Toolguy5 wrote:
dpgllg wrote:
Hello,
While we love our new 5th wheel a unforeseen problem has come up. It is the same size as our previous 5th wheel BUT the new one with auto leveling has made it almost impossible to unhitch and hitch easily in my driveway.
Dave
Don't understand why the auto level would make it hard to hitch and unhitch in your driveway. If you did your previous 5er why cant you do this one?
What am I missing?
The old 5th wheel was all manual and the legs dropped further down then on the new 5th wheel I believe.
My driveway slopes toward the road and also toward the passenger side. This makes the passenger side front jack to be extended a lot farther then the drivers side.
When the new one was parked the last time my brother was here helping me and when we went to unhitch we couldn't get the hitch (RBW hitch) to release. He ended up pulling the pins on the hitch rails and taking the hitch out of the truck leaving hitch hanging from the pin. Took the hitch off pin and installed in truck bed. When we went to hitch up again with the front of the 5th wheel lowered to the max I was about three inches below the pin. We had to put boards as a ramp to get the truck hitch high enough to engage the pin.
Dave
