hammer21661 wrote:
Are you sure yours isn't broke?
X2
I have a B&W Companion... Pull the arm towards the cab and pull away; never had the jaws not open unless I was parked really downhill to the pin. To hitch, back under the pin until the truck stops; with the trailer's height set right (you have to do that with the big rigs, too) the trailer rides up the head, smacks the back of the jaws, they close and I'm done. I do use a padlock in the safety pin hole to keep someone from pulling the lever while I'm stopped someplace, but, I don't go through all the gyrations you're describing. Never had it not latch, and only maybe one in 50, unlatch because I'm resting downhill on the pin.
