carried about a wrist to improve safety a rear view of the trailer door 12 b with the door handle extender 40 engaging a handle 20 is shown in fig6 a top view of the door handle extender 40 engaging a handle 20 with the handle 20 in the hooked position is shown in fig7 a and a top view of the door handle extender 40 engaging the handle 20 with the handle 20 in the unhooked position is shown in fig7 b the door handle extender 40 thus avoids the adjacent vertical bar 18 and handle 20 and provides space for a two handed side by side grasp of the grasping portion 52 a top view of a tractor 26 including a trailer plate also called a fifthwheel 28 is shown in fig8 a and a top view of the tractor 26 showing the door handle extender 40 engaging a fifthwheel handle 48 attached to the trailer plate 28 is shown in fig8 b the handle 48 releases jaws 50 which retain a trailer kingpin in place in the fifthwheel 28 a large amount of grease is applied to the trailer plate 28 to facilitate engagement of the trailer 24 with the tractor 26 and articulation of the tractor trailer as a result of the proximity of the fifthwheel handle 48 to the trailer.