Hitch Lube Plate?

Bombfixer wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Bombfixer wrote:
Before you get that lube plate, look at your hitch. I am not familiar with the B&W, but my new Reese has a lube pad built onto the jaws to do the same thing. Using one of the white pads on a hitch with the pad on it might effect your hookup ability.

?????

What Reese is that, "Lube plate on the Jaws", the lube plate goes between the pin box bottom surface and the top surface of the hitch saddle.

Is this what you are referring to?

Reese Lube plate

Yes that item is what I have. The hitch is a Reese 21k that I got in Sep from Camping World of Chattanooga.

To clarify... is that a plastic plate that attaches to the metal skid plate? Approximately... how thick is it?

rhagfo wrote:

Bombfixer wrote:
Before you get that lube plate, look at your hitch. I am not familiar with the B&W, but my new Reese has a lube pad built onto the jaws to do the same thing. Using one of the white pads on a hitch with the pad on it might effect your hookup ability.

?????

What Reese is that, "Lube plate on the Jaws", the lube plate goes between the pin box bottom surface and the top surface of the hitch saddle.

Is this what you are referring to?

Reese Lube plate

Yes that item is what I have. The hitch is a Reese 21k that I got in Sep from Camping World of Chattanooga.

robwhite61 wrote:
How often should the plate be changed? Mine is less than a year old, but I don't remember ever seeing how long they should last.

Years! Chris

MFL wrote:
They may get thinner over time, but a quality one will last for many years.

Jerry

Thanks

They may get thinner over time, but a quality one will last for many years.

Jerry

How often should the plate be changed? Mine is less than a year old, but I don't remember ever seeing how long they should last.

Me Again wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Bombfixer wrote:
Before you get that lube plate, look at your hitch. I am not familiar with the B&W, but my new Reese has a lube pad built onto the jaws to do the same thing. Using one of the white pads on a hitch with the pad on it might effect your hookup ability.

?????

What Reese is that, "Lube plate on the Jaws", the lube plate goes between the pin box bottom surface and the top surface of the hitch saddle.

Is this what you are referring to?

Reese Lube plate

On semi's the part on the tractor is referred to as the "turn table"! So the Reese lube plate mounts to the turn table. The lube disc slides on the king pin which is part of the pin box on the trailer. I got one back in 97 when I purchased my Terry 26'er. Moved it to my Cardinal in 2004 and bought a spare. Finally installed the spare a couple years ago.

Will have to make a Blue Delo 400 spare out of a bucket per Cummins12V98's suggestion.

Chris

The bucket plate does work well.

I think mine is Home Dopie Orange.

rhagfo wrote:

Bombfixer wrote:
Before you get that lube plate, look at your hitch. I am not familiar with the B&W, but my new Reese has a lube pad built onto the jaws to do the same thing. Using one of the white pads on a hitch with the pad on it might effect your hookup ability.

?????

What Reese is that, "Lube plate on the Jaws", the lube plate goes between the pin box bottom surface and the top surface of the hitch saddle.

Is this what you are referring to?

Reese Lube plate

On semi's the part on the tractor is referred to as the "turn table"! So the Reese lube plate mounts to the turn table. The lube disc slides on the king pin which is part of the pin box on the trailer. I got one back in 97 when I purchased my Terry 26'er. Moved it to my Cardinal in 2004 and bought a spare. Finally installed the spare a couple years ago.

Will have to make a Blue Delo 400 spare out of a bucket per Cummins12V98's suggestion.

Chris

MFL wrote:

Seattle Lion wrote:
Wonderful! I will do just that. At these prices they should give me a driver.

I agree! One other thought, is to ask if the propane tanks have been filled, and at least one battery installed. Mine came this way, should be an industry standard, IMO.

Jerry

Mine comes with one battery and is provisioned for two. The dealer always fills the propane too. I use Fife RV in Fife WA. This is my second RV from them. They are honest (how about that!) and fair. I don't get the lowest possible price, but I get a fair one. Their service department in Bonney Lake WA (about 15 miles from Fife) is second to none. They go out of their way to make us happy.

When we got our Kodiak TT last year, there were defective PEX connections throughout the plumbing. It had a rubber belly plate. A day after we got the trailer (we had it hooked to our water), the belly looked pregnant. The entire underside of the trailer was filled with water. No damage to the basement or the actual living areas. The dealer came to our house, cut the pan and then towed it back. They fixed it fast and gave us a second battery for our trouble.

Bombfixer wrote:
Before you get that lube plate, look at your hitch. I am not familiar with the B&W, but my new Reese has a lube pad built onto the jaws to do the same thing. Using one of the white pads on a hitch with the pad on it might effect your hookup ability.

?????

What Reese is that, "Lube plate on the Jaws", the lube plate goes between the pin box bottom surface and the top surface of the hitch saddle.

Is this what you are referring to?

Reese Lube plate