Pick up to Trailer space
I can not open the tail gate to my pick up. The tail gate hits the electric jack. Is there someway to move trailer back to open the space between truck and trailer. ❚ Did you read the FTS "Announ...
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I guess growing up with a sheet load of engineers in family, they would talk about things from ea of there aspects. Some like those designing in the aeronautics/Boeing front, were dealing with size specs in the +/- 2/10,000 of an inch! In my world of landscaping, the survey engineer is dealing with specs of +/- 1/10 of a foot! A pretty BIG difference in how far off you can be measuring 100' of distance, or elevation. But from that airplane spec, needs to be much smaller.
Or my bobcat has a load rating of 1700 lbs. Or half of the tip load! Reality is, it can lift up wards of 3400 lbs. If the front is slightly down, the amount I can lift is less. I've lifted more if the rear end is lower than the front.
I understand the conservative part. In some senses I am more conservative than many on here, altho it looks as if I am a flagrant abuser of ratings. One needs to know the correct way to look at ratings, yes from a true rating standpoint, then from a can it be overloaded, to where, what is the how I can etc. No different than the hitch I put on my 96 GM CC. I knew I was pulling trailers upwards of 10K and 1200 lbs dw hitch. I had torque lift build my a hitch capable of doing that. They put appropriate stickers on the hitch! Frame is was plenty capable of handling the load!
Marty
Or my bobcat has a load rating of 1700 lbs. Or half of the tip load! Reality is, it can lift up wards of 3400 lbs. If the front is slightly down, the amount I can lift is less. I've lifted more if the rear end is lower than the front.
I understand the conservative part. In some senses I am more conservative than many on here, altho it looks as if I am a flagrant abuser of ratings. One needs to know the correct way to look at ratings, yes from a true rating standpoint, then from a can it be overloaded, to where, what is the how I can etc. No different than the hitch I put on my 96 GM CC. I knew I was pulling trailers upwards of 10K and 1200 lbs dw hitch. I had torque lift build my a hitch capable of doing that. They put appropriate stickers on the hitch! Frame is was plenty capable of handling the load!
Marty
