harvey5869 Hi Harvey - Thanks for your positive comment! If you have questions, or want to learn something else about our RVHaulers I am always happy to make a video if I know the answer.

Hello Another Marc, Thanks for watching. I am glad you found it helpful. Keep the questions coming! Gregg

Hello Stan. Thanks for taking the time to comment, and for watching! And thanks for the 'likes" as well!

Wow Jim. Thanks for the kind words. I am glad your found our video helpful.

Jack Mayer Thanks Jack for the clarification, and for taking the time to post. Hitchingis do-able at an angle. The only thing I personally miss is being able to use the "white lines" to get things lined up when I am coming in at an angle. Alternatively if you have an experienced spotter like Danielle, you are set!

Thanks for watching Alan. I see the solution. You need to plan a trip to Canada and come driving. A road trip for the guys.

Tony Hamilton Great suggestion - I will always use some big pads, as my 5th wheel trailer is approaching 20,000 lbs, and I think I have close to 4000 lbs on those front jacks at times. I took the liberty of going without pads for the video, as I was in my acreage driveway, and the driveway has been there for 60+ years. Good eye regarding the tires - those are actually 10,000 lb axles with dual tires on each side - 8 tires in total! I just had to buy new tires. They are a light truck tire, and at $200 each, 8 + 1 spare added up to a good bill. Thanks for taking the time to share your comment.

Drive safe!

Thanks for sharing your idea. Yes, I can picture your idea working. Thanks for watching!

Hello Bill. There is a risk / reward with every approach. Your idea has significant merit. Sometimes, I like to keep things really simple to avoid the chance of something going wrong with the elegant solutions. One risk might be the addition of the valve itself. If it ever fails in the future, we would lose our air-ride hitch capabilities. BUT you could certainly speed up the process, and save yourself a minute in having to raise those legs!

Actually, some tractors have dump valves in the cab for the rear air bags on your driver's. Currently my tractor does and it's great for those guys that are too lazy and drop our trailers in our yard to low. ALLWAYS GET OUT AND CHECK YOU PIN HEIGHT OR YOU COULD OVER RUN THE FIFTH WHEEL. NOT A GOOD DAY😠😂

Good eye! Yes, we can do all three types of hitches - 5th wheel RV (cushioning), gooseneck, and bumper pull. Thanks for watching! Gregg

+TheHardTale Thanks for the excellent question. We never use grease. It produces such a mess, and a risk for getting it on your clothes. We have started including a specially designed plate that is not teflon. It looks very similar, but we have them cut to our specifications and our thickness needs. It has a natural lubricity that has superior friction reduction, and it does not compress like teflon. Our results have been very positive.

We like to use a thin friction plate between the head and pin box plate instead of grease. It keeps everything clean, and there isn't a risk of accidentally rubbing up against anything and getting your clothes stained.

Hi Daniel, I am glad the video was helpful. Thanks for commenting sir! Gregg

+laz0524 Thanks for your excellent question. These heavy duty trucks (often called HDTs) have a rear axle that is designed to support a 20,000 pound downward weight. When we attach our light trailers, we have about a 3500 lb pin weight on average. Some of the heavier trailers MIGHT get up to a 5000+ pin weight. That is very light compared to what that one rear axle is designed for. The result of the light weight, is the truck actually rides very stiff back there. If we were to use the commercial 5th wheel plate and hitch, it transfers a considerable pounding to the 5th wheel RV. Those RVs are not designed to handle that force, and we have well documented examples of people breaking the structure of their trailers when they leave the commercial plate in place. Yikes - very expensive repairs. (ASIDE note: the trailer gets a rough ride, but the occupants of the RVHauler don't. The sleeper is on shocks and air-bags, and we get a smooooooth ride). To treat our trailers to a smoooooth ride, we install an air-ride hitch - that is what you see in this video. It has 4 air-bags under the hitch, that makes sure the trailer (and our wine-glasses in the cupboard) travel without damage. If you would like to hear more about these hitches, I have a video interview with the brilliant engineer of these ET hitches - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ep-Sabxl3JO1Z6s.html

I thought that might be the answer but wasn't sure. Thanks

Jason Guerard Thanks for the idea Jason. After we shot all the video, and I started editing it, I realized too late that it was way too dark to see the jaws closing very well. I think I need a mulligan (do -over). Head lamp is a great idea.