pull trailer hitch problem

maxwell11 wrote:
thanks for the replys,

now that I am home I will do some hitch maintenance,
I will give the hitch a good cleaning and only lube it with a white hitch grease I found on the web site.

at the camp site my next camp site neighbor, with a very large brand new jayco 5th wheel camper was having problems getting his hitch to latch,

he had already dropped the trailer onto his truck once, ruined the tailgate and dented the sides of the new one ton Chevy Denali pickup, plus busted both sides of the camper. what a mess that was going to be to have fixed.

as he hitched up the 5th wheel hitch it made a terrible noise as it locked, he had to drive the trailer back about 5 or 6"

hope all jayco trailers do not have hitches like ours.

You can rest assured that all Jayco's do not have hitches like this. This is my third Jayco and I have never had a problem with any of them. Also three of our camping friends have Jayco's and none of them have issues either. Growing up on a farm I have lots of experience with trailers and I have never really had issues getting any of them to settle on the ball.

Also I would almost guarantee you the hitch that is welded to your frame is not made by Jayco and is most likely on thousands of other campers also.

Are you sure you have the lock pulled all the way back? On mine you have to lift up and pull it back to get it to fully open. If the lock is open maybe you have to much backwards lean on the hitch or you weren't quite lined up properly. If you are to far back ball can hit the hitch lock when you drop it on and won't let the lock come forward unless you ease the tow vehicle forward.