Fifth-wheel trailer hitch provides excellent jaw-to-king-pin contact with a 2-jaw latching system. Wide-stance, 1-piece legs are stable and supremely easy to remove. Rails and installation kit included.
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Unlike the more economical slide-bar models, the rounded, 2-piece jaw on this fifth-wheel trailer hitch inhibits rattle and movement by securely wrapping around your trailer's king pin, resulting in easier hookup and a safer, quieter ride.
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Today we are going to review part number RP30047. This is the Reese Fifth Wheel Dual Jaw Trailer Hitch with a 16,000 pound weight capacity. This fifth wheel trailer hitch uses the two jaw locking system, which will provide more jaw to king pin contact than the economical slide bar models, it will give you less rattle and greater security. I am going to open up the jaws to show you the dual jaws. If you move the safety latch over, that will allow you to pull open the handle. When you pull open on the handle, there is a little notch that will latch onto the plate and it will hold the jaws open right here.
So you can see the dual jaws let me release it and you will see the dual jaw right here and they basically close and wrap completely around the king pin and give you less rattle and greater security. Now it does have the 4-way pivoting head, which will ease hook up on un-leveled ground. Basically you can see it move side-to-side and it also moves front-to-back. This one being brand new is pretty stiff, but it gives you 4-way movement. Now on the side, let me rotate this and I will show you on the side that, there is a height adjustment when you install the cross-member to the fixed legs, you will notice that there is four sets of holes that you can put the bolts through and basically you can get the correct height you need above your truck bed.
If you put the bolts or if you install the cross-member in the top bolts, that would be the lowest hitch height, which would be 14 1/2inches. If you put the bolts in the lower holes, that would raise it up to the maximum of 18 inches, so there is a 3 1/2 inch height adjustment that you can do above your truck bed. The installation on this hitch is very simple and the removal is also. The fixed legs as you can see right here flare out, so they do have a wide stance and they are a one piece leg, which will offer excellent stability. The finish on this is a black powder coat finish on both the legs and the hitch.
It will resist corrosion. This locking handle that I have demonstrated, does have a nice cushion grip on it and again just to show you how that opens, let me turn the handle push it down, so you will be able to see the dual jaws. You just pull open and it will latch into place and back your king pin in, fifth wheel king pin, release it and it will be around the king pin and just push down on your safety latch. You will notice that once you push the safety latch right here around the handle and push it down, it keeps the handle from being operated, which will keep the jaws around the king pin. There is a hole on the latch and a whole on the head and if you put a pin or clip through there or even a padlock, which is sold separately, for additional security that will keep it locked into place.
Now I am demonstrating this hitch on base rails, but they are not included with this part, they are sold separately. The rails and the mounting kit will be sold separately. We do recommend if possible using a custom install mounting bracket, because that will cut the time in half compared to a universal install kit. This hitch will fit the Curt, The Valley, The Draw-Tite, the Hidden Hitch and the Reese Space Rails. Again the gross towing weight capacity on this is 16,000 pounds. The vertical load limit on this is 4,000 pounds. The hitch height we mentioned is 14 1/2 to 18 inches and it comes with a five year limited warranty.The pin and clips that attach it to the rails will be included with the hitch. I just want to show you the rear of the hitch basically to show you the large pivot bolt. This head is installed on a pivot beam and its held in by this large pivot bolt with a pin and clip, so if you remove that pin and clip, you can pull that pivot bolt out and then the whole head and pivot beam would come out of the cross-member. Very simple installation. That should do it for review on part number RP30047.
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (378 Customer Reviews)
Fifth-wheel trailer hitch provides excellent jaw-to-king-pin contact with a 2-jaw latching system. Wide-stance, 1-piece legs are stable and supremely easy to remove. Rails and installation kit included.Great product, fast shipping.
beats drilling holes,its the way to go
Bolted right in perfectly
product was easy to bolt up to frame
Fast shipping with great communication and updates. Highly recommended.
Products were excellent as expected, service was even better!!!
The bed rails and truck mount are of excellent quality. The order was shipped in a very short time.
Worker great !! Bolted rite on to my 2004 Chevy 2500HD 1 Great product and easy to install ! Fast shipping and great price. Thanks again.
Sturdy. well designed kit. Installation on GMC truck was difficult but successful. Shipping was very quick.
Speed of shipment was excellent. One carton was pretty mutilated but parts were all there. Overall, a good product.
5th whel hitchseams good so far but wont try to install untill spring
Elasped time from order to shipping to delivery was outstanding!
Tracking estimated delivery for the 8th, the product was here on the 7th. I will defintely be a repeat customer.
The hitch was shipped quickly. All parts were there. Installation was went well with all parts aligning.
Ordered a fifth wheel hitch on a Monday, not really expecting to see it for a week and it was at my door on Wednesday. Now to have weather accomodating enough to install it. I've been viewing the online videos and they helped make my decision to purchase and install myself.
I have not had the chance to tow with it yet, the wife has, and it worked great, even the people I bought my trailer from really like the unit
Excellet - Outstanding. Ordered and shipped on Tuesday deliverd on Thursday. Excellent easy to understand directions. All parts fit per directions. etrailer is a model complany that all others should follow. 2004 Chevy Duramax long bed.
Install was easier than I anticipated. The hardest part was tightening the rail bolts...limited access. If I were to do it again. I would get everything positioned then loosen the bed bolts, raise the bed slightly and tighten the bolts. Overall, I'm very pleased with this kit.
Was really easy to install, one thing that should be included is a short bracket to resecure the brake lines in their new location.
Way to goThe quick install custom base rails made for a much easier install friend and I had the fifth wheel installed in about 3 hours minus the 45 minute dinner break. Easy to follow directions hardest part was reaching over fuel tank to tighten bolts. No holes to drill in frame only bed made it a snap. Would definetly suggest it to anyone.
I installed the custom rail kit and topped it with this hitch. With about 2k miles on it, it works fine. It has a positive lock when the jaws are closed. It lined up with the rails I installed perfectly. Although this is my first fifth wheel hitch, I am completely satisfied with it.
Custom 5th Wheel bracketsThe custom brackets made for a quick installation with no drilling of the frame, only necessary to drill the bed floor to bold the plates in place.It was hard to get the nuts on the bolts over the gas tank, but I don't know how you could improve on this. The supplied helicoil wires made getting the large front bolts in the frame easy. Instructions were good and model/year specific. The price was great and the shipping was free and fast.
This is a great heavy duty quality product. I installed the kit myself, however the video makes it seem easier than it is. In the end I was able to complete the install, however it significantly longer and required additional tools not listed in the directions. All in all I was very pleased with the product and service provided by etrailer.
I haven't had a chance to install the hitch but I can tell it's pretty beefy. UPS managed to destroy the boxes and yet everything came out without a scratch. Etrailer was outstanding on filling my order and shipping the hitch. I ordered it late Sunday and recieved an email promptly saying the order was received. It arrived at my house 3 days later and I was able to track it all the way. I would recommend using etrailer to anyone. Thank you.
This product was well designed and came all the materials that were required and additional for the various other vehicle installations. The installation was as stated, the only drilling was thru the bed floor. The hardest part of the install was being able to start the driver side rail bolts to the frame bracket. To many items in the way (fuel tank, brake controller, dual exhaust), but overall an excellent package. Took about 3 1/2 hours with two guys, a third would been helpful at times. 2008 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ 2500HD Diesel Crew Cab Short Box
This is my first time pulling a 5th wheel but not the first time traveling in a RV. Looking at the installation kits for these 5th wheels was a learning experience! Not many places sell the Quick-Install Custom Base Rails and Installation Kit. Since this is my first time pulling I wanted the security of knowing all four bolts holding the Base rails to the frame were attached to bracket. I'm not the one doing the install, but from what I see, the time should be cut by 1/3 from the other way of installing the base rails. eTrailer was the only one of the 5 websites I checked that had what I was looking for.
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Robert G from MI
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