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Carolyn, I hitch up and unhitch, and you can too. Here are the steps I follow to unhitch using the bubble level with slider:
1. Put wheel lock in between tires (or chock the tires)
2. Drop right front leveling jack and extend about 1/2", just enough to place it firmly on the ground.
3. Drop left front leveling jack and even it up with right using leg adjuster. If you dont' have the leg adjuster, drop both front legs and set them firmly on the ground.
4. Extend both jacks about a half inch. This is particular to our type hitch.
5. Unlock padlock from hitch handle, flip handle lock back, remove safety line, pull handle out. This releases the jaws that hold the king pin in the hitch.
6. Drop tailgate and unplug trailer from truck.
7. Raise trailer with front leveling jacks until the kingpin is about 2 inches above hitch. You can look under kingpin to estimate the clearance from hitch.
8. Step out from under the overhang, and either give DH the okay to pull forward, or get in the truck and pull forward yourself.
9. Reset fore and aft level of trailer until the bubble is in the middle. Do not move the slider as it will tell you where to set the height of the trailer to rehitch.
10. Put handle on hitch back in the closed position, flip handle lock over handle and padlock.
To hitch up you just about do it in reverse.
1. Put slides in and raise rear leveling jacks.
2. Lower tailgate and make sure electric cord and safety line are accessible.
3. Reset trailer height to level indicated by slider bar on bubble level.
4. Unlock padlock on hitch and flip handle lock back.
5. Do not pull handle out.
6. Get in truck and line pin of kingpin up in the middle of your back window. We also have a piece of white tape on kingpin box to help with this.
7. Slowly back up toward trailer keeping pin in the middle of the window.
8. Firmly, but gently direct pin into hitch. You don't have to bang into it. The jaws will lock without a big bang.
9. Get out and look to make sure jaws are closed. You can paint them white to make this easier to see.
10. Put safety line on padlock, flip handle lock over handle, put padlock with safety line in hole and lock.
11. Raise tailgate and plug in trailer.
12. Raise front leveling jacks.
13. Remove wheel locks or chocks.
14. Check for obstructions, smile and drive away like you know what you're doing!! Oh, yeah, don't forget DH.
Hope this helps.
Pam
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