Installing Propride 3P hitch - final adjustments?

JD and Beastlet wrote:

chracatoa wrote:
Also, dial your breaks correctly or every time you break on the highway you will feel a pull to the left or right.

If the trailer brakes are not working properly on one side I suspect it would pull to the other regardless of what hitch you're using.

Actually, try to dial down your brakes completely and brake at high speed - you will feel the trailer pulling you to one side. You have to make the trailer lead it. This also causes the "Hensley" bump.

I too have the PP3. I have found that if one backs with too much of a jack knife, or turn too sharply, that yoke will tend to slide. i think it is made to do that rather than break pins, which the Hensley is designed to do as I understand. When that happens, I notice it may crab a little in its tracking behind the TV. I just loosen the nuts on the u-bolts and adjust, and re-tighten. Did have a problem with one of the jacks leaning out, and solved wiith some steel plates on both sides of the frame under the WD jacks.

Goo wrote:
I found that mine was quite easy. After it was set up so that the trailer was level, I tightened the bars so that 1/2 the front end lift came back down (per Ford manual). I actually marked that spot on the spring bar jacks with a yellow paint pen. Now every time I hook up, that's where I crank it to.

I did the same thing when we sold our 2005 Sequoia for a 2013 F-150. We used to tow with 5-1/2" on the jacks and now it's 7". I have a small wooden block that I cut to length, but I sure like the paint pen idea!

Goo wrote:
If i find the ride a bit too bouncy, I'll lower the jacks a bit to put more weight on the tongue, but generally speaking the setup is not finicky at all.

I do see the trailer "hobby-horsing" more with the F-150 than I did with the Sequoia, but it doesn't seem to affect the ride in the truck. I did notice that the receiver is a looser fit for the stinger now.

chracatoa wrote:
See if you get the weight distribution part right otherwise you'll bounce around (though you have a 2500 so you may not feel it). Also, dial your breaks correctly or every time you break on the highway you will feel a pull to the left or right.

If the trailer brakes are not working properly on one side I suspect it would pull to the other regardless of what hitch you're using.

We had an issue with pulling to the left once and I thought we had a trailer brake failure. Turns out the yoke had shifted - we parked the trailer at a friend's place and he used his tractor bucket (?!) to move it. The hanger bracket slid to the curb side:





Once I centred the bracket again, the problem was solved.

See if you get the weight distribution part right otherwise you'll bounce around (though you have a 2500 so you may not feel it). Also, dial your breaks correctly or every time you break on the highway you will feel a pull to the left or right.

I found that mine was quite easy. After it was set up so that the trailer was level, I tightened the bars so that 1/2 the front end lift came back down (per Ford manual). I actually marked that spot on the spring bar jacks with a yellow paint pen. Now every time I hook up, that's where I crank it to.
If i find the ride a bit too bouncy, I'll lower the jacks a bit to put more weight on the tongue, but generally speaking the setup is not finicky at all.

Good luck!
Pete