Towing with a pickup vs suburban
Those of you that have a pickup does the tailgate go down with the RV on the hitch or will it hit the hitch if you lower it all the way. I use a suburban now but looking at a chevy pickup high co...
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Grit dog wrote:
depends on the trailer. tailgates clear 95% of the different trailers I've hooked up over the years (100s of trailers
It really depends more on the truck and hitch than the trailer, and sometimes the type of tongue jack used.
Trailers us the same coupler, which have the jack in the same location across the board.
I hauled RVs (transport from dealer to factory) for two summers. Never once did I have a trailer that I couldn't open the tailgate while hitch up.
If the hitch is tucked forward under the bumper some, and a short hitch stinger is used, then you might run in to an issue.
I have a longer than normal shank for the WD hitch I use, but even the standard one worked and gave me plenty of clearance to drop the tail gate.
