Superglide Hitch / Capture Plate Question

[Ron3rd]

Can you temporarily use the Superglide slider hitch to tow a 5er without the capture plate installed on the pin box? Would only be needed to tow a 5er about 50 miles.

[Ron3rd]

Thanks for all the info folks, much appreciated.

[ford_truck_guy]

C.B. wrote:
You can tow without a capture plate if you stop the sliding action of the Superglide hitch.

This is what I use on my 16K Superglide.

Slide Stop is placed between turntable ways.

Tightened in and jam nutted.





With Slide Stop installed towing without capture plate can be done.

Sharp turns must be avoided so as not to take out rear window of tow vehicle!



C.B.

This is the solution..... As long as you STOP the head from sliding, it is perfectly fine to tow like that... I made up something similar to the poster above, but with minor differences.... Now I have a Long Bed and new B&W and don't have to worry about that anymore !

[CarnationSailor]

You could make delivery by the dealer part of the deal.

[2112]

When I bought my Superglide the dealer ordered the wrong plate. He locked the hitch from sliding with what he called "slide locks". I thought he got them from Pullrite. They looked something like this:



He clamped them here:



Then tighted up this bump stop:



When I returned to have the plate installed and reconfigured, he noted he didn't grease the hitch surface and it got scarred up:



I towed about 600 miles with my slide locked as described.
I like C.B's setup better

[C_B_]

You can tow without a capture plate if you stop the sliding action of the Superglide hitch.

This is what I use on my 16K Superglide.

Slide Stop is placed between turntable ways.






Tightened in and jam nutted.







With Slide Stop installed towing without capture plate can be done.

Sharp turns must be avoided so as not to take out rear window of tow vehicle!



C.B.

[Ron3rd]

Good info. Thanks OB

[Old-Biscuit]

Ron3rd wrote:

Bird Freak wrote:
NO! Don't try this unless you can block the slide from moving. When you make a turn the 5th wheel will turn and slide but not the way you want.
You are asking for a lot of trouble.

That's the answer I was looking for. You need the capture plate, but why?

Thanks Bird.

I'll come up with a capture plate before I move the rig.

The Capture Plate is attached to the trailer's pin box skid plate. When hooked up into your SuperGlide hitch and ready to tow, it isolates the rotation of your trailer's king pin in the hitch. Movement and rotation is then transferred to the automatic cam action of your SuperGlide hitch

Short animated video of how it moves

[Ron3rd]

Bird Freak wrote:
NO! Don't try this unless you can block the slide from moving. When you make a turn the 5th wheel will turn and slide but not the way you want.
You are asking for a lot of trouble.

That's the answer I was looking for. You need the capture plate, but why?

Thanks Bird.

I'll come up with a capture plate before I move the rig.

[Ron3rd]

Walaby wrote:
That's the downside of the Superglide. Pinbox specific capture plate.

Didn't realize they had a multi-fit and a universal though, so maybe you could buy a universal plate and it would work.

If you don't have one, who knows how it will turn since the hitch will slide AND it will rotate with king pin.

If your 5er has the same pin box as your son's then yes, you can use his capture plate. Easily removed. But before you try, make sure you have same pin box, or his model will also work for yours.

Mike

Thanks for the info.

[Ron3rd]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Per the SG website
"A Capture Plate is a required component of the SuperGlide fifth wheel towing system"

There are 24 'specific' capture plates, 2 Multi-fit capture plates and 1 Universal Plate

Capture Plate Chart

Yes, I read the same thing. Thanks for the info OB.

[Walaby]

That's the downside of the Superglide. Pinbox specific capture plate.

Didn't realize they had a multi-fit and a universal though, so maybe you could buy a universal plate and it would work.

If you don't have one, who knows how it will turn since the hitch will slide AND it will rotate with king pin.

If your 5er has the same pin box as your son's then yes, you can use his capture plate. Easily removed. But before you try, make sure you have same pin box, or his model will also work for yours.

Mike

[Old-Biscuit]

Per the SG website
"A Capture Plate is a required component of the SuperGlide fifth wheel towing system"

There are 24 'specific' capture plates, 2 Multi-fit capture plates and 1 Universal Plate

Capture Plate Chart

[12th_Man_Fan]

Well you have had two people say no so I would suggest you listen to them but the capture plate from your son's rig should fit if it is not bolted down.

Good luck I would not want my advice to cause a problem.

You could chain the slider to the front of the mount where it would not be able to move. That would also be a option.

[Bird_Freak]

NO! Don't try this unless you can block the slide from moving. When you make a turn the 5th wheel will turn and slide but not the way you want.
You are asking for a lot of trouble.