Dave5143 wrote:
You mentioned in an earlier post that your Blue Ox hitch shows 3 full links below the brackets. How many free links do you count above the brackets? Just curious. I usually have 8 free links on my setup with the F250. And yes I also do feel it when a truck passes me but for some reason the ones with the big slab-sided trailers don't seem to push as much as those pesky car carrier trailers. Beats me why.
I did three links the first time I set my hitch, but I didn't like lifting my truck that high and the effort it took to latch it up, so I have four full links showing.
I put some electrical tape around I think is the 7th or 8th link from the top. I forgot the count since I just look at the tape to put in the latch saddle.
The forth link showing provide a nice bow on the arms, but are not such a strain to hook up, or as scary unhooking.
To keep from having to raise my truck up too high with the jack, I screwed a shorter 12 in long 2x10 on top of a longer 18 in long 2x10, and back my truck up on that to give my truck more height. I still have to raise it with the jack, but not nearly as much.
With such a light truck, I wanted to restore as much weight back to the front axle as possible, and level the truck out.
The front loses 285lbs when hooked up, and sit 1/2 inch higher.
The rear squats 2 1/4 inches, but sits level with the front.
