Stupid mistake nearly cost me
Last week I spent about an hour getting my Reese WD bars properly set up and took it for a test run, 30 MPH winds with 45 MPH gusts and it towed like a dream. I don't even use anti-sway. When I got...
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BarneyS wrote:hbrady wrote:DutchmenSport wrote:
Glad you were not hurt.
You do know that if you crank up your trailer tongue higher, you can get those weight distribution bars on without using any tools at all...
Yep, works great unless you pull a bonehead move like I did and forget to disconnect safety chains before raising the tongue :S
I don't quite understand this statement. If you are raising the tongue with the coupler still attached to the ball this will raise both the back of the truck and the tongue of the trailer. Doing this will take the pressure off of the WD bars so the snap-up brackets are very easy to release or hook up. The safety chains should move right along with the tongue and truck so there should be no additional tension on them as far as I can see.
Barney
I do the same thing. I do not unhook the safety chains until I am ready to pull away. Just in case something goes wrong and the TT tries to roll away or move during the unhitching process.
