Lifting Fifth Wheel Hitch

I didn't want to imply that I had an objection to hanging the hitch from the kinpin, just that I personally didn't like it.

Make one. Your pin is 2" diameter. A piece of 1-1/2" pipe is 1-7/8" diameter. Use your imagination from there.

Lifting it with the fiver is a good option. Only reason I don't do it is where I park the fiver. Fortunately I have a well designed hitch and can still lift it by myself.

Old-Biscuit wrote:


The pin box/king pin can easily handle the weight of the hitch hanging from it......when hooked up there is 3000# PLUS King Pin handles full weight of 5vr as it is jerked back/forth

I lift mine in/out with 5th wheel landing gear legs.
Pull pins....raise/drive out

Hitch hangs there until next trip
Backin/lower hitch then manhandle it a little to line up/set it--pin it

Place a padlock on handle latch so handle can not be operated while swing in the wind

^ What he said.

Been doing this for years.

agesilaus wrote:
Yeah normally you would take to hitch apart into two pieces. Mine only requires pulling a couple of pins to separate the parts. Each piece is much lighter but still no light weight. I cannot imagine getting enough lift height off the king pin to pick the hitch off the ground to a high enough point that you could get the truck bed under it.

Some people do leave the hitch hanging from the kingpin once it is in the bed and just lift it high enough to drive out from under it. I did it one year but all that weight hanging from the 5ver just made me nervous. So I don't anymore.

I do have a couple of 2x8's that can be used to make a ramp into the truck bed where you can push the hitch bottom up the ramp. The top can just be picked up more easily.

The pin box/king pin can easily handle the weight of the hitch hanging from it......when hooked up there is 3000# PLUS King Pin handles full weight of 5vr as it is jerked back/forth

I lift mine in/out with 5th wheel landing gear legs.
Pull pins....raise/drive out

Hitch hangs there until next trip
Backin/lower hitch then manhandle it a little to line up/set it--pin it

Place a padlock on handle latch so handle can not be operated while swing in the wind

B&w turnover kingpin adapter plate upside down with a clevis through it works

Yeah normally you would take to hitch apart into two pieces. Mine only requires pulling a couple of pins to separate the parts. Each piece is much lighter but still no light weight. I cannot imagine getting enough lift height off the king pin to pick the hitch off the ground to a high enough point that you could get the truck bed under it.

Some people do leave the hitch hanging from the kingpin once it is in the bed and just lift it high enough to drive out from under it. I did it one year but all that weight hanging from the 5ver just made me nervous. So I don't anymore.

I do have a couple of 2x8's that can be used to make a ramp into the truck bed where you can push the hitch bottom up the ramp. The top can just be picked up more easily.

I looked around when I got my hitch and didn't find anything else, so I forked out the forty-something dollars for theirs. I have their Ram puck system picture frame with it and yanked the whole thing out at once. Just took it out for the first time the other day after being in the truck for a year and a half.
JK

Never heard of one. My Hyjacker come apart into two pieces. I can even at 72 lift it oit myself. If your not capable just but a cheap cable winch for less than 50 dollars from Harbor Freight and a short tow strap. Thats all you need.