Removing heavy hitch from truck
This has worked well for me so I thought I would share. I leave my hitch hooked to the 5er, remove the rail pins and use the landing gear to lift the hitch out of the truck. I use a 500# hydraulic t...
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To bucky,
The hitch weighs 300 pounds. It would take bigger guys than me, probably four, to manhandle it out of the truck. The vertical corner brackets have a lower hole and is where the hitch is pinned to the bed rails. The rear aluminum channel with the eye screw pivots back so I don't have to crawl into the truck to hook up the breakaway cable. I do like a neat garage, my office is a mess!
The hitch weighs 300 pounds. It would take bigger guys than me, probably four, to manhandle it out of the truck. The vertical corner brackets have a lower hole and is where the hitch is pinned to the bed rails. The rear aluminum channel with the eye screw pivots back so I don't have to crawl into the truck to hook up the breakaway cable. I do like a neat garage, my office is a mess!
