High hooking?

all right, who done did it? Ha, Ha, Ha.

 

Put a water bottle under the fifth wheel

 

Youre kidding right?

 

No

Tilt the fifth wheel up in the rear and place a bottle or something stiff between the under side of the fifth wheel plate and the frame so that the front of the plate is lower than the king pin...drop the air bags then pull forward

 

How is a bottle a stiff object?But hey if it's worked for you great.I've always used a piece of wood then kept that wood for when it happens again.Yes I've high hooked a time or two.

 

Obviously it has worked for me or I wouldn't have know what he meant by "Put a water bottle under the fifth wheel"

 

I've done it twice, both times in the rain (and I did get out and look) both times the kingpin went a bit to far to the left or right and rode up the fifth wheel. Both times I backed up a little further, dropped suspension in the truck. I wedged a gatorade bottle under the fifth wheel to get it to angle backwards. Then I dollied the trailer a bit to get the pin to clear the fifth wheel, pulled forward very slowly; reset the fifth wheel, dollied the trailer back down and backed up a bit straighter. It sucked both times. I keep a very bright flashlight now just to make sure I'm centered.

 

Nope you tilt the fifth wheel and place the bottle underneath so you can pull out without help

 

It's just as easy to use a wood block or length of pipe.

 

Yep. Unless you have lots of experience and consistent equipment (same truck and trailers) I wouldn't recommend just backing under. Making that mistake is a whole lot of work to fix.

Cranking up a fully-loaded trailer is something everyone should want to avoid.