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73guna
May 31, 2018Explorer
Are you a hands on/diy type of guy?
How far away is the dealer?
Are you comfortable towing without a wd hitch?
If you have some experience towing I would tow the trailer home and buy the hitch and ball and set it up myself.
You have to be able to torque the ball down to 300-400lbs or more so a healthy torque wrench is in order.
Not sure exactly what your tongue weight will be, but it looks like you can get a BXW0750 for $600 on ebay and setup videos are plentiful on the old interweb.
The swivel latches on the blue ox can be down right dangerous so do your research and try to have most of the tension off the bars when hooking/unhooking if you decide to go with blue ox.
With your light trailer you probably wont have many issues though.
Im not a fan of blue ox as Ive had issues and this thread is not the place to discuss it so all please no opinions directed at me for the sake of Mr. pjkdog's thread.
As always this is just my opinion.
If you dont feel comfortable setting one up by all means proceed with the dealer install.
Being a newbie all this can be overwhelming.
Rving is definitely a big learning curve.
Enjoy!
How far away is the dealer?
Are you comfortable towing without a wd hitch?
If you have some experience towing I would tow the trailer home and buy the hitch and ball and set it up myself.
You have to be able to torque the ball down to 300-400lbs or more so a healthy torque wrench is in order.
Not sure exactly what your tongue weight will be, but it looks like you can get a BXW0750 for $600 on ebay and setup videos are plentiful on the old interweb.
The swivel latches on the blue ox can be down right dangerous so do your research and try to have most of the tension off the bars when hooking/unhooking if you decide to go with blue ox.
With your light trailer you probably wont have many issues though.
Im not a fan of blue ox as Ive had issues and this thread is not the place to discuss it so all please no opinions directed at me for the sake of Mr. pjkdog's thread.
As always this is just my opinion.
If you dont feel comfortable setting one up by all means proceed with the dealer install.
Being a newbie all this can be overwhelming.
Rving is definitely a big learning curve.
Enjoy!
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