True, but scary, hitch story
After a day's tow I discovered this: It was very cold and raining very hard when I hitched up. And somehow I managed not to get the hitch socket completely on the ball before closing the latc...
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I agree that lifting the hitch/truck to connect the bars should have shown that the trailer was not on the ball. For my E2 hitch i always lift it so the bars just slide on.
