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navajochief
Explorer
May 23, 2016

Pullrite Superglide 18K ISR Unhitching

I started having a problem unhitching my 5er off the hitch. Whenever I'm unhitching, I lower the front landing gear of the trailer and begin to elevate the kingpin off of the hitch. I do it until the capture plate is a barely off the hitch. I then pull the lever and it won't release! I experienced this the last time I took my trailer out. I lubed the tubes and the inside of the hitch too. It looks like the jaw won't release the kingpin. In not releasing the the kingpin, as i raise the trailer the pin remains connected to the hitch and the hitch begins to lift the rear of the truck. I ended up then slamming the truck back and forth while it is locked and eventually it released it. However, I don't remember it giving me this problem when I first unhitched it. I called Pullrite and they told me to chalk the trailer and place the landing gear of trailer to the ground to support the trailer without lifting the weight off of the hitch while the vehicle parking brake is engaged. Once the landing gear is down I am to drive forward with the weight still on the hitch and pull away. He tells me the latch will release. Any ideas? Anybody else having this issue with their pullrite hitches?

4.5" Donahoe Racing Lift, Dick Cepek Fun Country 35" tires, Helo 18" Wheels, Dieselsite Coolant filter with ELC, OEM 4.30 gears, Air lift 5k bags, Pullrite 18K ISR Superglide hitch, 5k HID headlights, Edge CTS monitor.
2016 Keystone Fuzion 325
  • schlep1967's avatar
    schlep1967
    Nomad
    May 23, 2016
    ford truck guy wrote:
    When I am unhooking my super glide ,this is what I do .

    chock the camper wheels
    raise the landing gear
    get in truck and backup to get the slack OFF the kingpin and set E-brake
    get out and pull handle with ease every time

    +1

    Take a minute and really look at the pin and the hitch. The pin resemble an upside down "T". When the pin goes into the hitch the jaw then wraps around the thin part of the "T". So when hitched you have a wide surface both below and above the jaw. That way it can't bounce up out of the jaw. So what happens when you try to lift the trailer off the plate is you pinch the jaw between the lower wide surface and the upper plate.

    Also you will notice that when pulling the movable jaw is what you are pulling against. With pressure against this piece it is impossible to pull the latch to release the jaw.


    Chock the trailer wheels. Raise the trailer enough to take most of the weight off the truck. Put the truck in reverse and just ease back enough to put the pin against the front of the hitch. Set the parking brake. Put the truck in Park (in that order). And you will now be able to release the hitch. There should be no banging back and forth.
  • navajochief's avatar
    navajochief
    Explorer
    May 23, 2016
    So you never unload the weight off of the hitch? You only lower the landing gear so the trailer has something to land on and back up not forward?
  • ford_truck_guy's avatar
    ford_truck_guy
    Nomad
    May 23, 2016
    When I am unhooking my super glide ,this is what I do .

    chock the camper wheels
    raise the landing gear
    get in truck and backup to get the slack OFF the kingpin and set E-brake
    get out and pull handle with ease every time

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