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wrvond
Dec 17, 2013Explorer II
2013zoeyzinger wrote:
New plug attached! All's working! Will hook it up and drive it around to see what adjustments have to be made for length ( has a slide adjustment to hold excess wire).
10 more days till Tennessee!!!
God bless!
Phil:B
Congratulations! I was thinking that some kind of spring arrangement like the 18 wheelers use would be good for holding excess cable. Of course your problem was caused by the tongue contacting the plug, which is the result of a short hitch shank. My hitch shank was 17.75 inches (extra long) and I cut it down to 13.75" (standard length). While the extra long shank would give me more jack knife range, it also increased the leverage the tongue weight had on my suspension.
Hopefully I'll never get in a bind like you did.
Good luck!
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