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quote:Originally posted by Glenn and Lorraine
My prior statement above Now you can lower the front jacks and pull the release without effort
was kinda reversed.
When unhitching, I always back into the chock as stated prior and to avoid any movement of the TV and Monty I do set the emergency brake before putting tranny in park. I now am able to pull the hitch release without effort. It's at this point I lower the front jacks.
BTW-You could also do the same thing by applying the trailer brakes only BUT using wheel chocks, to me, is required anyway for set up so why not use it now.
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Glenn, I appreciate your comments, especially since you are a long time superglide user. Your comments and those of others help those of us who are learning this new hitch.
If one were to back into the hitch using only the manual trailer brake s (using the handle on the controller) WITHOUT first having chocked the wheels, then when the FW brake control is released wouldn't it probably roll backwards a bit, negating the advantage of backing into the hitch? I would think the pressure on the pin would push the FW backwards when the brake is released.
Superglide owners, what lubrication do you use on the capture plate and hitch saddle surfaces? Pullrite told me to use WD-40 or lubricant of some kind since we cannot use the teflon lube plate. When I tried wd-40 it worked fine but between towing it accumulated dirt. Not good.
I had an old can of that slideout "dry" lubricant Camping World tries, the stuff Keystone told me to avoid because it collects dirt. I found when it dried on the hitch plate and capture plate it was still a bit tacky (even three days after spraying) and it was collecting dirt. So I took it off with wd-40, dried everything good, then used the TFE 101 dry lubricant (it's teflon) that Keystone recommended to me. It's working well. This is on the capture plate and saddle, not the way tubes. I saw a dry teflon lubricant at Lowe's or Home Depot and think that would work, too. Thoughts?
Also, I'm using SlipPlate from Pullrite for the way tubes. It seems to be working well so far. I can't find slipplate at dealers, even superglide dealers, so far. And the pullrite website wants something like $15 per can plus shipping. They told me I can use any dry graphite spray from a hardware store. I don't find that in Lowe's or Home Depot. Haven't checked Ace Hardware yet. Comments?