Pull Test ?

Splashers3 wrote:
Trust but verify....I do that in my job every time a contractor tells me something about their system (I'm a Navy flight tester)

I do that with my 5ver as well...do the pull test every time, with the landing gear about 0.5 - 1" off the ground....and yes, I have a bedsaver....again, my job demands safety above all things - and it carries over when I haul.

Cummins12V98 - do you work for B&W?

Nope but I believe in promoting quality products and people that stand behind their products.

rhagfo wrote:

Shadow_Grey wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
If I did a pull test, which I don't, I would do it just after I hitched up, while the chocks were still in place. This would take the brakes out of the equation, and the legs would still be down to catch the 5er if it came loose.

Same here...mine has a green flag that indicates the hitch is in place. Ensure handle is in correct locked location and install locking pin...done.

Happy Camping...

larry barnhart wrote:
I will always do a pull test with the landing gear above the ground a couple of inches. My friend had his hitch break. No product cannot break so good to be safe, kinda like buying insurance don't need it until ya need it and then ya have it. Just sayin.
chevman

My theory is Trust, but Verify. Much like the measure twice cut once thought.

Blind trust will one day bite you!

My Reese will not open from the force of the pin pulling on the jaws, even if the handle isn't locked, in fact the force of the pin pulling forces the jaws shut.

I still do a pull test, as I do it before I leave the cab after hitching, takes less than 10 seconds!

I too have a reese and what has been mentioned by the B & W boys is no different then my reese, I maneuver the handle in the open position , back in with the two mated , no gap, the handle slams shut , I lock the handle, hook the breakaway cable, and I am hooked ,no high pin , jaw is shut ,the handle is locked, do I need a pull test ,no, do I do it, yes . Blind trust as you say will bite one day, and thinking you have a fool proof hitch is a good way to find out especially with a hitch that CAN BE locked in the OPEN position such as the B & W . NEVER lock it, no problem, keep it locked out as one did, and find out the hard way, and it will happen again with ANY hitch.

Know your equipment and use it accordingly. Don't trust anyone to tell you it is "OK". Not my wife, not my dad, not my kid, not my brother, I get out of the truck and look myself. If the jaws are around the kingpin and the bar is locked with the safety pin in the correct position...verified by me...it is good to go.
Yea, I said I do NOT do a pull test but I do watch it in the rear view mirror and if the truck would move without the camper following by a few inches I would stop immediently. Always be aware of what you are doing and what is going on around you.

I can hear it now....."Now how the hell did that happen" lol lol lol

wilber1 wrote:


Me to. Always. No exceptions. Murphy never sleeps.

I like that............:C

Trust but verify....I do that in my job every time a contractor tells me something about their system (I'm a Navy flight tester)

I do that with my 5ver as well...do the pull test every time, with the landing gear about 0.5 - 1" off the ground....and yes, I have a bedsaver....again, my job demands safety above all things - and it carries over when I haul.

Cummins12V98 - do you work for B&W?

larry barnhart wrote:
I will always do a pull test with the landing gear above the ground a couple of inches. My friend had his hitch break. No product cannot break so good to be safe, kinda like buying insurance don't need it until ya need it and then ya have it. Just sayin.
chevman

Me to. Always. No exceptions. Murphy never sleeps.

Shadow_Grey wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
If I did a pull test, which I don't, I would do it just after I hitched up, while the chocks were still in place. This would take the brakes out of the equation, and the legs would still be down to catch the 5er if it came loose.

Same here...mine has a green flag that indicates the hitch is in place. Ensure handle is in correct locked location and install locking pin...done.

Happy Camping...

larry barnhart wrote:
I will always do a pull test with the landing gear above the ground a couple of inches. My friend had his hitch break. No product cannot break so good to be safe, kinda like buying insurance don't need it until ya need it and then ya have it. Just sayin.
chevman

My theory is Trust, but Verify. Much like the measure twice cut once thought.

Blind trust will one day bite you!

My Reese will not open from the force of the pin pulling on the jaws, even if the handle isn't locked, in fact the force of the pin pulling forces the jaws shut.

I still do a pull test, as I do it before I leave the cab after hitching, takes less than 10 seconds!

I used to always do a pull test, but now I'm just not sure how to with the 6 point leveling. I cannot set the front a couple of inches off the ground because they hydraulically retract one at a time (whichever is least resistance to the pump).

So far I just rely on good faith of the new Reese hitch with the wrap around jaw. I can see it wrapped around the pin.

I will always do a pull test with the landing gear above the ground a couple of inches. My friend had his hitch break. No product cannot break so good to be safe, kinda like buying insurance don't need it until ya need it and then ya have it. Just sayin.
chevman