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Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look together at this Gen-Y Hitch shock absorbing fifth wheel pin box. Now, this is going to upgrade your existing pin box on your fifth wheel trailer. The king pin is still gonna insert into your truck's fifth wheel hitch. And this does have a shock absorbing design that's going to give you a smooth and steady ride. So it's gonna be a lot more comfortable for you as you're going down the road.

Now, this is designed specifically to replace the Fabex 665 and M&M 665 fifth wheel pin box. So if you have either one of those, this is going to fit right in place. And the installation is going to be relatively simple. This has the same mounting holes and this will install with the included 5/8 of an inch diameter bolt and hardware. So that is included with this pin box.

Now, the installation is going to be pretty simple. However, it might be not as easy just because of the weight of this pin box. So this pin box is very heavy. I needed help to put it on the table here before our time together. So you do wanna make sure that you have plenty of support as you lower your original pin box and put this one up in its place.

Just make sure that you have plenty of support when you're installing this and you'll be good to go. I do wanna point out that this pin box is a little bit shorter than your original Fabex or M&M 665 pin box. The clearance between your trailer and your tow vehicle during turns might be reduced. Now, this is made here in the USA of a heavy duty steel construction. And the towing capacity is 21,000 pounds and the pin weight range capacity is from 1,500 pounds to 3,500 pounds.

Now, the pin weight capacity range is due to Gen-Y's shock absorbing design, which is gonna give you that smooth and steady ride. Their technology functions like a torsion axle to limit transfer of road shock from trailer to truck and vice versa, reducing chucking and the rough for and apt motion. It also limits bounce and jarring up and down motion. Now, as this cutaway demonstrates here, built into Gen Y's pin box are tubes with inner bars that are surrounded by rubber cords. And as the kingpin end moves, these inner bars are going to twist inside of the tubes attempting to follow the kingpin's motion. But these rubber cords are gonna prevent the bars from twisting too far. So as each bar turns, these cords are gonna compress to absorb the rough shock. So 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. So because of that shock absorbing design, you are going to have to have a minimum of that 1,500 pounds for the system to operate properly, for it to properly engage, but then any more than the 3,500 pounds is gonna be too much for it. Another benefit of having this type of system is that there's no airbags to maintain, there's fewer moving parts to repair or replace than with other shock absorbing solutions. I do wanna point out that the average break-in period for this hitch is gonna be about 1,000 miles. And this does feature a powder coat finish that's going to resist wear and corrosion. And as you might know, Gen-Y has a great reputation of designing and building very robust products, very durable products, and I'm happy to say that this is no exception to that. I think this is going to hold up really well for you. This is going to be a great investment for you to consider. Well, I think that's gonna wrap up our look today. I do hope that our time together has been helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.