Newbie-How hard is it to hitch & unhitch a 5th Wheel?
I am considering full timing & like the set up in a 5th wheel. How hard are they to learn to hitch & unhitch. I'm a 5'2' lady & have only towed a race car years ago. Would like your thoughts.
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WhitehouseLV wrote:
The one thing I've experienced that can be difficult is unhitching. Lately it seems everything must be leveled and chocked. Maybe something has changed & I'll learn what it is but this alone has been very frustrating. Now maybe part of it is I did change vehicles and my new truck squats a little.
Hooking up has always been easy and quick.
Unhitching on extremely uneven ground where the trailer is twisted one way and the TV another beyond the limits of the hitch can make it difficult to unlatch. A four-way tilting head helps in this regard. The other thing that is usually the problem is the pin being hard against the jaws. If the final move before unhitching is pulling forward as on to ramps for example, you will have this problem. The solution is just to back up slightly, relieve the tension and the jaws will snap open easily.
