Imagine you’ve driven several hundred miles to your destination. You’ve been in your truck for hours and finally arrive at your campground. After several attempts and some slight adjustments, you’ve positioned your fifth wheel on the campsite. Everything is perfect.

You add wheel chocks to hold your fifth wheel in place, lower your landing legs, disconnect from your fifth wheel trailer hitch, and extend your slides. You set up your camping chairs around the firepit and start prepping dinner. That’s when you realize you’re out of cooking oil and need to make a store run. Or maybe you just need drinks or sides to go with dinner. 

You double-check that the cables are disconnected between your truck and fifth wheel…all good there. So you hop in your truck, shift into drive, start to pull away, and then CRACK! What mistake did you make?

An freagra: rinne tú dearmad ar an tailgate a ísliú! As a result, your fifth wheel pin box dented your tailgate.

An cúigiú roth réitigh JSK ardchaighdeáin 37C

Take a second to compose yourself—this isn’t the first time this has happened to a cúigiú roth owner, but our mission is to ensure we’re closer to it being the last. That’s why we’re raising tailgate awareness for the sake of fifth wheel hitches and owners everywhere. 

Réiteach Hitch Simplí an Cúigiú Roth

Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba chóir duit do chocks roth a shocrú, a dhícheangal ó do bhosca bioráin, agus do trucail a tharraingt go sábháilte ar shiúl ROIMH leveling and stabilizing your coach. So you shouldn’t start with dinner or other camp chores before completing the disconnection process. 

Is féidir le gach úinéir nua cúigiú roth leas a bhaint as seicliosta scríofa, lannaithe a leanúint agus iad ag dul i ngleic lena rig agus á scaradh. In ionad díreach a bheith ag iarraidh cuimhneamh ar na céimeanna beaga go léir a théann isteach sa phróiseas seo, coinnigh do liosta áisiúil agus seiceáil mar a théann tú ar aghaidh. 

A simple solution is removing your regular tailgate during the camping season. But there are pros and cons to this approach. While you’ll avoid this hitch mistake, the downside of this approach is the inability to store any extra camping gear in your truck bed between destinations. 

Is féidir leat ionad do tailgate le a an cúigiú roth vent geata mar réiteach níos fearr fós. Cuimsíonn an stíl tailgate seo gearrtha amach V-chruthach ag an ionad, ag soláthar imréiteach breise do do bhosca bioráin.

Do Seicliosta Socraithe Hitch Cúigiú Roth

Before you take your new 5th wheel on its maiden voyage, download or print and laminate this hitch checklist for reference: 

• Seiceáil an láthair champála le haghaidh bacainní.
• Bain úsáid as aimsitheoir agus tú ag tacú leis.
• Position the fifth wheel on the campsite so it’s as level as possible. 
• Cuir an fheithicil tarraingthe sa pháirc agus socraigh an coscán éigeandála. 
• Áit chocks roth os comhair agus ar chúl boinn. 
• Socraigh pillíní leibhéalta faoi ​​chosa tuirlingthe. 
• TAILGATE TRUCK LOWER.
• Leathnaigh na cosa tuirlingthe go dtí go bhfeiceann tú crack solas an lae idir an bosca hitch agus bioráin.
• Déan cábla leictreach an leantóra a dhícheangal agus a stóráil. 
• Seiceáil faoi dhó go bhfuil chocks rotha i bhfeidhm go daingean.
• Bain an glas nó an bioráin as an hitch. 
• Oscail an latch slándála. 
• Tarraing an barra latch hitch chun an biorán rí a dhícheangal ón mbosca bioráin. 
• Déan an cábla briste a dhícheangal. 
• Ardaigh cosa tuirlingthe chun meáchan teanga a bhaint as an hitch.
• Tiomáin an trucail go mall ar aghaidh go dtí go bhfuil an tuairteora cúil glan ón mbosca bioráin. 
• Ardaigh geata trucaile. 
• Brúigh an barra latch hitch isteach sa suíomh dúnta. 
• Fág an latch slándála sa suíomh neamhghlasáilte. 
• Lean ar aghaidh go dtí leibhéal agus cobhsú.
• Suiteáil seaicéad cobhsaithe kingpin faoin tosaigh.
• Stow go sábháilte gach lámh cromáin Jack agus eile ceangaltáin hitch cúigiú roth. 
• Bain sínte scátháin tarraingthe ón bhfeithicil tarraingthe (má bhaineann).

Féach ar an bhfíseán thíos le haghaidh siúlóid níos doimhne ar conas do chúigiú roth a cheangal agus a dhícheangal.

Conas Airde Hitch an Cúigiú Roth a Choigeartú

It’s important that your trailer is level while in tow. If not, you are susceptible to issues like increased trailer sway, excessive chucking/jarring, poor fuel economy, and much more.

To start, level the trailer using the landing gear and measure the distance from the ground to the bottom of the skid plate on the pin box. Next, measure the distance from the ground to the top of the hitch head on the fifth wheel hitch in your truck bed. If these two measurements don’t match, you’ll need to make some adjustments.

Chun an leantóir a leibhéalú, tá roinnt roghanna agat. Is é an chéad rogha a bheadh ​​ann ná airde ceann hitch do hitch cúigiú roth a choigeartú. Tá ceann hitch inchoigeartaithe ag beagnach gach hitch cúigiú roth ionas gur féidir leat do leantóir a leibhéalú. 

To change the hitch head height, you’ll need to consult the owner’s manual of your hitch. É sin ráite, éilíonn an chuid is mó boltaí a bhaint agus a athshuiteáil i sraith poill éagsúla ar an mbonn.

Mura bhfuil an leantóir leibhéalta fós fiú tar éis airde an chinn hitch a choigeartú, b'fhéidir go mbeifeá in ann airde an bhosca bioráin a choigeartú. Déantar é seo trí na boltaí a dhaingníonn an bosca bioráin den fhráma a bhaint agus na boltaí seo a athshuiteáil i sraith eile de phoill (suas nó síos), más infheidhme.

Má theastaíonn tuilleadh coigeartuithe uait, ní mór duit an leantóir a ardú nó a ísliú dá réir. Is féidir é seo a bhaint amach trí úsáid a bhaint as bloic ardaithe, feisteáin smeach acastóra, nó crochairí earrach duillí nua. Go ginearálta, ba cheart go mbeadh íosmhéid sé orlach de imréiteach idir do ráillí leaba trucaile agus an taobh íochtair de do póite cúigiú roth.

Cá bhféadaim Hitch Cúigiú Roth a Shuiteáil?

Suiteáil a cúigiú roth buaile is not something you should take lightly. There is an enormous safety concern if not done correctly, but you can also cause damage to your vehicle. In most cases, you’ll drill into the bed and/or frame to install a hitch. If not done properly, you risk unnecessary holes that can compromise the frame’s integrity.