Unhitching an Equalizer 4-Point
I think this is an easy answer, but the dealer installed my new Equalizer and showed my how to hook it up, with the leverage bar and all that. When I went to unhook it, I raised up the tongue to take...
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opnspaces wrote:
The pins seem to be just to keep the bars from falling out. I can't imagine much stress on them.
If you are talking about the "L pins" then you need to rethink this. I picked up an Equalizer with the purchase of my current trailer and both of the L pins were bent because of improper installation. The clips that hold the L pins don't get much stress on them.
I had an Equalizer on my first trailer and one of the main reasons I got it over some other type is the ease of hooking up. I did not like working with the built in tension of the chains. Like someone earlier mentioned, just take a few more minutes (seconds?) and lift the tongue a little higher and the bars slip on and off without having to spring them into place. I have only used my pry tool a few times in all the years I have been using the hitch.
