How do you hook up your 5th by yourself?

silvercorvette wrote:
This is what I do, I find it necessary to use a ladder.

I have to use a ladder. I just replaced a 3 step stepladder SIMILAR TO THIS ONE and replaced it with THIS 13 FOOT LADDER

I climb into the bed and place a 1 X 1 inch by 2 foot board into the jaws of the hitch which helps me line up the pin. I have to jump in and out of the truck a few times to see if things are lining up then when things are close I climb the ladder into the bed and remove the wood and open the jaws. With the lever of the B&W hitch pulled back I finish backing until the jaws surround the pin, then I have to climb on the ladder to get back in the bed to pin the lever and secure the breakaway, then climb back down on the ladder.

Is there a better easier way to do it?

Can't really help you. I grew up on a farm and backing into a hitch is something I can probably do stone drunk. :-) I simply step up on the tire, "set" my B&W jaws, back in, step back up on the tire and pin the jaws in place, raise the legs a few inches and do my pull-test. Only time I really have to "adjust" is when I don't have a straight shot at the pin. =shrug=

Lyle