Thoughts on 1st trip with our new TT
Picked up our new Outback yesterday and brought it home,traveled on everything from interstate to dirt road. Was a little nervous with the length,37', and being I have always pulled a 5th wheel. Was p...
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Congrats on your new Outback!
As stated above, after you hitch up, raise the trailer jack (up), which will lift the trailer tongue and your tow vehicle. If you raise it high enough, you NEVER have to use the cheater bar. My dealer who installed my hitch and set it up used the cheater bar to show me how it works. Having had a Reese with chains on the bars before, I knew that was the hard way. I have never used the cheater bar.
Raise tongue jack. I keep a 7 inch block under the tongue jack so it will lift nice and high!
See photos: Look at the tongue jack. 4 layers of 2x6, crisscrossed and screwed together. I've been using this same block for over 15 years. I keep painting it new colors:
As stated above, after you hitch up, raise the trailer jack (up), which will lift the trailer tongue and your tow vehicle. If you raise it high enough, you NEVER have to use the cheater bar. My dealer who installed my hitch and set it up used the cheater bar to show me how it works. Having had a Reese with chains on the bars before, I knew that was the hard way. I have never used the cheater bar.
Raise tongue jack. I keep a 7 inch block under the tongue jack so it will lift nice and high!
See photos: Look at the tongue jack. 4 layers of 2x6, crisscrossed and screwed together. I've been using this same block for over 15 years. I keep painting it new colors:
