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Desert_Captain
Feb 04, 2013Explorer III
Chock Full o' Nuts wrote:
We have most of the regulars: tire tool, hammer, socket set, a couple wrenches, jumper cables, various bungees,etc. But this week we were most thankful for our pry bar. I don't even know why my DH put that thing in there. We have never used it. It just rides around in our tool box. Well, thank goodness we had it! Somehow, about 175 miles from home, we lost the hooked tool used to set our Equal-i-zer bars. No way could we lift them into place. And we most certainly couldn't drive home without them. Out came the trusty pry bar and with some heavy lifting, kicking, and cussing we got the bars in place.
Our next purchase will be TWO of those Equal-i-zer tools, which we will paint fluorescent orange!
I don't have an Equalizer, have a Reese instead but.... if I place a decent load on my tongue jack it dramatically reduces the force needed to seat the WD bars. The more weight supported by the tongue jack the less there is to transfer to the trailer/TV's front wheels and it might just work on your equalizer. I use a foot long piece of 5/8" pipe as a lever. :C
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