locking the jaws on the hitch
OK, I am new to towing a fiver so I have a question regarding posts I have seen in the past. People talk about locking the hitch jaws so no one will open them when they are stopped for awhile. My q...
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Campinfan wrote:
If people unhitch before lowering the landing gear don't they risk the trailer sliding backward. Even if you lower the gear to where it is just above the ground, it seems to me that is a lot of stress on the landing gear if if falls down onto it. I will just stay with watching me raise the trailer until the hitches separate a bit.
Yes they do :S
It is not recommended..think it happens in those OH S____! moments of distraction.
Wheel chocks!......first thing ON/last thing to be removed!
I lift my 5vr just until I see just a smidgen of clearance between the pin box/hitch plates. Then I undo 'emergency' brake cable, then trailer umbilical cord then pull hitch handle and drive out.
When hooking up I have pin box plate 1" lower than hitch plate so it rides up and into hitch. No chance of 'high hitching'
