Kirk of the Starship Enterprise to a narcissistic Victor Martin. It’s a long way down from Captain James T. As a former NASA test pilot, this one crashes, mildly amusing at best. Four years ago, he filmed this Senior Moment to much less success. Maybe you (or someone else) will find it helpful.At age 90, William Shatner had his Senior Moment earlier this year as the oldest man in space. Reed Lukens did a nice video a few years back explaining (with video) the working concept of the bulldog. If it is, you need to raise the jack, and reposition the truck so that the ball is centered in the actual hitch, mostly to the non-nonlatch side, so you can close the lever.ītw, this is so obvious I hate to ask, but you are retracting the collar, right? It won't close if it is resting next to the latch. When hitching back up, check to see if the ball is not centered, but is actually resting against the side of the latch. The reason it "sticks" occasionally is also the reason it's so bulletproof.
This is the best hitch ever, imo, and might just be a learning curve thing since you're used to the old school hitch. Yes, put a tiny bit of grease on the ball. I have to bounce my body weight on the bumper. Paul can do it by pushing down on the lifted bumper. If the jack still wants to "lift" the rear end of the truck, try sitting/bouncing on the side of the bumper when it's lifted an inch or two (enough that it should have disengaged) to break it free. Sometimes it's kind of tight, even when the lever is completely released, because of the positioning of the ball against the side of the hitch, or tight to the front. Tempted to switch to same old coupler I have used for last 50 years, never a problem? It has been challenging to unhook every time since pickup at factory and fortunately this is the last stop of this trip and we can manage w/o disconnecting. Seems like it’s probably me that is missing something ? Don’t have a suitable pry with us now so the trailer will stay behind the truck till we get home. looked all over the web and cannot find any complaints so it is either this particular coupler or it is me.
My current thought is to carry a pry bar that will shift the ball off the shelf and towards the open gate just as the down force of coupler switches to upward lift. Most often the trailer jack lifts the truck. The hitching process needs the ball located slightly away from the swing gate opening else the gate will not shut and just that inconvenience makes me question why the bulldog coupler is desirable when the old standard couplers are more forgiving when hooking up. Thanks againīoth hitching and unhitching have been difficult. I let hitch continue to rise and VOILA !!!! The helpful generosity of all responders will not be forgotten and I will pay it forward as I am able. …… I went out for a final look over and last try.
I was confusing the lifting of the hitch ball with unweighting of the hitch ball. We are towing with Toyota Tacoma and there is significant settling of rear suspension due to tongue weight. Just turned 70 and seems this was senior moment…. UPDATE: Senior Moment, I thought the spring rise was the unweighting of the coupling.
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