Unhitching SuperGlide hitch with truck at an angle

time2roll wrote:
OK if the pin has some tension between the truck and trailer the release arm may not move. Usually I solve this by putting the truck in neutral and let it roll an inch. If still not releasing I ask DW to nudge the truck very slowly forward or back while I tug at the lever. Of course wheel chocks are on the trailer and front legs are down at this point.

As far as front legs I find the Pullrite does not like a high pin. Keep some weight on the saddle and let it slide off. Same with hitching. Go in a little low (1" or 2") with the trailer and let it ride up.

If you really get twisted up the hitch head will rotate on you as you try to pull the truck away. In this case pull the two pins and let the trailer lift the hitch head off the hitch base. You can let it hang there but I tend to re-position the truck and put it back in place sooner than later. I find this to be fairly uncommon.

Best of luck and lots of happy adventures to the SIL.

Good info, thanks

OK if the pin has some tension between the truck and trailer the release arm may not move. Usually I solve this by putting the truck in neutral and let it roll an inch. If still not releasing I ask DW to nudge the truck very slowly forward or back while I tug at the lever. Of course wheel chocks are on the trailer and front legs are down at this point.

As far as front legs I find the Pullrite does not like a high pin. Keep some weight on the saddle and let it slide off. Same with hitching. Go in a little low (1" or 2") with the trailer and let it ride up.

If you really get twisted up the hitch head will rotate on you as you try to pull the truck away. In this case pull the two pins and let the trailer lift the hitch head off the hitch base. You can let it hang there but I tend to re-position the truck and put it back in place sooner than later. I find this to be fairly uncommon.

Best of luck and lots of happy adventures to the SIL.

time2roll wrote:
Are you having trouble with the release arm to disengage or does the hitch head attempt to turn or spin as you pull away?

It's both problems, and it's not me, but my son in law, he's new to trailers and 5ers and these types of hitches. I've never owned a 5er so wanted to get him some advice and input. My suggestion to him is to read his manual. The only advice he got was when he picked up the trailer at the dealer, and the dealer installed the SuperGlide and supposedly showed him how to operate it.

Are you having trouble with the release arm to disengage or does the hitch head attempt to turn or spin as you pull away?

When I had a SG my recollection is no more than 15 degrees, which is quite a bit. I had very little trouble with it. My Demco Hitchhiker seems a bit more difficult to unhitch. Nudging the TV in reverse a bit seems to help. As schlep indicated, you could pull the the hitch head pin.

When I had a SG my recollection is no more than 15 degrees, which is quite a bit. I had very little trouble with it. My Demco Hitchhiker seems a bit more difficult to unhitch. Nudging the TV in reverse a bit seems to help. As schlep indicated, you could pull the the hitch head pin.

I believe my instruction book said either 14 or 16 degrees off center. But who is carrying a protractor with them? If he must unhook at a more severe angle he can pull the two pins holding the hitch head/plate in the saddle. Then he can lift it all above the hitch and pull out. Once separated he can pull the release lever and slide the head/plate off the pin and place it back into the saddle.

You also need to be pretty level. A time or two, we needed to put blocks under the front truck tires before hitching or unhitching. C shaped pull throughs don't work well because they usually are 't long enough to straighten out. We avoid those.

Same as Campinfan, I put the truck in neutral to take off any strain between the hitch and the pin. In some extreme cases, I have had to put the truck in gear with my foot on the brake to reverse the bind (forward if I backed in, reverse if I pulled through). As Campinfan alluded, I have had to do this on previous hitches as well that were not SuperGlide.

Thanks for the info folks!