First Time with ProPride

Guys, if you are pulling forward and moving the trailer, it's not because of the stinger lacking lube or rusting together, do yourself a favor and go measure the size of the female square opening that the stinger inserts into. The stinger is 2.5" square and the opening dimension of the hitch is much larger than that. You do not need to lube the stinger. If you are lined up correctly in height there is clearance between the 2.5" square stinger and what it fits into. The stinger is aligned when locked in with the over center cam locks closed down on the taper to taper fit. If you don't measure it yourself, ask Sean at Propride and he will confirm what I am saying. The opening that receives the stinger HAS to be larger or we would never be able to hitch up and this design would not work! The only reason lube would benefit on the stinger is if the trailer tongue was not raised high enough to bring the truck to it's "normal" suspension height, hence, the top of the stinger would raise to hit the inside top of the receiving female feature causing it to drag while pulling out until the truck would spring upward when it releases from the hitch. The same would be true if you raise the trailer tongue higher than the normal relaxed height of the truck suspension, only the stinger would rub tightly on the bottom side of the stinger. Like I said, if you don't believe me, go measure the size of the square opening in the receiving side of the coupling vs. the 2.5" stinger. I'm just trying to help :)