Just about dropped it!
Hooking up the 5vr to come home from our last outing, I left the front hatch open by mistake. I couldn’t close it or the tailgate. So I opened the jaws of the hitch and pulled forward far enough to c...
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GMH wrote:cummins2014 wrote:
Thats something I have never quite understood about the B&W the ability to LOCK it open. My Reese locks in the open position but its IMPOSSIBLE for it to remain that way, when I release the jaws, the handle can be moved at a slight horizontal angle to keep it open , but when backed into it automatically shuts, I can't keep it open if I wanted to. I would think it would be easy for B&W to change the design the same , being able to just lock it open doesn't make much sense .and its been proven to cause a dropped fifth wheel.
Yes, I had a cheap Reese on my last truck and it worked like that. It would be easy I think for B&W to incorporate a slight bit of friction? into the handle to hold it open while unhitching yet be overcome when hitching? Having to pin it open when unhitching is the one flaw I see in the design.
Although I don’t have the cheap Reese you are referring to ,mine actually has a lever inside where the kingpin makes contact and releases the handle so it locks shut .
