etrailer | Demco Hijacker Autoslide 5th Wheel Hitch Installation - 2020 Ford F-350 Super Duty

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Hi there Ford owners. Today on your 2020 Ford F350 Super Duty we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install Demco's Autoslide 5th Wheel Hitch. And this is what our auto slide looks like when it's installed. This will drop right down into your existing factory puck system on your truck. So you don't need to get any kind of rails or anything like that if you've got that. If your truck doesn't have a factory puck system though, we do have under bed kits or above bed kits available here at etrailer.com so you can get the appropriate adapters you need to get one installed on your truck.Unlike traditional fifth wheels that just kind of sit in position, this is an Autoslide unit, which is specifically designed for trucks that have short beds, so that's your six and a half than less.
And it's designed for those, because if we look at this mechanism here, when we go to make a tight turn, one of the issues you can run into on your short bed truck with just a regular fifth wheel head is if you turn too sharp, as the trailer begins to pivot on your fifth wheel here, the top of your trailer could potentially come into contact with the cab of your truck.And you definitely don't want that. That's going to wake you up real quick. It's going to be an awfully expensive repair. That's going to cause damage to both your vehicle and your trailer. With the autoslide it's designed to automatically detect that pivoting motion.
And that's why it's important that we have these adjusted appropriately for the mechanism to work right. And it will automatically allow it to slide back when you turn, giving you extra distance between the cab of your truck and your trailer. So you can make those tight turns without having to disconnect or having to have a larger truck. That really just opens up your options on what vehicles you can pull a trailer with. But when it comes to having a short bed truck, this is definitely the cream of the crop of having a nice autoslide, because many of the other types out there that are sliding aren't necessarily automatic.You have to stop, typically, this is when you're getting off the highway.
Usually you got to make a pretty sharp left or right turn to get onto the crossroad, whatever's there, and you have to get out and you have to pull a handle, so that way when you take off it slides back, you can make your turn and you can pull up, straighten your truck back out and lock it back into place. With this it does everything automatically for you, so you can just naturally drive your vehicle like you would if you had a truck that had a full size bed. It just does everything for you. And with this hitch you can pull up to a 21,000 pound gross weighted trailer. When you're ready to hook up to your trailer, you can easily do this from outside the truck.
I know I'm inside here, but you can reach right over the edge on the driver's side, pull the pin, and that will allow us to pull out the handle and then it'll stay at locked in the open position.And then when you go to back up onto the king pin of your trailer, you're backing up and it goes in, it'll hit the mechanism, and now you can see that our handle came back in. So we're going to grab our pin over here and we want to make sure we get it locked back into place. You may need to pull slightly out on the handle just to get the pin down in there. This is a pretty straightforward install. You just have to assemble the sides onto it and put your head on it. And then you're ready to drop it in and go ahead and use it. One thing I will say with this is it is extremely heavy, all the components are heavy, even just the side plates. They don't look like they're much. They're pretty heavy too. So you're definitely going to want an extra set of hands to help you maneuver this around.Now that you've added a fifth wheel onto your truck, you're more than likely planning on having a pretty large trailer hooked up to it. And all that weight weighing down here on the back of your truck can cause it to sag quite a bit in the back. So one of the ways you can help combat that and to restore your suspension close to the factory settings that you've got, restore a lot of that breaking and handling performance you're going to lose with your trailer hooked up is by getting suspension enhancements, especially here for the rear. A set of airbags is a great option for something you're planning on using only part of the year, because you can decrease the air in the air bags for when you're not hauling it, and then increase it up to the appropriate amount for the weight of your trailer to bring yo

[@corgily]

Thanks for install guide

[@etrailer]

We are happy to help! Check out the following link for more information on the Demco Autoslide.
www.etrailer.com/Fifth-Wheel-Hitch/Demco/DM8550038.html

[@jamespardee2490]

You don't reuse lock. Nuts

[@huntingscopes]

Great Hitch, we just installed same to a 2020 F250. Question: How to secure to prevent or deter theft?

[@etrailer]

Thank you for sharing this. You can attach a cable lock to a non moving part of the hitch as a theft deterrent.
www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Cable_Locks.aspx

[@ElizabethRodriguez-cs2sm]

I have this hitch and love it. Question, is there a way to straighten it when not hitched up to the 5th wheel?

[@etrailer]

The head turns with the trailer so the king pin will not disengage unless it is within the 10-15 degree safety margin that the manufacturer recommends.
www.etrailer.com/Fifth-Wheel-Hitch/Demco/DM8550038.html

[@Sharpey_31]

When adjusting are the nylon nuts reusable if you need to change the height?

[@etrailer]

We checked with the nice folks at Demco, who tell us that the nylock nuts can be reused once, after that they recommend replacing them. They're 1/2 inch nylock nuts. Hope that helps!
www.etrailer.com/Fifth-Wheel-Hitch/Demco/DM8550038.html

[@cryptocrunchies2478]

Why don’t you mention Dodge and Chevy if you have products for them or not??? It as if that’s a dirty word in this video lol