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Heavy-duty 5th-wheel hitch has a 1-piece, wraparound jaw and easy-to-see lock indicator for maximum safety and security. Fully articulating head with large landing area and kingpin target make hookup a snap. Mounts to Chevy/GMC OEM underbed platform.
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The one-piece jaw on this fifth-wheel hitch provides absolute security with its wraparound design. Increased jaw-to-king-pin contact results in not only a stronger connection, but less noisy rattling and stiff chucking as well.
The jaw is also always ready to receive, so you don't need to use the handle to open it before backing up toward your trailer. As long as the bail pin is removed from the latching handle, the jaw will accept the king pin as it enters the hitch.
Finally, the jaw is self-latching, so it will automatically secure your trailer's king pin when it moves into the jaw.
In addition to the tight jaw tolerance, a close connection between the head and the pivot bushings further reduces rattle and movement. And because the pivot bushings are independent from the head, they can be tightened to ensure a strong connection over time.
This M5 hitch features a built-in king pin indicator to ensure proper hookup. This indicator is located on the back of the head along with a V-shaped notch that are both visible from the cab of your truck. The V-notch is lined up with the jaw at the front of the hitch, and can be used as a guiding point to line the king pin up with the jaw as you back up your truck. The jaw also has an internal plate that keeps the king pin from entering if it is too high to enter safely. As a result, the king pin indicator will only change from red to green if the king pin is fully engaged in the jaw.
This hitch's handle is designed for smooth motion and effortless operation. It requires only 2 fingers to use and won't bind up as you pull. In addition, the handle is long, so it's easy to access from outside of your truck bed. And the ergonomic grip makes it comfortable to hold and pull from different angles.
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Speaker 1: Today we're going to take a look at the Reese M5 Fifth Wheel Trailer Hitch for the Chevrolet and GMC towing prep package. It has a 20,000 lb. weight capacity. Now this is a custom fit part. It is designed to fit the 2016 and newer Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 or 3500 trucks with either the 6-1/2 ft. bed or the 8 ft.
bed and with the factory rail kit. Now on a custom fit part, I always like to recommend for you to go to our website, use our fit guide, put in your year and model vehicle. It will show you if this will work for your application.Now this fifth wheel hitch is designed to mount in your truck bed so that you can tow your fifth wheel trailer. As I mentioned, it's designed to work with the factory installed fifth wheel towing prep package from Chevrolet/GMC. Now the head on this has a nice single piece, always ready talon jaw here which will wrap around the king pin to ensure proper connection.
This type of design offers superior jaw to king pin contact for maximum security and minimum rattle. What's nice about this jaw is it's always ready to receive so you don't have to constantly open the hitch before you hook up. I'm going to show you that feature here in a minute. It has a fully articulating head, front to back and actually, side to side. It has a very nice extra large landing area, eases hook up, helps limit chucking.On the very front here, you'll notice it has a V notch.
It makes it very easy to target the king pin as you back up and it does offer built in shock dampening technology to absorb any road shock. It does offer a high pin lockout to ensure proper engagement and just to show you the proper engagement, it does give you an indicator here right on the corner on the back of the hitch. I'm going to turn this around to show it to you, but it will tell you either a tow or no tow situation just by looking at it. I'll spin this around. If you see right on the corner, you can see it's showing red now, red meaning it's not ready to tow.
When your king pin will slide in, the jaw will lock, the handle will lock into place. Then it will show green. Once it shows green, you're ready to tow.A nice feature about that, looking at the color, it is visible from the cab of your truck and it's also visible from the side of the truck bed so very easy to see. If you notice the handle, it's a very nice, ergonomic easy to reach handle. It lets you secure the trailer to the hitch. It comes with the pin and clip, which will lock the handle. Once the king pin slides in and the handle slides in, the two holes will line up and you can drop the pin and clip through. It locks it into place.Now the holes are large enough that you could put a padlock through there if you wanted added security. We do sell the padlock separately on our website. I'll just swing this back around. If you'll notice, I got this all assembled just to show you what it looks like. You'll notice it has a nice wide center section to create a solid stable towing experience. You can also improve your cab clearance. It has an offset design of the center section.If I raise this hitch head up, you can see this blue portion, center part in this center section. That blue part is connected on two independent pivot bushings, front and back here. You can remove those and you can rotate that blue part. The arms sit here. You could rotate it or move it so you could gain 1-1/2" front to rear for extra cab clearance, if needed for your application.Also for your application, they offer a 4" vertical hitch height adjustment. When you go to bolt these legs to the center section, and again, I've already done it for this video. I've got them bolted to the middle row but there are three rows of holes so it will give you a range of 4 inches of hitch height adjustment. Hitch height adjustment is critical because when you tow your fifth wheel, you want it to be as level as possible with your two vehicle. This will give you where you need to bolt it for your application.Now to install this into your vehicle, it's a very fast, easy installation. Basically, these will just drop right into the four receiver pucks that are built into your factory under-bed rails. All you have to do is remove the pin and clip, rotate this handle and you can see it rotates the tab. Do it on all four corners. You're ready to drop it right into the four pucks. Once they drop in, rotate those handles back on all four corners. It will lock that tab to the under-bed system. Put your pin and clip in to lock the handle and you're ready to go. If you want to remove it, just do the reverse. Take the pin and clip out, open it up, remove it.Now this is a sturdy steel construction. It has a nice durable powder coat finish. If you notice the handle, the latches, the jaw are all a zinc plating to help resist corrosion. Application for this again is 2016 and newer Chevrolet/GMC trucks with the factory installed towing prep package. Gross towing weight capacity is 20,000 lbs. Vertical load limit or pin weight capacity is 5,000 lbs.The last thing I want to show you is how the hitch head works in the locking system. Right now, as I mentioned, it's in the ready to receive position. Here's your king pin. This is what it would be like on your fifth wheel. When you go to hook up, like I say, it's ready to go. It just slides in. Once it slides in far enough, you can see it activates the jaw to come around. The handle, if you noticed, moved and slid in to line the holes up. If again, you look at the indicator here, it's showing all green. It means you're ready to tow. All you need to do is take your pin and clip, drop it right through there, clip it and it has locked the handle into place or if you want to use the padlock, as we mentioned, as an option.To remove it, to uncouple, just remove your pin and clip. All you have to do is pull your handle out, rotate your handle all the way back just like that. Now you're ready to uncouple. As you uncouple, the weight of your fifth wheel will pull this king pin right out and you'll notice as it pulls that king pin out, that handle goes back down into the ready to receive position. Right now your hitch is in the ready to receive position again. That should do it for the review on the Reese M5 Fifth Wheel Trailer Hitch for the Chevrolet/GMC towing prep package with a 20,000 weight capacity.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (10 Customer Reviews)
Heavy-duty 5th-wheel hitch has a 1-piece, wraparound jaw and easy-to-see lock indicator for maximum safety and security. Fully articulating head with large landing area and kingpin target make hookup a snap. Mounts to Chevy/GMC OEM underbed platform.The product seems to be first class as with the service, delivery and swift replacement of the damaged handle grip during shipping. Thx etrailer. 679625
Wow what a great job you guys did! I received the new hitch on time an with all parts required to put it together. Thanks 487276
Installed in a 2018 GMC 3500 LB SRW Overall it was really easy to put together. Its light enough move in and out and very sturdy. I did not have a clearance issue with the Backflip cover regarding the stock handle. See pics. Just a heads up, I had an issue with the threading in the legs, etrailer was very understanding and sent me out replacements supper fast. I contacted Reese regarding paint guncked up in the threading and they were aware of the issue, they recommended running a wire brush or a tap to clean it out. 769580
I recently purchased a Reese M5 20K hitch for my new Silverado 3500HD, Crew Cab, 8’ bed. As usual, Etrailer pricing was very good and with free shipping to boot. The hitch arrived via UPS in just a few days after placing the order. Following the detailed instructions provided by Reese, the install into the factory “puck” system, was fairly straight forward. However, a word of caution concerning the install. There are 4 15/16” bolts that need to be torqued to 220-foot pounds and are somewhat difficult to get to. Fortunately, I was able to borrow a torque wrench that would accommodate the recommended foot pounds of torque. Also, you may have an issue if you need to place the hitch at its highest position. The release handle might protrude above the bed rails of your truck in this position. This will be a problem if you have a bed cover. Reese is/was well aware of this issue and sells an after-market handle that will correct this issue. Etrailer lists this handle on their Web page. 698379
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My M5 Reese 5th wheel must of damaged the handle during shipping. I responded to an email request from etrailer and advised them of the issue. My new handle was sent out the next day and im very pleased with etrailers response. Thanks 774464
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Can't wait until I pull with this hitch. I researched for a long time and this one fits all of my needs. When it went on sale, I took the plunge. I can't say enough about the quality of packaging from etrailer. I had many small items with this order as well and they put those items in a larger box with the head of the hitch. Everything was so secure that I had to use pliers to get the staples out so I could get the items out. 733715
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Very heavy duty, and easy to install. Love the hitch red/green connection indicator, and the wrap around hitch connector! Best fifth wheel hitch I’ve ever owned! 658465
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A VERY heavy duty hitch! We have used it a lot on a very heavy 5th wheel. The hitch indicator works every time, very handy to be able to tell at a glance if it is indeed locked. 644668
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Easy to install, easy to remove. The visual indication that the jaws are engaged and locked makes for an easy guess free coupling of my camper. Thank you Reese for a great easy to use 5 th wheel hitch. Definitely recommend. 634370
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Very awesome 5th wheel. This is my second Reese hitch and I love it. I love that I do not have to unlock anything prior to booking up. Unlocking and disengaging is a snap. It looks great and functions great. I get no noise on the road and no chucking. It glides into my factory GM hitch easily. It locks into the pucks with ease. I could have gone with the lower Weight rated hitch but decided to max it out, so I would not have purchase another hitch after I purchase a bigger camper. Hope this helps out on a purchase decision. 628270
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