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chrispitude
Aug 28, 2018Explorer
There is another option for attaching/detaching the bars that is a PITA in its own way. :)
Once you have the tongue on the ball, if you make an almost-90 degree turn, you can connect or disconnect the bar on the inside side (same direction of turn) without using the tongue jack at all.
When leaving on a trip, I connect the left bar when I make the left turn out of my driveway. That road is a side road in a development, so a quick forward-and-reverse lets me pivot the trailer to hitch up the opposite side. It's so much easier...
Disconnecting the bars at the campground is a little more interesting because there's less space to do this, plus I don't want to block the road for any length of time.
Once you have the tongue on the ball, if you make an almost-90 degree turn, you can connect or disconnect the bar on the inside side (same direction of turn) without using the tongue jack at all.
When leaving on a trip, I connect the left bar when I make the left turn out of my driveway. That road is a side road in a development, so a quick forward-and-reverse lets me pivot the trailer to hitch up the opposite side. It's so much easier...
Disconnecting the bars at the campground is a little more interesting because there's less space to do this, plus I don't want to block the road for any length of time.
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