Pull tests
In another thread there was a lot of talk about pull tests. In 1997 we got our first 5th wheel and a Hijacker 16k Ultra sliding bar hitch. We never did pull tests. The hitch in 2001 moved two a se...
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Travlingman wrote:Helmsey wrote:
I am in the no pull test group, for 2 reasons:
1. I can't lift both of my landing gear legs the same distance off the ground. With the hydraulic system the 1st leg is all the way retracted before the 2nd leg moves.
2. I have a B&W Companion and I am confident that if the bar latches, and I visually look at the jaws it is locked.
I have hydraulic landing gear and it is easy to do a pull test. After you have the first leg raised and the second leg gets off the ground, I stop raising it. I then extend the landing gear and the leg that raised first will come down now. I let it get to the proper distance off the ground and then do pull test.
I have a B&W also, but do a pull test every time. Guess I am not as confident in it as some are.
This sounds like a problem if you are not hitched and then all the weight is applied to the one landing gear leg. Me thinks the RV will tip to one side and possibly make bed contact. You really should just leave the legs on the ground and apply trailer brakes and let the truck try to pull ahead. JMHO
