New Truck - Now The Hitch Won't Fit The Trailer

What started as a simple task to hook up the trailer to the truck in preparation of taking it out early to get new tires put on it ended up being a lot more complicated than we thought.
Remember ... when we initially bought the trailer we had a 2016 F150 and the load distribution system was installed and fitted for that truck and height.
Now we have the 2018 RAM 2500 and it sits SIGNIFICANTLY higher than the F150 did when we got it fitted.
So the issue was ... how high do we need to raise the trailer to fit it onto the trailer hitch ball ?
Apparently, max level because even raised as high as the power jack could go, the truck hitch ball BARELY squeaked under the trailer ball catch.
The trailer was up so high in the front that two things were going to happen:
1. The angle of the trailer to the truck was going to be so far off that it would be 100% unsafe to tow it even 100 yards, the trailer back bumper would have bottomed out in the driveway.
2. The tire shop would have refused to replace the tires on the trailer at that angle.
3. Once the trailer was settled onto the hitch ball, it would have needed to be raised even higher that the max limit to get it back off the hitch.
Easy enough, there are still three holes where I can lower the hitch ball on the truck ... right ?
Well, the problem here is that the nuts and bolts that hold the pieces of the hitch together are MASSIVE and torqued to the max.
And I don't have the kind of tools required to do this myself.

I snap a bunch of pictures showing the problem as well as measuring the height of the trailer tongue while it sits on level ground and the difference in height of the truck.
Today is Monday morning and I head to the RV dealership where we bought the trailer and had the F150 fitted for the weight distribution system.
Oh YAY ! they can fit me in right away ... I wait 5 minutes and a mechanic comes and takes the truck. I show them the pictures and measurements on my phone.
He removes the bolts from the hitch and we run into the first problem. Even in the bottom two holes of the lower receiver, it's still too high for the trailer.
Now I need a new, deeper, lower receiver.
The parts room has one ... for $130.00.
Like we have a choice here. LOL
OK ... let's do this.


Maxed out electric power jack height and totally off centered trailer (The rear bumper was only about 12 inches from the ground).

Before:

Thirty minutes and $200.17 later.

After: