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TWZMYJP
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Apr 14, 2018

7-Way Cord Storage

Yes, I'm a 5vr newbie... Please bear with me as I ask a bevvy of stupid questions throughout our first season with the new unit :S

What does everyone do with the pigtail of cord that hangs from the kingpin when you unhook and pull the tow vehicle away? I'm 6'-1" and I can barely reach over the dropped tailgate and stuff the pigtail up into the kingpin cavity, where is usually falls out a couple times before finally sticking anyway... I'm thinking of some sort of hanger or clip arrangement to hold the pigtail up and out of the way? Does such an animal already exist? No need to reinvent the wheel, just figured I'd ask (another) dumb question.
  • Like he said BUT the smart thing to always remember is to take the cord out before you back under the fifth wheel again.

    I built a hook that I keep handy to reach into the kingpin and pull it out.
  • Oakman wrote:
    I just let the cord hang down behind the tailgate and then pull away. Once the truck is out of the way I stuff the cord into the kingpin cavity. Never been a problem.
    Yep, what he said. Not a big deal.
  • I also just let the cord hang over the end of the tailgate as I pull away. Then I just loop mine over the front lip of the pin box. With a 5th Airborne pin box there is not much room to put it inside of it.
  • I just let the cord hang down behind the tailgate and then pull away. Once the truck is out of the way I stuff the cord into the kingpin cavity. Never been a problem.
  • There are what I call dummy plugs that are empty inside. The pig tail just clips in there and it is kept dirt free and dry. i have one on my fifth wheel and also flatbed. If I can find when I bought them and where i will post back.
  • ^^^^^^^^^ X2^^^^^^^^^

    There is usually 2 of us and when the truck is pulled away, the other grabs the cord and cable and stuffs them both into/behind kingpin box.
  • The only dumb question is the one not asked, I just store the cord inside the kingpin itself.