Approval or Disapproval of setup
I know we have so many here that know there stuff. I wanted to post what I'm doing and a few photos to see what you all think. Truck: 2013 F150, Ecoboost Max Tow, 7700GVW, 1800 pounds payload, 11...
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Truck looks ok.
I would lower the hitch head one hole on the shank to get the front of the trailer down a bit.
It looks like you are using a round bar hitch. You need to have a minimum of 5 links under tension between the snap-up hooks and the bars. Your bars are pointing upwards which means that you need to put a washer or two more on the pin in the hitch head (or whatever type of adjustment it requires) to tilt it back towards the trailer a bit. This will level out the bars which should run parallel to the A frame when hooked up. Doing this will probably require that you let out the chain about one link - which is good - to keep the weight distribution about the same.
The reason for the bars being parallel to the frame (round bar systems) is so they don't crash into the frame or snap-ups when making turns as they move back and forth. It also keeps the tension on the chains even in both directions during turns.
The reason for the 5 link minimum is to keep the chains from dragging the snap-ups on the A frame during turns and the tension even.
Barney
I would lower the hitch head one hole on the shank to get the front of the trailer down a bit.
It looks like you are using a round bar hitch. You need to have a minimum of 5 links under tension between the snap-up hooks and the bars. Your bars are pointing upwards which means that you need to put a washer or two more on the pin in the hitch head (or whatever type of adjustment it requires) to tilt it back towards the trailer a bit. This will level out the bars which should run parallel to the A frame when hooked up. Doing this will probably require that you let out the chain about one link - which is good - to keep the weight distribution about the same.
The reason for the bars being parallel to the frame (round bar systems) is so they don't crash into the frame or snap-ups when making turns as they move back and forth. It also keeps the tension on the chains even in both directions during turns.
The reason for the 5 link minimum is to keep the chains from dragging the snap-ups on the A frame during turns and the tension even.
Barney
