Video Transcript for Review of Q Hitch 5th Wheel Hitch - Fixed Fifth Wheel - QH34FR

Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a look at this Q Hitch dual jaw fifth wheel trailer hitch. It has a 25,000 pound gross towing weight capacity. Now this fifth wheel hitch is designed to mount into your truck bed so that you can tow your fifth wheel trailer. It is a very simple installation. It does require base rails and an installation kit to install this.

Those items we do sell separate on our website, and this is compatible with B&W, CURT, Demco, Draw-Tite Hidden Hitch, and even REESE above bed base rails. Now one note I do wanna mention, this fifth wheel hitch is not compatible with rotating pin boxes, such as the REESE Sidewinder, the Reese Revolution, or the 5th Airborne Sidewinder. Now this does use a two-jaw locking system, provides a nice 360-degree jaw to kingpin contact, which means less rattle and more security than your slide bar models. It also uses a unique spherical axial bearing, which will allow easy pivoting of your hitch head. It'll give you a nice, smooth 360-degree movement, not just front to back or side to side.

And it does give you built-in cushioning to absorb any road shock. Also, what's nice for easy maintenance, they give you three built-in grease Zerk fittings for easy lubrication of the jaws and of that axial bearing. There's a grease Zerk fitting right down there that you could hook a grease gun to, one on this side over here and then one over here. Now the handle, it's a nice sharp throw, single handle operation, so it allows you to open the dual jaws for connecting to the kingpin, and it does include this tethered pin and clip, which will keep the handle in the closed position. Now when you do remove this pin and clip, you can see it'll hang there so you don't lose it.

The hole right here is large enough. You can see there's a lever that drops down that you could actually run a padlock through there for added security if you want it. Now, the padlock's not included. You would have to supply that, but again, if you move the pin and clip, flip open that lever, that'll release the handle. And then all you have to do is just pull out, and you can see when you pull it out, the jaws pop open, and now you're ready to connect to your kingpin.

It will ensure a secure towing. It uses a three-point color coded lock indicator system, which you just look at the color indicator on either the handle or right under the hitch head here. You can see that from your cab of your V-Truck. And I wanted to pop up an insert just to show you, because we can't turn this hitch here, but that's what the back of it'll look like. So if you notice, it's gonna show, either it'll show green either in the handle or under the hitch head. If it's green, that means it's locked, it's closed, you're ready to tow. If it shows yellow, which it's doing now, it'll show yellow here on the handle, yellow down here. That means the jaws are open, you're ready to couple. If, by chance, it happens to show red in any place, that means it's locked open. You can pull away to uncouple, and as we mentioned, those lock indicators are visible from the cab of the truck. Now this does offer a four-inch hitch height adjustment anywhere from 13 inches to 17 inches, and that's measured from the truck bed to the top of the hitch head. It does give you, when you install your head into the legs, it'll give you three rows of holes to make that hitch height adjustment. Now it is constructed of a sturdy steel, has a nice durable carbide powder coat finish to it, and it will come with the included plastic lube plate. This lube plate will install onto your kingpin, and it'll allow that kingpin to guide smoothly into the hitch during hookup, and then prevent any messy grease buildup on your hitch head or on the pin box. Gross towing weight capacity on this again is 25,000 pounds. Now the capacity will be limited to the lowest rated towing component in your system. Vertical load limit on it is 6,250 pounds. And last thing I just wanna show you, if you notice the jaws we had opened earlier, they are open, ready for a kingpin just to show you how it operates. This is a replica of what a kingpin would look like. So basically when you're hooking up, this kingpin's gonna slide into the dual jaws, and when you get far enough, you notice that the two jaws come around, lock it into place, your handle comes back. And as we mentioned, the color code's showing green here and green underneath here. So just flip your lock open, take your pin, slide it through the hole to lock it in place, and now you're all ready to go. And then to unhook, just do everything in reverse, and you're all ready, but that's gonna do it for a look at this Q Hitch dual jaw fifth wheel trailer hitch with a 25,000 pound gross towing weight capacity.