Cummins12V98
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Another "SHORT BED" compromise story.
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CarnationSailor
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Martyn suggested, "have a friendly neighbor hitch up to your trailer and pull to a spot where you can hitch up straight."
This alternative would also require that the locking plate be removed before hitching up with another hitch.
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Cptnvideo
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After reading all the comments, I sure am happy we have a 8' bed on our dually.
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obgraham
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Reading the headline led me in a different direction!
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Martyn
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CarnationSailor wrote:Martyn suggested, "have a friendly neighbor hitch up to your trailer and pull to a spot where you can hitch up straight."
This alternative would also require that the locking plate be removed before hitching up with another hitch.
Not so - the locking plate is on the Demco hitch - the pinbox on the trailer is unaltered. That's one of the reasons I bought the Demco over the other slider, as their locking plate is on the pin box. Anyone can pull my trailer.....
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Cummins12V98
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Cptnvideo wrote:After reading all the comments, I sure am happy we have a 8' bed on our dually.
EXACTLY!!!
#NOCOMPROMISE
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jffnkrn
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My hitch is slider, but manual. only really needed it a coupe time in the last eight years. works well. As far as curved pull through sites, mostly have been able to pass the site and back in then park behind.
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cummins2014
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Cptnvideo wrote:After reading all the comments, I sure am happy we have a 8' bed on our dually.
EXACTLY!!!
#NOCOMPROMISE
No compromise here ,I can hitch up any angle I want with the Andersen . Plus the fact I have no worries about hitting the cab with my Ram truck ,having the shortest bed at 6'-4" .I can't go to 90 degrees , but I wouldn't if I could .
I have had many long bed trucks , and will never own another .
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Martyn wrote:CarnationSailor wrote:Martyn suggested, "have a friendly neighbor hitch up to your trailer and pull to a spot where you can hitch up straight."
This alternative would also require that the locking plate be removed before hitching up with another hitch.
Not so - the locking plate is on the Demco hitch - the pinbox on the trailer is unaltered. That's one of the reasons I bought the Demco over the other slider, as their locking plate is on the pin box. Anyone can pull my trailer.....
I think it must depend on which pinbox a person has because my Demco auto-slider required a locking plate on my Trailair Flex Air pinbox. I know because (1) I installed it, and (2) I have to periodically remove it to grease the pinbox, and (3) I once had to remove it so a AAA tow truck could hook up to my trailer.
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TenOC wrote:We have a 2014 3100RL Montana with Mor/ride RPB72-1116 king pin with a Demco Autoslide 18K 5th wheel hitch.
Last campsite we had to unhook at an 25 to 35 degree angle – the first time for us. When we tried to re-hook we had difficulty connecting the hitch. Any suggestions or tips on how to hook up at an extreme angle?
I have no help other than what a good friend of mine did . He tired of the hassle with his Superglide auto hitch needing to be nearly straight on to hitch ,and unhitch . He finally dumped it ,and went with the same hitch I have now , the steel Andersen .
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