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Old 06-17-2017, 12:10 PM   #1
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5th wheel electric cord hanger

Dear MOC do-it-yourselfers,
Do any of you have a unique way of hanging your 12-volt trailer-truck connecting cord on your kingpin assembly when unhooked? I am tucking into the kingpin assembly now but i know there is a more convenient way of doing this. If there was a large threaded hook, i could put into the existing kingpin assembly but i can't find any such animal that would work.

I will probably have to make something but thought if someone already had an easier way, I would try it.

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Old 06-17-2017, 01:15 PM   #2
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This will probably be a disappointment, but for the last six years with the old rig and now with the new one I just drape it over the front of the MorRyde pinbox where it has a front lip. Then over the top of that I drape the emergency disconnect that I have inside of a piece of plastic tubing to keep the cable from getting caught on things while driving.
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Old 06-17-2017, 01:26 PM   #3
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Put mine inside the pin box from the back.
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Old 06-17-2017, 01:52 PM   #4
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Like Dick, I just drape mine a couple times over the front lip of my pin box.
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Old 06-17-2017, 05:43 PM   #5
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I tuck mine into the back of the pinbox. I read about people shorting out the cord, so I cut a tennis ball and slide it over the plug before tucking it in.
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Old 06-17-2017, 06:21 PM   #6
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I drilled a small hole in the back flange of the pinbox....big enought to slip a key ring thru it and use a cheap caribiner. Open the caribiner and loop my cord on it.
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Old 06-17-2017, 06:27 PM   #7
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On all 3 of our Montana's i have just drape it over the pinbox.
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Old 06-17-2017, 08:03 PM   #8
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We tuck ours into the back of the pinbox and wrap the emergency disconnect around the MorRyde pinbox. I do have a cord holder somewhere that I have not put on the pinbox yet. I has to be around somewhere, I just don't know where!
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Old 06-17-2017, 08:10 PM   #9
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Stored in the back of the pinbox
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Old 06-17-2017, 08:19 PM   #10
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Drape over pin box like others, but always make sure plug hangs down and does not touch any metal.
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Old 06-17-2017, 10:47 PM   #11
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I just stick it in the back of the pin box..
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Old 06-28-2017, 12:13 AM   #12
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Stuff mine in the pin box. Nothing scientific here.
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Old 06-28-2017, 08:29 AM   #13
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Another draper here. Just go over the pinbox and tuck it through itself underneath with the plug hanging down. I try not to overthink things!
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Old 06-28-2017, 07:12 PM   #14
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In the back with the cord and around the king pin frame for the brake cable.

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Old 06-29-2017, 07:11 AM   #15
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I coil it into a roll and tuck it behind the wiring from the junction box. I have closed off the opening in the kingpin due to so many bird nest evictions.
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Old 06-29-2017, 12:12 PM   #16
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At the recent WR Spring Rally, I saw two solutions. One is where a member took a piece of aluminum, bent it at a 90 degree angle, attached it to the pin box and mounted a Bargman plug on the on it. The other was a very simple rubber cap that goes over the end of the Bargman plug. I bet you could find that on Amazon somewhere.

I do have pictures but they are not very good. If you are really interested, I can point you to the two members.)
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Old 07-24-2017, 11:14 PM   #17
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Some things are better kept simple and not over-thought or over-engineered. I stuff it in the back of the pin box simply to keep it dry.
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Old 07-25-2017, 11:26 AM   #18
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Same here back in the pin box. Keeps it clean and dry.
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Old 07-26-2017, 07:02 PM   #19
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hmmm? shorting out the cord??
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Old 07-26-2017, 08:39 PM   #20
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My same question fauch! What is there to short out unless you have a back feed on your power cord or you've rubbed or loosened on of the wires from the junction box. Can someone explain this to this old fart!
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