Leaving 5th Wheel Hitch Hanging on Kingpin
I saw a picture the other day on a travel blog of a 5th wheel trailer sitting in a campsite with the 5th wheel hitch hanging from the kingpin. It looked like the owner had parked the trailer, took ou...
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imjustdave wrote:
I agree would like to know how guys end up hooking it back up? Do you get lucky and line it all up or do you drop it back in the bed and hook it all back up and the reconnect.
Raise it a little high.
Back under as best you can and drop it as close as possible. Then its just a matter of wrassling it into place. You would have to do that if you lift it in by hand but the worst of the lifting it done by the landing gear.
Still far easier than lifting it in and out of the bed by hand.
I will agree with the others in regards to locking it while hanging, so someone doesn't accidentaly release it.
No worries at all about it being enough weight to damage the trailer frame.
