Camco Eaz-Lift 10" Fifth Wheel Lube Plate 44664

If you tow a fifth wheel, you already know the hitch takes a beating. Every turn, every bump, every launch ramp puts the trailer's kingpin plate grinding against the head of your hitch. The Camco Eaz-Lift 10-inch Fifth Wheel Lube Plate sits right in that contact zone and takes the friction so your hardware doesn't have to.

It's a simple piece of gear that solves a real problem. Steel-on-steel contact at the fifth wheel connection wears both surfaces over time, and it makes noise doing it. That chatter and groan you hear on tight turns? That's metal fighting metal. Drop this disc between the hitch and the trailer and the two surfaces glide instead of grind. Your hitch head lasts longer, the kingpin plate stays cleaner, and the ride quiets down.

The 10-inch diameter gives you full coverage across the contact area of most standard fifth wheel hitch heads. It's the single-disc configuration, so you get one plate ready to drop in. No grease gun, no lube tube smeared across the hitch, no black handprints on everything you touch afterward. Just the plate.

Installation is about as easy as towing gear gets. There are no tools and no drilling involved. You set the lube plate over the hitch before you back under the trailer, hitch up like you normally would, and the plate does its job from there. When it wears down after a few seasons, you pull it and drop in a fresh one. That's the whole maintenance story.

Beyond cutting friction, the plate absorbs vibration at the connection. Fifth wheel setups transmit a lot of road feedback through the kingpin, and some of that shudder you feel in the truck cab comes straight through the hitch. A lube plate damps that a little, so the whole rig feels more settled on rough pavement and washboard gravel. It won't turn a stiff truck into a luxury coach, but it takes the edge off.

Cold weather is where a lube plate really earns its keep. Grease stiffens up when temperatures drop, and a hitch that's dry or gummed up in the cold groans and binds on every turn out of the campground. A solid lube plate keeps that connection sliding no matter the season, so your spring shakedown trip and your late-fall run both feel the same off the line.

Who's this for? Anybody running a fifth wheel travel trailer or toy hauler who wants to protect the hitch investment and skip the grease. It's especially handy if you hitch and unhitch often, since every cycle is another chance for grit to get between the plates. And it's a clean solution for folks who just don't want to deal with pulling out a tube of hitch lube every trip.

The packaging carries both English and French language text, so it's ready for buyers on either side of the border. That's the English/French Language Package you'll see in the product title. It doesn't change the plate itself, just the box and the instructions.

A few honest notes. This is the 10-inch size, so check your hitch head before you buy. Most standard fifth wheel hitches take the 10-inch plate, but larger heads may call for a bigger disc. It's a wear item by design, so plan on replacing it periodically rather than expecting it to last the life of the trailer. And it reduces friction, it doesn't eliminate it, so keep an eye on your hitch hardware during normal maintenance like you always would.

For the money, it's cheap insurance. A hitch head costs real money to replace. A lube plate costs a fraction of that and takes the wear so the expensive part doesn't. If you tow a fifth wheel and you're not running one, this is an easy upgrade to make before your next trip.