Here is what ya do . Picture how much you raise the back of the truck when ya lift on the bars , lets say three inches .So you place the trailer hitch about three inches above the ball , put on the bars just hand snug . Then as you lower trailer the bars will tension up and take the load , if it does not feel right ya can still use the pipe. I have owned more than ten TTs and I still do Jack Rabbitt deliveries hitching and unhitching well above one hundred times a year . It works very well . Surely there are many out there who do the same .