Level Travel Trailer
I changed my tow vehicle and this has been a challenge with changing slots on the shanks, etc., but I think I finally got it. Was a little nose high until I filled the fresh water tank half full, whi...
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Gdetrailer wrote:
Hawk, now the pix is visible!
Yeah, looks like the trailer tongue is riding a bit high.
Does not look like your hitch shank has any drop..
You need a hitch shank which has some more drop.
See if this pix works..
With the above hitch shank you can select a lower set of holes to bolt your WD hitch to which allows your trailer tongue to ride lower.
I would also tend to agree that using a level is not the best tool here since level is affected by the slope you are parked on.
A ruler/measuring tape would be a much better tool for the job.
Measure the frame of the trailer at the tongue and at the back of your trailer near the bumper.
Tongue should measure slightly lower than the frame near the bumper.
Also for post pictures on this forum you need to resize them so they are no larger than 600 pixels wide, larger than that and you have to scroll side to side..
A member of the forum put together a cool setup that is free to automatically resize and host any photo you want to post on this forum..
Just drag or drop the photo to the link below then once the photo has been uploaded to the hosting site you can simply copy the entire URL provided by the hosting site and paste into your post (it already includes the proper coding for photos)..
Simple and quick.
RV.net photo posting link
Sorry about the image sizes....I dragged them into Google Photos and didn't really look at the size.
So here is the LONG and SHORT of it.
I flipped the shank because when I put it at the top setting (before I flipped it) it was almost 2 to 3 inches in difference when I measured the front and back. After I flipped the shank and went up one notch that is what I got in the picture above and while it looks high on the hitch it actually measures even for the most part in the front and the back.
The reason I was thinking about taking it back to the dealer, which is an hour away) is they got it so straight when I bought it (with my TV being a GMC Yukon Denali). The guy that hooked it up really knew his stuff and I was hoping to get him, but that might be a roll of the dice because the dealership is a big one.
