Brandt Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Can anybody tell me the Make (model too) and how to adjust this fifth wheel?? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead204 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 looks like a Holland does the aluminum tag I see in the picture have any info on it? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rondog Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 the grooves in it make me thin Holland also. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I think youre adjustment is the bolt in the front of 5th wheel. Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) The tag just states the S/NBy the bolt on the front, are you saying the rod that sticks out of the front?? I'll look again, but I didn't see any threads on it.I was thinking tha adjustment was the bolt just in front of the crotch. But then there is another bolt at about 2 o'clock from the crotch?? Edited June 7, 2014 by Brandt Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b61mack Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Look in the jaws for a 1/2 inch allen bolt, I have seen them there. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 This looks like it operates on the same principal as the k-hitch ones we use down here in Australia. If it does, then there is a block that slides down between the jaws once they lock around the pin. Once again, if it does use the same design as the k-hitch ones then there is no adjustment but it's a simple rebuild, only 3 parts. Sorry I can't help with what make it is. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 I contacted both Holland and Fontaine. Turns out it is a Holland with no adjustment. The rep is checking for rebuild parts. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 The Holland rep came back and said that it is a Dayton Walther fifth wheel. Apparently Fontaine owned the name in 1987 and Holland sometime after that. I think parts support is pretty thin right now - except in Europe where they seem popular. They also seem popular with the US Military. Of course the gov't would buy them - overpriced and no parts support (or very expensive part support)!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248890 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 So what's the story with your one? What problems is it having? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-248953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandt Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 No problem yet. It came on a dolly that I bought. I plan on pulling a pup with it and wanted to know how to adjust it before I went to pick up the pup. I'd hate to travel the 400 miles to the pup location and find out it doesn't lock up or is adjusted too tight.As long as it works, I'll keep it, until it doesn't. At that point, parts may be impossible to find and I will replace it w/ one from a salvage yard. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-249074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I noticed a difference between mine and yours.I have a tab on the front to prevent any accidental uncoupling. It's attached by a chain to the handle. They are really simple design (I like simple things) and shouldn't give you too many dramas. If you uncouple a fair bit give it a bit of grease on the block the that locks the jaws. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/35985-need-help-iding-this-5th-wheel/#findComment-249170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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