Hitch pin location

Butch50 wrote:
Wayne,

I don't think you would have any problem. Heck how many people here have loaded 400# in the very rear of their truck and driven with them without any problems. With your truck I wouldn't see that the truck would even squat at all. I think the main reason for the warnings is with heavier trailers and the hitch in the rear position is it could cause a lot of sway. Your light trailer is not going to cause any sway. Also it might be a braking problem with a heaver trailer that the hitch is not built for the force pushing forward on the locking device. Where the slider in the front/travel position it is locked into the front/beefer portion of the hitch but again I don't know if with your trailer if this is a concern.

I have seen your posts on the TC forum when I carried a TCer so I know you are inventive so look for a way to make a brace to make sure that the slider is locked so it can't slide forward in an emergency braking condition and I wouldn't see any problem.

Butch

Thanks for your encouragement. I too think the lighter the trailer, the less critical the sway due to tongue weight. There is a limit as to just how light it can be, and I think I am there now. I am considering putting lead in the pin box for ballast, maybe 200 plus lbs. That would bring the pin weight up to about 560 lbs. May even add a bit more.

It I do get a slider, and two with it in the back position, I cannot see how even 500 lbs behind the axle would make any difference. For the concern on braking, I probably would use the same concept used to secure a sliding door. Drop au channel on each side to prevent slider movement, secured with pins.