C-Bears wrote:
Mile High wrote:
Cant do a real pull test with the 6 point leveling without weight on the landing gear which is too much trauma on the hydraulic jacks. I have the Reese Elite with the wraparound and I just quit worrying about it.
Hook up, look for the wraparound and make sure you see pin under it, drive!
I would never attempt a pull test, or any type of trailer movement with my landing gear down, or for that matter any part of my 6-point leveling system down.
The 4 rear jacks are up and the front 2 jacks of my 6-point system are about 2" off the ground. I hold my brake controller (locking the trailer brakes), put the truck in drive, and let the idle push it forward. I am checking to make sure my wheels stay locked and I am secured in my hitch. It is not some tug-of-war where you actually give the truck juice and try to pull it across the campground.
It is just personal preference, if folks want to skip a pull test then it sure gets them on the road a couple minutes quicker. I can look at my locked hitch jaws all day long but until I do the pull test I ain't moving my rig.
Never dropped a semi trailer and so far...(knock on wood)...I haven't dropped my fiver.
You definitely don't have the same 6-pt leveling system I do (but you should). No such thing as setting the front landing gear 2" of the ground - the front gear goes down 1 leg at a time and comes up 1 leg at a time.
I don't have to look at locked jaws - I look at a wraparound and know its not going to let go.
