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Originally Posted by JRTJH
I'm not sure about why you're having issues with hitching/unhitching. Do you mean the clearance between the trailer and the tailgate when the tailgate is lowered to back under or drive out from under the trailer? If that's the "nearly straight in line" issue (so the tailgate won't hit the trailer) that you're having issues with, the distance from the hitch to the tailgate is the same on both the 6.75 and the 8 foot beds. On the newer trucks with taller bed sides/tailgate, most of us are dealing with anywhere from 5" to 10" of clearance between the tailgate edge and the trailer front, with the tail gate down. It's essentially the same with either the short (standard) bed and the long bed versions.
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I am guessing he means because with his auto slider there is a wedge on the kingpin to make it not rotate in the hitch. You have to hook up straight so that the jaws will engage. From any other angle the hitch head would have to be turned to hookup.