One of the very first upgrades we did to our 2022 Genesis Supreme toy hauler was to install quick release pull pins for the fifth wheel landing jacks. Our full-time Hitchhiker fifth wheel trailer had come with this kind of landing jack pin installed at the factory, so we assumed it was standard for all fifth wheels with electric landing jacks. Not so! And what a difference they make!
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Our Genesis Supreme toy hauler came with goofy D-ring pins that were clumsy and fussy and added a frustrating and unnecessary step to hitching and unhitching our rig.
These pins were slow and frustrating to use!
After messing with these things two or three times, I got online and started hunting for the really nice quick release spring loaded pins we were accustomed to, hoping that they were something we could get our hands on. They were! We got ours HERE.
The quick release pull pins (left two) and the tools necessary to install them (right two). Not much to it!
We put a bottle jack under the front of the fifth wheel to support the trailer while we removed the silly pins that had come with it and replaced them with the quick release pull pins. You can also hitch the fifth wheel to the truck and work on the legs that way instead. However, the bottle jack worked just fine.
We supported the front of the fifth wheel trailer with a bottle jack.
We removed the D-ring.
The hardest part of installing the quick release pull pins on the landing jacks is simply lining up the two pieces. They fit on either side of the landing leg like a clamshell with two long bolts holding them in place.
Make sure the handle is on the outside of the fifth wheel where you’ll be grabbing it.
One half of the quick release pull pin.
Both halves of the quick release pull pin with long bolts that will hold them in place.
We used Loctite to make sure the bolts wouldn’t unscrew and walk back out.
We applied a little Loctite.
Then we tightened the bolts.
Getting the bolts started.
Tightening the bolts down.
And there it was — a fabulous new quick release pull pin on our fifth wheel landing jack.
Ready to go!
We installed the other quick release pull pin on the other landing jack and sighed a huge sigh of relief. These things are so much easier to use!
To hitch up: Simply raise the electric landing legs with the Retract button. Once the jacks are in their fully retracted position, pull out the spring loaded handle and slide the lower portion of the leg upwards into the upper portion. Then release the spring loaded handle to latch it in place.
To unhitch: Pull the quick release pull pin’s spring loaded handle and let the leg drop all the way down so the foot is on the ground. Then raise the leg slightly until the spring loaded handle snaps into place through the hole in the lower leg.
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And that’s it! We purchased this quick release pull pin for our 33’ 15,000 lb. GVWR trailer, but there are others available> too.
Hitching and unhitching a fifth wheel trailer can be stressful enough as it is. For us, having a super simple mechanism for getting the landing jacks in position is an important stress reliever. It was an inexpensive upgrade, but has made a huge difference.
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I think we lasted as long as you did before we installed Snap Jacks/Locks on our 2002 Alpenlite fifth wheel. Have had them since then and still working flawlessly. Good choice Emily!
They make all the difference. Nowadays, most fivers with electric jacks have them factory installed, but they’re sure easy (and worthwhile) to add if not!