Andersen Hitch issue

Bayley wrote:
I have the Andersen 5th Wheel hitch and have been very happy with it's performance. The issue I have is the distance of travel needed to get the pin off the ball when unhitching. I have to use every inch of upward travel on the landing legs to get off the truck and then sometimes it's impossible to get the trailer down to level for camping because I run out of downward travel of the legs.
I have air bags on the truck and thought about letting some air out of them to gain an inch or so. I haven't tried this yet but thought maybe someone else has had this same problem and may have a solution that works. I also have an air bag in the pin box that may be creating an additional height to deal with.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
Thanks...Tony

I don't own an Anderson hitch, but I'm curious about your issue of running out of travel to level your FW because you have to use every inch of upward travel to get off your truck. I had the problem you described once and the reason was not because of the hitch. It was because I lowered the feet of the front landing gear too far before extending the jacks via the leveling systems. Because the feet were manually lowered too far, the travel distance of the jack needed to come off the truck is less. This reduces the amount of travel downward to level the FW. To solve this issue, the Lippert (LCI) technician that manufactures the 3.0 Ground Control system on my FW explained that I should only lower the feet of the front landing gear to the point of 5" to 6" from the ground and then extend the jacks to get off the truck. This should give adequate downward travel for leveling. I have been on sites that sloped away from the road where I don't manually lower the front feet at all. I don't use air bags on my setup. Are you towing level or does your truck have excessive 'squat' with the FW hitched up? If my suggestions don't work for you, perhaps you need to consider some changes with the truck to allow you to tow level or reduce the squat in the truck when hitched. I'm imagining you have quite a bit of squat if you are using all your upward travel to relieve the weight of the truck to pull off the king pin.