fj12ryder wrote:
laknox wrote:
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Also, from personal experience, very early on, I "high-hitched" my entire Companion in the base and didn't realize it was not firmly down against the bed, by about 1". Hell, I even torqued the entire thing! I hitched up my FW and towed it from storage to my house, about 12 miles. Felt a little different, but it handled just fine, and without any damage, whatsoever. Scared the bejesus out of me when I realized what I'd done, though! :E
Lyle
Thanks for posting that, now I don't feel so foolish, or not quite anyway. I did the same thing by pinning the turnover ball in the wrong hole. I noticed some clunking noises and checked everything out and discovered my error. Like you, no damage, not even any dents in the bed from the base rocking. Just the SMH moment.
Heh. Mine was high enough that the base never =touched= the bed. Entire thing was resting solely on the vertical hold-down tube. Draw-down bolt was torqued to 40 lb ft, u-bolts to 80. :-)
Lyle
