Dropped 5er with Pullrite SuperGlide?
I recognize that the internet breeds paranoia. I've read several threads over the years about dropped fifth wheels on pickups, but another current thread got me to wondering. I have a Pullrite Super...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:djgarcia wrote:MNRon wrote:
korbe I'm with you, I don't understand the value of a pull test IF you visually see the jaws wrapped around the pin AND the wider pin flange below the jaws. I even painted my pin flange to make it easier to see this. I try to follow the proper process/procedure hooking up and ALWAYS visually look, but have never done a pull-test to double-check my visual check...just sayin', not recommending to others or trying to start a flame war...
Micki Bitsko says "If you do the pull test you have nothing to loose and everything to gain". Every RV technician/sales that I have talked to has always recommended doing the pull test.
Do you really think they would tell you not to and risk a law suit?
When I had a RBW hitch I did a pull test. Made sense because you physically could not tell for a fact everything was latched.
If I had a hitch that had a color code or some other obscure method of latching I sure would do a pull test also!
Close the handle lock it and check that the plates are touching and the 1" jaws are closed. No need to do a pull test. Do a pull if you want but I do a visual test.
When I purchased a similar hitch, to the one pictured, my first thought was, what keeps these jaws from opening.
I looked at the jaws, while working the lever, to see the workings inside. It was obvious, the way this hitch is designed, it cannot open with the lever closed, and locked/pinned.
You only need to see the jaws closed around the pin.
Jerry
