Hitching and unhitching a 5th wheel
I'm a newbie camper 3yrs. I'm thinking of getting a 5th wheel. I have a dumb question to ask. Can 5th wheels be hitched and unhitched from the side?
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Em.... Actually, as others have alluded to, it depends. With my current Pullrite, no, I can't.
I have done this several times with my PullRight SuperGlide. You unpin the hitch head and lift it out of the stantion/yoke, with the elevator legs. This hitch unhitches this way so much better than any other hitch. Because when you do it this way, you do not put any lateral (side) force on the landing gear legs. When you do try to hitch at a sharp angle with a conventional hitch, it does put side pressure of the landing gear legs. They cannot well withstand that type of load. Because in that direction there is nothing to hold the pin from moving. And the legs are unsupported.
