How level should your trailer be when towing?

imq707s wrote:
I have my truck/trailer set up about as good as I can....but the trailer is still a little "nose high". I have the load bars tensioned so that the truck is just about perfectly level while towing.....and I have the ball dropped down as low as I can get it on the hitch bar....but the trailer still is a few inches high in the front, and not perfectly level.

The only real solution I can see is that I need to buy a longer drop hitch bar, so I can move the ball mount down a few more holes.

Yes you are nose high.
Yes, the only correct solution is to buy a shank with more drop. Sure, you could 'flip' the trailer axles and raise the trailer but that is a lot of unnecessary work. Etrailer.com has a great assortment of Drop Shanks for 2" Receivers you can use to select the one you need. If you're not quite sure, give them a call. I've talked to their customer service folks several time and they are very knowledgeable and helpful.

One more thing. I looked closely at your picture and your WD bars aren't quite correct. You have the ends pointing up and they should be parallel to the trailer frame. When you set up the new shank follow this procedure.

1) Place trailer on 'flat' surface. Use tongue jack to raise/lower until bottom of trailer frame measures equally at the front and back.
2) Measure top of trailer coupler and then install hitch head on new shank in a position where the top of the ball is about 1" above the 'level' coupler height.
3) Measure front wheel wells of truck unloaded.
4) Connect hitch and truck, snap up bars, and find the correct # of chain links to make bars parallel to trailer frame.
5) Measure front wheel wells again. If they are higher than unloaded disassemble the hitch head and adjust head tilt back. Some heads use serrated washers but my guess is yours has a 'button' bolt with washers as spacers. Add 3 washers, tighten and reassemble the head, and hitch up again.
6) Repeat the process until you find a point where the WD bars are parallel to the frame, the trailer frame is parallel to the ground, and the front wheel wells return to unloaded height.