Yea that sure is tough sometimes I crank the jack back up so it lifts the back of the truck a little. Then I know it is on there for sure

 

If it's got a heavy tongue weight use the provided jack stand on the trailer and jack it until it picks up on the rear end of the truck.

Exactly what CRF said above...

Use some common sense.

And about people that never tow... get some help from someone that has towed. We all got friends... so... just say something... it will keep you from killing others out on the highway.

 

Can happen when you put a 2" hitch on a 1 7/8" ball.

Too much slop.

 

It was a 2" ball I got that part right lol. As for never driving with a trailer you have to learn sometime. I never went over 45 mph on the highway to be safe.

 

Oh. Then it was a 2 1/8" hitch.

 

There isn't 2 1/8" but there is 2 5/8"

 

Whatever fit's a 2 5/16" ball.

But, point taken.

 

Yep, a guy back home 20 + years ago, was killed when a boat trailer came loose from the hitch, didn't have chains on it, and killed the man on the side of the road that it hit.

The first question anyone asked was- "What happened to the chains?"

In the Army, I learned to crisscross the chains.

 

Yep... one of the FIRST things I learned about towing...

That's yet another reason why I'd be a good truck driver... I pay attention to the little things.

 

I tow a lot of these all over the southeast but YOU have to responsible for your load.
Thats like today whe I picked up this....

The place where I picked it up helped me hook it up to my truck, but I got out and verified what was going on, and checked the connection to the ball myself.

Bottom line is towing is something to take VERY seriously and you better know what your doing, or you can end up in a lot of trouble.

 

I'll take one of these, and a cotter pin- attached to a loop receiver, over a hitch & ball any day of the week-

99.9% of the towing I've bone, has been with a towing pintel. But, I've towed trailers weighing 8, 10, 12,000 lbs fully loaded. Anyone can drive forward with a trailer- but- it takes skill to back one into the exact spot you want it. Especialy on those occasions when the trailer is wider than the truck, or when the truck is wider than the trailer.

 

backing trailers is easy....it really takes skill to back a wagon with a truck.

 

I think it's easy too, now- but I can tell you- a LOT of jokers can't do it well.

They think it's just like backing up normally.

 

Yeah, I got pretty easy at backing the boat up. In hawaii we park our boat on side of the street, I tell you it takes some practice parrallel parking a boat.

 

I towed with a pindel in the navy a few times. I think backing up with a ball is a little easier, but i was also backing up a super short tounge trailer with a warehouse tractor (real short wheelbase).