RV Crushes Truck
This guy dropped his 5th Wheel on the back of his truck on video. Not me BTW. What I can't figure out is how it happened. Go to about the 18 minute mark to see him checking everything, but it s...
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noteven wrote:RCMAN46 wrote:noteven wrote:
2 nylon plates = increased chance of a high hitch?
The release lever on either my Holland FW001 and my B&W will not latch when high hitched. The pin uncouples as soon as you tug test but you can see the jaws are not latched by the lever position. Both 5th wheels (“hitches”) are designed for 1 nylon lube plate.
And if you had tried to pull your trailer with the B&W as the OP had done you would have dropped a trailer as he did.
Nope. The handle won’t pin if the jaws aren’t locked.
You missed my point. If you look at the second photo I posted the hitch in question also was not closed or pinned.
The white pin only shows that the king pin is in the hitch head and does not indicated if the hitch is latched.
