5th wheel popped out of hitch

jimmyfred wrote:

Pholman90 wrote:
Made a right turn on a high with high incline pulling out slowly. Trailer pops out of hitch drops on trailer. Main question. We have a 16k Reese hitch. There are four washers on the handle bar next to where you latch. Is there a reason for the washers?

...........Maybe the four washers prevented the engagement handle from closing the dogs completely and thus locking around the pin !

I was thinking something along those lines except when you let go of the handle you would have to pull it out if that were the case. I'm leaning more towards something is not letting the dogs close correctly in the first place and people are just shimming that latch out so it lines up. That might also explain why the jaws are not lined up correctly.