Hitch set up help

acritzer wrote:
So the "parallel" bar comment is kind of the last concern? Just as long as the bar won't run into the frame?
I've had 5 links on before and it was only hanging down a link or so past the trailer frame. It also meant that the bars were angled up a decent amount.

Tomorrow after work I'll give it another round and report back.

Sooo grateful.

The bars turn with the frame for the most part so you really don't have to worry about them running into the frame during a turn. What does happen though, if you don't have enough links between the snap-ups and the bar, is that the chain will crash into the snap-up as the bar moves forward or backward in the turn, or the short chain will drag the snap-up forward or backward on the A frame regardless of the pinch bolt on the snap-up. The only time you might find the bars going under the frame is during very tight turns in a campground or while maneuvering someplace. This is more likely to happen when you have a lot of angle on the hitch head.
The parallel bar is to keep the chain pull even on both the rearward movement of the bar and the forward movement. The more chain you have between the bar and snap-up, the less you have to worry about it.
Barney