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01-19-2019, 08:30 AM #1
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Fifth wheel hitching
Is it ok to hitch up while the slides are still out? I’ve not done this yet but I get a little impatient with my DW prepping the inside.
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01-19-2019, 09:03 AM #2
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We have a 303 and bringing in the slides is one of the last things we do. I prefer to ensure the unit is level as possible prior to extending or retracting slides.
We have a very specific routine when it comes to hitching we follow which has served us well so far.Geoff and Cheri
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01-19-2019, 09:21 AM #3
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I try never to move the unit with the slides out. I believe that this could damage them.
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01-19-2019, 09:24 AM #4
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I have learned to have patience , although DW will tell you otherwise , so I just wait outside and when the slides are pulled in I do the rest of my job.YMMV
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01-19-2019, 09:27 AM #5
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I am not a huge fan of moving the slides unless the RV is set and level. It is my belief that my Momentum's frame will twist and wiggle when the RV is moved, not a lot, but some. So I avoid moving the RV with the slides out.
On the days when DW is dawdling I go inside and "help" her. This annoys the crap out her. Over a period of a couple of years she learned that to keep me out of her business she needed to match my efforts. On days that I have minimal hook up duties I will wash and dry the morning dishes to help her cut out some time from her routine.Dallas
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01-19-2019, 11:37 AM #6
Fifth wheel hitching
I agree with all points above.
Also, even though it’s not related to slides being level, this is related to “fifth wheel hitching”.
Don’t allow people to interrupt your procedure.
People are friendly and some never fail to walk up and start chatting with you right when you’re trying to hitch or unhitch, but they should understand.
This happens to us now and then and it happened recently when we were leaving. We had a couple walk up and start talking to us right as I was backing up into the hitch and of course DW stops what she’s doing because she’s a social butterfly, but I remained focused on the task at hand, so I probably appeared antisocial. I doubt they’re going to offer to pay for the damage when I miss a step, so they can wait.
I actually said aloud “sorry I can’t let anyone interrupt my process, be with y’all shortly”, then I continued until I was finished.
I do it this way because I have seen people make some bad mistakes because they were distracted. Like the guy that forgot to put the pin in and lock his B&W jaws. That kinda stuff happens pretty often but people usually blame someone else or say it was defective equipment.
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01-19-2019, 01:38 PM #7
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Thanks for all the replies and agree with everything as well. I did wait and brought the slides before hitching. I had thought by hooking with slides out it could have jarred something when making the connection. Forty three years of marriage, you’d think I would know better with my DW. Live and work on my patience. ��
Chip and Janice, Mize Mississippi
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01-19-2019, 01:57 PM #8
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They move them with the slides out all day every day on every dealer lot. So long as you aren't dangerously out of level, which if you were you'd have difficulty getting unhitched or hitched, you should be fine.
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01-19-2019, 04:40 PM #9
Fifth wheel hitching
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01-19-2019, 05:05 PM #10
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Geoff and Cheri
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