How do you hook up your 5th by yourself?
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 ...
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silvercorvette wrote:elkabong wrote:I had a small TT 30 years ago and remember it being harder to line up the ball with out help, at least the 5th has a V in the hitch to guide you in
I think if I had to go through the rigeramole the OP mentioned I would probably start looking to trade in for a TT.
As mentioned before, my 10yr old Reese double jaw is pretty simple. I have blue tape down in the center of the hitch plate which makes it easier as I can see through the back window to line up with the pin. Once close, I get out to unlock the hitch and set the pin height. When backing under, I want the hitch plate to lift the FW about an inch. This prevents high hitching. After the jaws snap shut, I get out to make sure the jaws are closed and lock the hitch. I painted the jaws white which makes it easier to see that they are closed around the pin. Hook up the breakaway and electrical and do the pull test. None of this procedure requires that my feet leave the ground and that's one big reason why I like a Fiver.
I used to think so to but the back up camera on my new truck makes hooking up my utility trailer dead easy.
