Can't get unhitched!

lbrjet wrote:

TxTwoSome wrote:

NJRVer wrote:
JBarca,
Excellent post with photos!

X2!!

Yes, the time and thought put into John's post deserves some praise.

Gee guys, thanks! I'm humbled.

I have been towing something... since I was like 12 years old on the farm. And lets say that was a long time ago... Boat trailers, cargo trailers, flat bed trailers, even a PU camper where no issue for me hitching and unhitching. But the first TT with that "different" style ball coupler, well, it got me. The first time I hooked up to a TT, my dealer hitched it and never thought anything about it. We towed it half way home and camped. Wet cold and the Friday after Thanksgiving in 2003, getting dark and now after business hours. For the life of me, I cannot get that ball coupler off the truck.... This is stupid, how can it be this bad... Wife wanting to get supper started and I can't unhitch the camper... After enough fiddling, screw drivers, pry bar, you name it, 30 minutes later it came off. At that point while it was off, really did not know why.

Next morning hitch up OK and head home. Still on an all time high from our first camper, we say, lets spend another night at the local state park. So back into the site, dang...still can't get that ball coupler to release, Errrr. Here we go again.... 30 minutes later, it's off still not knowing exactly what I did to get it off. Spent the night, hitched up the next day and towed home just fine.

Then to unhitch at home, you dirty rat, not again... Again, 30 minutes later it was off and I said, that's it. How does this darn thing work... Crawled up and looked up. You stinker you.... that release lever "does not pivot up" like many to almost all other ball couplers I have used over the years. It slides back towards the TT!. Duh... Now with 1 finger in about 1 second after the pressure is off, ping, it's unlatched!

We all have at least 1,.... camping story where you do something dumb... it can't be this hard... That was my first one with the TT... I'll never forget that nor how the latch works...

The pics I had were from another discussion we had a while ago on the new Andersen WD hitch and the effects on the ball coupler. And then this post came in with someone who could not release the coupler... Gee I wonder if they know how the coupler latch works???

The learning never stops. Hope it helps someone else in the future.

Thanks again

John