Airbag Suspension and Unhitching Question
For those of you with airbag suspension helper springs like the Firestone Ride-Rite. When unhitching your 5th wheel, does the TV jump when the pin box clears the hitch? Is it best to de-flate the ai...
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Actually if you will be using a Companion hitch, it doesn't get much easier to see when the weight is totally off the hitch. The hitch head will rise up an inch or so before the keeper pins catch. You can literally see the head float when the weight is off of it. I watch for the float and then drop the trailer about an inch.
The Companion hitch does have one of the most positive locking jaws available, but it is still important to make sure that you don't high hitch. Always make sure that the trailer is slightly low and slides up the hitch like a ramp when hitching and you should never have any problems.
Thank you for your service to our country! I got a chuckle when you said you owed Uncle Sam 3 more years and then I saw your location was Leavenworth!
The Companion hitch does have one of the most positive locking jaws available, but it is still important to make sure that you don't high hitch. Always make sure that the trailer is slightly low and slides up the hitch like a ramp when hitching and you should never have any problems.
Thank you for your service to our country! I got a chuckle when you said you owed Uncle Sam 3 more years and then I saw your location was Leavenworth!
