backing up to the hitch
My hitch is a automatic Pullrite for shortbed trucks To help me backup to the 5er hitch: 1) I put alignment marks on the hitch to center it 2) I put a white mark on the center of the hitch that is ...
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Since I can see the pin, I painted two white stripes on either side of the latch on my capture plate. As I back up I align the pin between the white stripes, easialy done from ten feet away. I have found that if the hitch height is just above the capture plate with the hitch tilted back, the trailer slides easily up the capture plate, while the truck is squating from the increase in weight. I end up with the fith wheel hitched and level, and the reassuring clunk as the release bar slides into the locked position tells me I am "hitched"!
