Hitch Release Tips w Gas Strut Truck

obedon wrote:
I seem to be having a challenge getting the hitch/tongue to release the ball when disconnecting my trailer. The hitch lifts the truck as the jack raises the trailer tongue. I have tried hitting the hitch with a rubber mallet, or lowering and raising over again, or standing on the truck bumper to bounce it all with some success but I would appreciate better guidance. The truck is a 2016 RAM 1500 limited so the option to raise it's level seems to be working against me for hauling a travel trailer. Many thanks.

If your RAM is equipped with the oem air suspension you should be disabling that before hitching and unhitching to prevent exactly what you describe - unwanted movement by the suspension when hooking or unhooking the trailer. This is done via the Uconnect settings by placing the suspension in Tire Jack mode. I had the same system on my '14 RAM Big Horn and it worked great when towing, but it does require a little different handling.