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Chaos
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Jun 01, 2013

WDH set up help needed

Yes, I've read the stickies, multiple times.

I have a Reese hitch. My vehicle instructions say to return the front bumper to unhitched height.

Unhitched measurements: front bumper 17 7/8
Front wheel well 35 1/2
Rear wheel well 37 5/8

Trailer frame height 24 3/4

I initially put the head one hole up from the bottom of the shank with the head tilted all the way forward. On eight links, I get the following measurements:
Front bumper 18 1/16
Front wheel well 35 1/2
Rear wheel well 36 3/4
Front trailer frame height 25 3/8

The TV measurements look good to me but the trailer is too high in front by 5/8 or so. If I drop the head to the bottom hole, then I don't have enough tilt adjustment to get the ends of the spring bars to the correct height according to the hitch instructions. So now what?
  • Once my trailer was hitched I used the tongue jack & raised the rear of the truck making it easier to connect the bars. If I recall Reese adds an inch of height to ball height. Then there is a tilt measurement without the trailer connected. Distance of the bars from the ground. After initial adjustment then make final with trailer connected.
  • Oh, I forgot to say I tried tilting the head back to see if that would lower the trailer. Instead our had the opposite effect, with the following measurements:
    Front bumper 17 7/8
    Front wheel well 35 1/4
    Rear wheel well 36 3/4
    Trailer frame 25.5

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