That went as expected-Part Deux
After my first failure to get the 5th wheel backed into the site. I got a friend of mine to help guide me this time and I ignored my wife(after 25 years of marriage that part is getting easier). Put...
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leeper wrote:
I can not believe that no one noticed you said you lowered the jacks and then tried to pull the release handle. You CAN NOT pull the hitch jaws open when the jacks have raised the 5th wheel up, putting lots of pressure on the pin box. You can only open the hitch when there is NO pressure or force on the pin and pin box. If you are not careful, you can get killed trying to unhook. You need help from someone whom knows what they are doing. Until then, STOP and GET AWAY FROM IT!
Oh yes you can!! The pin has 2" of surface for the 1/2" thick jaws to grab. With the wheels chocked, I raise the pin until the trailer plate is off the hitch plate, maybe 1/2", then pull the handle. Doing this, it takes all the pin weight off of the truck suspension. So when I pull away, the truck does not rise up.
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