Companion hitch hard to latch
I have an older B&W companion hitch and it is really difficult to latch the last inch or so. Up to that point everything feels normal but that last inch to get the handle where I can drop the pin thr...
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Miles Away wrote:
I'm more than a little confused about your post. You said you or your your wife "drop the pin through." What does this mean? The pin should NOT be above the latch, it should be pushed through from the rear, allowing the latch to close around the pin as it seats against the forward end of the latch. It sounds like you are "high pinning". Lower the trailer enough so that the pin sits just below the hitch allowing the pin box to ramp up onto the hitch plate as you back your truck under the trailer. If this doesn't work, then call B & W.
I had to re-read it a couple times, too, before I realized he was talking about the locking pin, not the king pin. Not everyone can be a Hemingway... :-)
Lyle
