When to use the slider?

rbrand wrote:
So far I've never been in a situation when I needed to use the slider. So I'm not sure under what circumstances you should use it.
I would really appreciate some advice from anyone who does use theirs.

Thanks

I only use mine if a 80-90 degree jack knife is required. However I have a old '97 5er with a very flat square corner front profile on a Dodge short bed truck.

Many GM owners report they never use their sliding hitches as GM trucks have a longer dimension from the back of the cab to the trucks rear axle. I see some GM owners selling their auto Superglide hitches as their simply not needed.

As suggested find a big parking lot and crack the wheel all the way in one direction while backing up and see how close your combo gets. You may have several inches or you may make contact.
One size don't fit all here as many details determine how close the trailers comes to the cab.