Who needs the Equalizer Tool to lift bars
I raised my L brackets one hole today to apply more weight to my steer axle. I was on level ground. I needed to use the tool to lift the bars onto the L Brackets. I could have gone higher with the ja...
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Cecilt wrote:
Thanks for the replies. Makes me feel better that others crank the jack and continue to lift the truck past its level position and slide the bars on. I just felt uneasy using the jack to raise the tongue and back of truck past its level position.
In order for me to get the amount of weight transfer to the front wheels on the truck I end up with having to lift the rear of the truck quite high to get the tension off of the bars to put them on and off. Take the time to make sure you are putting enough tension on the bars and transferring the weight forward per the Equalizer instructions.
In my case my tongue weight is high, over 1K lbs, so it takes a bit of lift to get the bars off. My Barker 3500 does not complain.
