Hooking and unhooking?
We have two driveways in which to park a 26 foot fifth wheel. Both slope down away from the rig, but one is a slope and a bit of a turn also to stay on the pavement. We don't have a rig yet, but w...
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Another issue is roll, if the truck or trailer "roll", and the other vehicle doesn't (it only takes a fraction of an inch) the wrong way, the king-pin and be a little bound against the mechanism that you need to release the king-pin.
Normally all you have to do is put the landing gear down, start the truck and put the transmission from park to neutral and back to park.
I see this most often when say the trailer is level and the truck is slightly pitched.
I also see this more often with my PullRite then I did with a fixed hitch
Under the worst case I have to un-pin the hitch head from the truck and use the landing gear to raise the head off the truck, this finally releases enough tension on the king-pin.
Oh, ya, I think to off-straight number for the PullRite is 15degrees.
Normally all you have to do is put the landing gear down, start the truck and put the transmission from park to neutral and back to park.
I see this most often when say the trailer is level and the truck is slightly pitched.
I also see this more often with my PullRite then I did with a fixed hitch
Under the worst case I have to un-pin the hitch head from the truck and use the landing gear to raise the head off the truck, this finally releases enough tension on the king-pin.
Oh, ya, I think to off-straight number for the PullRite is 15degrees.
