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Chuck___
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Jun 10, 2017

B&W hitch compatibility to Airborne

I have an Airborne hitch on my DRV and am looking to buy a B&W Fifth Wheel hitch. Does anyone have this Airborne hitch? Do you just have to take out the wedge to use it? Here is a link to a picture of it:


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Charles

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    High5er
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    Jun 10, 2017
    Oh my gosh! Be VERY careful with what you are doing!!! That Airborne has a wedge which means that the turret pivots. If you remove that wedge and hook it up to a normal hitch without locking the turret you will have catastrophic consequences! Please look up the Reese instruction manual before attempting to tow your 5th wheel without that wedge. General rule is if you remove the wedge you MUST lock the turret with 2 large lockout bolts which in turn prevents the turret from pivoting. And just the opposite when you leave the wedge on you MUST make that the turret is NOT locked by the same 2 bolts. This is extremely important!

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