B & W Hitch

Cummins12V98 wrote:

kennethwooster wrote:
I bought a B&W setup for the Ford kit. The installer was very good about telling me how to use the hitch. Said he explained the to one couple and they did a very high hitch, and dropped the trailer. I always start with the trailer just low enough to catch the lower lip of the hitch. It picks the trailer up some, but guarantees correct connection. I noticed the bed saver bolts to that lip which would make it hard to hatch they way I like to hitch. I do a pull test each time, even though I know I hitched it each time. Did the same with Pullright and Reese. B&W is the best hitch I ever used. Hitch per instructions, and you will not drop the trailer.

Your example of how the installer explained to a person on how to hitch and the did a very high hitch is why I don't believe any of these stories because if the bottom of the kingpin is sitting on the top of the 1" thick jaws the space between the plates will be a full 2" with the B&W, I just measured mine. So if someone even looked they would know it would not stay connected. The hitches with thin jaws are more likely to be dropped because the space between the plates is thinner but still there is a space of about 1 1/2" and never should happen!

BTW if your RV is not secured by hitting the lower edge of the hitch you could easily push it off the blocks.

I back under so the hitch and kingpin box are close then adjust the hight of the RV so the plates are in the same plane or pinbox slightly lower then back up and latch.

Why would you "push it off the blocks"? You =should= have the FW wheels tightly chocked so it can't roll. The chocks should be the =last= thing stored before you move out, since you should be doing a pull-test with wheels chocked (even with the B&W).

Lyle