Hitching and unhitching a 5th wheel

ol Bombero-JC wrote:

nazpaz wrote:
Perhaps you are talking about a Pullrite Superglide hitch? If so, the manual says the hookup and release angle must be no more than 16 degrees.

I've heard of people, in an emergency, pulling the pins on the hitch and driving out from under the kingpin, then removing the hitch (not leaving it dangling from the kingpin). As you can guess hooking back up would be a whole different kettle of fish, depending on the situation.

"I've heard of people........"

YES the PR SG release angle is - *16* degrees.

However, you're heard -or been told- "old wives tales" as pertains to a SuperGlide..:S

To increase the angle, the PR SG angel will be on your shoulder, LOL!

Two pins will pull the *HEAD* (as "Vulcaneer" indicates).

The *HEAD* weighs about 35 lbs.

The hitch always remains in the bed of the pickup..:W

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Thanks for setting me straight.

However - I described the Superglide maximum angle from the manual in the first paragraph just in case the OP had that hitch.

Then, in the next paragraph, I moved on to describing what I've heard that people do with 5th wheel hitches in general, which includes pulling the pins and driving out from under the camper. I *didn't* say I was specifically talking about the Superglide in that situation and I think I'm correct that some people do just that.

Obviously, if a person using a conventional hitch backs into a spot that is so angled or steep that they can't get the jaws to release and just pulls the pins on the hitch, hooking back up might be rather difficult.