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โFeb-23-2022 03:46 PM
Cummins12V98 wrote:Durb wrote:
Have a TS3 instead of BD3 but the concept is the same. I air up my hitch so it tows to the line at the beginning of the season and leave it alone all year unless I need more clearance. You will find you will have to raise your front landing gear more than usual to unload the air bag pressure on the head when hooking/unhooking. You will also find there is a small learning curve on the Holland Binkley head. The thick jaws combined with my narrow kingpin groove (non typical) require that I have pressure on the plates to ensure a smooth hookup. This takes a couple of times to learn and will become second nature.
I assume a 1/8" slip plate works best as it does with a B&W's thick jaws.
โFeb-23-2022 08:54 AM
Durb wrote:
Have a TS3 instead of BD3 but the concept is the same. I air up my hitch so it tows to the line at the beginning of the season and leave it alone all year unless I need more clearance. You will find you will have to raise your front landing gear more than usual to unload the air bag pressure on the head when hooking/unhooking. You will also find there is a small learning curve on the Holland Binkley head. The thick jaws combined with my narrow kingpin groove (non typical) require that I have pressure on the plates to ensure a smooth hookup. This takes a couple of times to learn and will become second nature.
โFeb-23-2022 08:53 AM
BurbMan wrote:
Question for BD3 owners: do you deflate the airbags when not towing or leave them at whatever pressure they were at?
โFeb-23-2022 08:20 AM
Durb wrote:
Have a TS3 instead of BD3 but the concept is the same. I air up my hitch so it tows to the line at the beginning of the season and leave it alone all year unless I need more clearance. You will find you will have to raise your front landing gear more than usual to unload the air bag pressure on the head when hooking/unhooking. You will also find there is a small learning curve on the Holland Binkley head. The thick jaws combined with my narrow kingpin groove (non typical) require that I have pressure on the plates to ensure a smooth hookup. This takes a couple of times to learn and will become second nature.
โFeb-23-2022 07:30 AM
โFeb-23-2022 04:37 AM
BurbMan wrote:
Good idea! I have a horse stall mat that I got to use under the truck camper, so I may just cut that so it fits behind the rails! We have a shakedown trip scheduled for the end of March, so my plan is get the trailer packed with all of our camping gear, fill the water tank, and stop at a scale and get some weights.
Right now, the hitch is at its highest setting, and so is the pin box, so dropping both of those one notch will probably get the trailer pretty level, but have to see what it does for truck clearance.
Question for BD3 owners: do you deflate the airbags when not towing or leave them at whatever pressure they were at?
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โFeb-22-2022 10:42 AM
BurbMan wrote:
Picked up the new-to-us trailer yesterday, a 2008 Heartland Big Country 3250TS. Towed like a dream with the Hensley Trailer Saver BD-3 hitch.
I wound up going with the Curt in-bed rails, they make a no-drill frame bracket kit for the Rams that made the installation pretty straightforward. I added an in-bed 7-way plug using the Curt prewired harness. The dealer installed a TrailAir Rota-Flex pin box on the trailer. Ram factory brake control worked well.
First trip is scheduled for the end of March, and planning to hit the scales then and see how much junk we manage to load up.
have you looked to see if it has adjustable spring shackles? Your ideas are what I would do so you have a new history. chevman
Looks like it sits a little nose-high, but at least I have good clearance between the 5er and the truck. Also thankful for a long-box truck at the angle I need to back into my driveway.
The brakes seem to work good, but I don't have any service history on the unit, so I plan to go through the suspension later in the summer and service the bearings, shackle bushings, equalizer, etc, and I may decide to add a Correct-Track system to give me an extra 2" in height.
โFeb-22-2022 10:10 AM
Lwiddis wrote:
2008? Looks in NEW condition to me.
โFeb-22-2022 09:17 AM