trouble lining up your hitch?

We used to be able to purchase Agri Hitch Bumpers for our farm trucks. You just ordered the truck without a bumper and and then installed one of these from the company of your choice. They would telescope and swing sideways and where heavy duty. They also had springs built into them to absorb the shock of towing.

They were wonderful things. I suppose these days they would not be legal or something.

Maybe you still can get them.

I installed this on my trailer and I can crank my trailer to my hitch without any issues or backup camera.

Trailer Valet
https://youtu.be/uqVDxOMrgak

OK guys, sorry I posted. Thought back to my popup days and thought it might help someone.

Always someone trying to invent a better mousetrap. Rarely succeed.

I put a dot on the trailer cap, lined up with a mark on the top of my tailgate. When the two line up, I'm lined up with the hitch. It cost me pennies to do, and has saved a whole lot of time and swearing.

I've got a standard hitch that can swing L/R to align easily. wasn't all that expensive.
bumpy

Lynnmor wrote:
You can buy a backup camera for a lot less than $349.

And install it quicker than you can use that contraption. Mine works great, and is useful in normal day to day driving. A well spent $129.00

RedRocket204 wrote:

The Real-Quick Hitch wrote:
A Reel-Quik Hitch has a Class III towing capacity of 6,000 pounds for gross trailer weight, and 600 pounds for tongue weight.

Not a very high towing capacity or tongue weight.


EDIT: downtheroad beat me to it ;)

Yea, beat me too. Watching the video, I kept wondering if that device is strong enough to support a weight distribution system..... even a simple light-weight one.

Bottom line ... aligning the hitch is not a big deal. That invention must be a "guy" thing. Heaven forbid if some guys ask for help or assistance! The best hitch aligner I've got is my wife pointing in the mirrors which way the back of the truck has to go!

But better yet, is to simply learn how to align the trailer with your mirrors or simply turning around and looking backwards!

Oh well. I'm sure someone will buy it, thinking is the best thing since apple butter. You can save yourself a LOT of money by simply learning how to align by sight!

The Real-Quick Hitch wrote:
A Reel-Quik Hitch has a Class III towing capacity of 6,000 pounds for gross trailer weight, and 600 pounds for tongue weight.

Not a very high towing capacity or tongue weight.


EDIT: downtheroad beat me to it ;)

From their website:
A Reel-Quik Hitch has a Class III towing capacity of 6,000 pounds for gross trailer weight, and 600 pounds for tongue weight.

Most of us have a lot more than 600 lbs of tongue weight.