First Tow with New Trailer
Picked up the new-to-us trailer yesterday, a 2008 Heartland Big Country 3250TS. Towed like a dream with the Hensley Trailer Saver BD-3 hitch. I wound up going with the Curt in-bed rails, they ma...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Durb wrote:
Have a TS3 instead of BD3 but the concept is the same. I air up my hitch so it tows to the line at the beginning of the season and leave it alone all year unless I need more clearance. You will find you will have to raise your front landing gear more than usual to unload the air bag pressure on the head when hooking/unhooking. You will also find there is a small learning curve on the Holland Binkley head. The thick jaws combined with my narrow kingpin groove (non typical) require that I have pressure on the plates to ensure a smooth hookup. This takes a couple of times to learn and will become second nature.
I assume a 1/8" slip plate works best as it does with a B&W's thick jaws.
I actually had to machine my own lube plate to center the hitch jaws. I used 3/8" high density polyethylene and took it down to 5/16" on my planer.
