are the white plastic discs seen between the 2 plates on the pin box in the picture of the Morryde.
The hitch on your truck is a true "air hitch" and will lesson the impact of the road between your truck and 5th wheel frame. You can adjust the ride of the 5th wheel (and "stiffness" of the hitch) by adjusting the amount of air inside the black air bags. The Morryde pin box is used to reduce the "chucking effect" caused from forward and backward movement (starting/stopping etc) and has little to no effect on up and down movement caused by bumps, chuck holes and freeze joints. There is no adjustment on the Morrydes that I am aware of.
Again, I would just keep them both and enjoy the ride.
Phil
ps: nice looking truck
Thank you for the clear explination of this what is obviously new twerritory to us, and will do! Also, thank you for the comment on the truck. Feeling pretty happy about it ourselves. ;)
-- Edited by Workinrvers on Wednesday 21st of November 2012 05:38:52 PM
Terry and Jo said
02:51 AM Nov 22, 2012
Phyllis,
The link to your picture on Photobucket has been "broken." I first looked at this thread when I was on break at work and could see the picture. Now, the link to the truck simply takes me to Photobucket's "sign-in" page. Did you happen to delete the photo from Photobucket?
Terry
Workinrvers said
04:32 AM Nov 22, 2012
Terry and Jo wrote:
Phyllis,
The link to your picture on Photobucket has been "broken." I first looked at this thread when I was on break at work and could see the picture. Now, the link to the truck simply takes me to Photobucket's "sign-in" page. Did you happen to delete the photo from Photobucket?
Terry
Terry,
I just tried it and it worked for me, not sure what's up.
Phil
Terry and Jo said
08:10 PM Nov 22, 2012
Workinrvers wrote:
Terry and Jo wrote:
Phyllis,
The link to your picture on Photobucket has been "broken." I first looked at this thread when I was on break at work and could see the picture. Now, the link to the truck simply takes me to Photobucket's "sign-in" page. Did you happen to delete the photo from Photobucket?
Terry
Terry,
I just tried it and it worked for me, not sure what's up.
Phil
Well, at least it works for someone. I just checked again and I still get the sign-in page. I checked with Google Chrome and was able to see it with that one. Weird....
Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Thursday 22nd of November 2012 08:13:13 PM
sunflwrgirl said
04:56 PM Nov 23, 2012
Not understanding why you are having troubles with it Terry, it does seem to work fine for me too.. Glad you were able to finally able to see..
After looking at the picture of the EZ Floater hitch on your truck, I think you should start off with both this hitch and the MorRyde king pin box you already have on the trailer. The MorRyde is built to control front to back chucking where the EZ Floater will cushion the vertical movement between the truck and trailer. Both together should be about the best combination you could possible have. Nice look truck too!
Ok so we have purchased our 5th wheel and our 2001 Volvo VNL660 and both have an air hitch on them. On the 5th wheel we have a MorRyde at which our home has a full weight of 15,500. and is 39ft long. Our HDT has an E-Z floater on it. The people who owned it previously had a 42ft toy hauler. Not sure the weight but quite sure it surpasses ours. ;p At any rate, we are trying to make the best decision as to which one to keep. I am thinking the E-Z floater as it is clear that it can handle the most weight between them both and leaves us room if we decide to need a bigger home. Been trying to locate information on both so that I can understand them better, but its not working very well for me. Thinking I am not looking it all up the right way or something..
Assuming you have the same MorRyde hitch on your fifth wheel, then I do not think you need to do anything.
I would just hitch up and take it out and see how you like the way everything rides.
At the very most, you might trade out the hitch on the trailer. I would definitely keep the E-Z Floater hitch on the truck.
From what I've heard from others on other forums, it isn't a problem even if one does have both an air hitch and an air ride pin box. I don't know about the MorRyde system all that much, but I don't recall anyone saying that MorRyde had an air pin box. So, I would simply suggest you not change anything.
I've not ever heard of the E-Z Floater fifth wheel, so I really can't say anything about them.
Terry
the "doughnuts" I think he was referring to are the white plastic discs seen between the 2 plates on the pin box in the picture of the Morryde.
The hitch on your truck is a true "air hitch" and will lesson the impact of the road between your truck and 5th wheel frame. You can adjust the ride of the 5th wheel (and "stiffness" of the hitch) by adjusting the amount of air inside the black air bags.
The Morryde pin box is used to reduce the "chucking effect" caused from forward and backward movement (starting/stopping etc) and has little to no effect on up and down movement caused by bumps, chuck holes and freeze joints. There is no adjustment on the Morrydes that I am aware of.
Again, I would just keep them both and enjoy the ride.
Phil
ps: nice looking truck
-- Edited by Workinrvers on Wednesday 21st of November 2012 05:38:52 PM
Phil
I was trying to attach my pics of the MorRyde and EZ-Floater, but don't understand how. If I understand correctly here, the MorRyde is actually a 5th wheel and the EZ-Floater is our "Air" ride? I was thinking they both are the air ride, but it makes more sense to me now that the EZ-Floater is the 5th wheel hitch. The previous owners loved this hitch and could not say enough about how super easy it was to hook up and unhook as needed..
Yes, I believe that you understand well. Our EZ- Floater is exaclty how you are saying about the rubber "donuts", but our MorRyde does not have the "donuts".. I really wish I knew how to attach photos. If someone here can tell me how I would be happy to share so it can take away all confusion for everyone.. ;)
http://s1053.beta.photobucket.com/user/ld271/media/IMAG0490.jpg.html?sort=3&o=7
Above is the EZ-Floater ;)
This MorRyde is bascally a duplicate of what is on our Grand Junction.
http://tweetys.com/morryde-fifth-wheel-pin-box.aspx
Phyllis,
The link to your picture on Photobucket has been "broken." I first looked at this thread when I was on break at work and could see the picture. Now, the link to the truck simply takes me to Photobucket's "sign-in" page. Did you happen to delete the photo from Photobucket?
Terry
Terry,
I just tried it and it worked for me, not sure what's up.
Phil
Well, at least it works for someone. I just checked again and I still get the sign-in page. I checked with Google Chrome and was able to see it with that one. Weird....
Terry
-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Thursday 22nd of November 2012 08:13:13 PM
After looking at the picture of the EZ Floater hitch on your truck, I think you should start off with both this hitch and the MorRyde king pin box you already have on the trailer. The MorRyde is built to control front to back chucking where the EZ Floater will cushion the vertical movement between the truck and trailer. Both together should be about the best combination you could possible have. Nice look truck too!