Ball Distance from Bumper
Hello all, Simply put, how far should the ball be behind the bumper when trailer towing? Any logic to closer or further away from bumper? Thanks in advance! Gerrit
Forum Discussion
DutchmenSport wrote:
Good point about the truck tail gate clearing. My old Reese WD hitch system allowed the tail gate to clear the trailer tongue jack just fine. When I switched to the Equal-i-zer system, the shank hole is set different. Now the tailgate hits the jack on the tongue. I can't change anything there to make it different unless I had a new hole drilled in the shank... which isn't going to happen.
I had the same issue with my Equal-i-zer, but Equal-I-zer offers an 18" shank which works well and did not require any modifications. Only drawback is it is heavier than the standard 12: shank.
