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gmsumsion
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Jun 07, 2015

Raising 5th Wheel When Landing Gear Malfunctions

I am on a road trip and my landing gear is giving me trouble. It was unable to lift my trailer back onto my truck after the last stop. I had a guy come out and work on it, but he said all he could d...
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Specularius
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Jun 08, 2015
If it is having trouble with a load, then I would use a couple of bottle jacks and use the landing gear too. Jack a little with the bottle jacks, run the landing gear down. Keep doing that until it is high enough to hitch up.

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