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bpounds
Nov 05, 2014Nomad
What kind of landing gear or leveling system you have is not an excuse to not do a pull test. Think of some other reason. Like being lazy.
Lazy applies to me. I don't always do a pull test, but I know I should and I don't make excuses for not doing it, other than just lazy. :) ;)
Anyway, regarding the landing gear, if I do a pull test I do it with the gear fully retracted and secured. Now I know, if my pull test fails, my truck is probably going to be damaged. That's fine, but if the trailer is going to drop I want it to happen right there in the campsite, not out on the steep windy road. So my pull test is simplified. As I'm pulling out of my camp slowly, I apply the trailer brakes. Pull test done, trailer brakes tested. Better to know the brakes work before heading down that mountain road toward town.
That's how I do it, if I do it at all. Others won't like it. It's still a free country. You can even choose which hitch you like best.
Lazy applies to me. I don't always do a pull test, but I know I should and I don't make excuses for not doing it, other than just lazy. :) ;)
Anyway, regarding the landing gear, if I do a pull test I do it with the gear fully retracted and secured. Now I know, if my pull test fails, my truck is probably going to be damaged. That's fine, but if the trailer is going to drop I want it to happen right there in the campsite, not out on the steep windy road. So my pull test is simplified. As I'm pulling out of my camp slowly, I apply the trailer brakes. Pull test done, trailer brakes tested. Better to know the brakes work before heading down that mountain road toward town.
That's how I do it, if I do it at all. Others won't like it. It's still a free country. You can even choose which hitch you like best.
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