Sometimes by 2 inches! This was common on Peterbilt Air Trac and Air Leaf in the 70’s and 80’s. GEN-Y Hitch EXECUTIVE TORSION- FLEX Fifth Wheel King Pin Box, 21K. Hook to a trailer and it may overhang to one side more. You can actually see this on older trucks. One custom thing my wife’s uncle used to do at his trailer repair shop on a dedicated o/o trailer was offset the pin a little to the side by 1/4 ,1/2, or an inch to compensate for the tractor drive axles being offset to one side a little. With Rubber Torsion Hitches only 10 of the trailer inertia transfers compared to 100 using a hard.

If it is too deep like a lot of older trailers you can move it toward the nose or vice versa. Executive Fifth-Wheel King Pin Box (Torsion-Flex) Safety. At Thoroughbred Diesel, you can buy stock diesel replacement parts such as. Also it is a great time to custom set the pin depth from the nose. Thoroughbred Diesel offers OEM and diesel stock parts for your diesel pickup truck. They make different shoulder lengths to compensate for the bolster depth. If you go thicker plate then what is on it get the proper length pin. If the pin is a weld in It will be easier to just cut it all off and replace with a new pin with it. Hardened steel will destroy a cast fifth wheel surface like a hardened hammer and actually becomes brittle over time. This capture plate is to be used with most 5th Airborne pin boxes that are 10-1/2 inch wide.

Replacement kingpin plate for pinbox