5th wheel help

TomHaycraft wrote:

spassy wrote:
Please any help will be appreciated!
I have a Rockwood 8280WS with the reese revolution and a reese titan 20K hitch with the correct wedge.
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I can't believe I'm the only one with this problem.
can anyone help, I am at my end.
thanks spassy

Plenty of responses as to options to minimize the issue. To your question about others having the same problem? Yes, nature of the beast when the wedge minimizes movement, easy to bind up the jaws. I had the same problem with my Sidewinder when towing with a short-bed. When upgrading my truck, long-bed was high on my priority list. I've pinned the Sidewinder, removed the wedge, hitching and unhitching are never an issue now.

Good luck with it.

I also switched to a long bed, removed the wedge and locked the pin box. All hitching and unhitching problems went away. I remember as many as 6 attempts to get the wedge straight in to hitch up, especially on an uneven surface. I got a couple "greenhorn" comment from bystanders. Always got the hitch to lock with enough attempts, but frustrating none the less. This is the most thought I've given it since getting the new truck.