Tow leveling
Yesterday, we went to our dealer to test hitch our Bighorn. We can't take it home due to all the rain here flooding our side yard where we will park it. This is our first FW. We have a 2014 F350 with ...
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Seattle Lion wrote:
Yesterday, we went to our dealer to test hitch our Bighorn. We can't take it home due to all the rain here flooding our side yard where we will park it. This is our first FW. We have a 2014 F350 with a Companion hitch.
When we hitched up, the truck barely went down. With the landing gear up, the truck sits dead level. The trailer is slightly nose up. We clear the rails by 8 1/2 inches. I asked if we should lower the hitch. The tech said no, the trailer will go down when we add some water. We have transferred a lot of our stuff from our old TT before hitching. We probably have another 300 lbs. to add.
What do you think?
How much is "slightly nose up"? 2-3"? I wouldn't worry about it. You're pretty likely to reduce that once you're loaded for the road, especially if you are carrying any water. I'm in the same situation and, if I dropped a single hole on my Companion, I'd have several cracks in my FW and crushed bed rails after one trip to our usual camping spot. I tow about 2-3" nose high.
Lyle
