OK, I admit it - something is wrong with me. I now have my second telescoping rod hitching aid and it doesn't help me at all. It gets me within a couple of inches of where I need to be, but I could do that by guessing or having somebody just tell me when I'm close. When I follow the directions, and stop when the rod is knocked off the trailer, it is not lined up correctly - this is especially true if there is any angle at all between the trailer and the tow vehicle. Also, when I put the vehicle in park (even with the emergency brake), there is almost always a roll of a couple of inches - too much to permit hitching the trailer.
I did like the product that replaces the hitch with the jaws that look to be quite forgiving, but it is not worth the $500 to have the hitch changed out. So, hitching the trailer remains a nightmare for me. Perhaps it is the Alaska mosquitos that are attracted like magnets (I guess that's a pun) when I try to hitch the trailer. Or it could just be my incompetence. But does anybody have a fresh idea of how to make this easier?