please help with wd hitch

How about some more info on what you have and a wider shot of the truck and trailer connected? We can't see how everything sits with the closeup picture.

Offhand, I'd say that you need to tilt the hitch head w/ball back at a steeper angle but I don't own that hitch.

i think you found the problem, thanks, i set up the top of hicth and ball flat. never thought to angle it down. been towing for years teeter tottering down the freeway like a fool. i will post again once i mess with it tommorow

look at your bars they are way off. by that I mean they are not parallel to the TT frame. go to etrailer.com or utube and type in that you are looking for hitch set and they go step by step how to do it. OR take it to a dealer and have the tech's set it up for you. they already have the knowledge to do it for you and hopefully you go to the right one that know how to do it. find out how much $$ it will cost you.

The top hole should be oblong so you can adjust the angle. Getting the top bolt tight enough to hold it in the new position will be the problem... some big washers between the drop down and the head will help take the force. Use a string to hold the correct number of washer together until held in place.

Measure the height of the hitch ball receiver when the trailer is unhooked, on level ground, and leveled. Start by putting the hitch ball at that height. The hitch arms should be parallel to the tongue. There should be a way to adjust the angle at which the arms enter the hitch, which is how you adjust the weight distribution, along with adjusting the chain length.

You have numerous problems with your setup. I would take the whole thing apart and start over.

There should be a pin/bolt sticking out of the hitch head pointing back toward the shank. It is there to put washers on that adjust the tilt of the hitch head. Put enough washers on there (usually up to 8) to get the bars pointed down towards the ground before you raise them up with the chains. This amount of tilt is adjustable via those washers. The amount of tilt is used to determine the level of the bars and adjust the amount of tension placed on them when the chains are drawn up.

The number of chain links under tension (between the bars and the snap-up brackets) must be a minimum of 5 to allow for movement back and forth while turning. In most cases, with the size of your A frame you should have 6 or more. At the present time you only have 4. Those bars should be parallel to the A frame when the chains are drawn up. You adjust the tilt of the hitch head (via those washers) until you get that correct along with the amount of weight distribution you need.

Under the ball mount platform on the other side of the hitch (the side facing the trailer) is a small bolt that needs to be tightened up to jam the hitch head in place against those washers. This bolt will loosen up frequently and needs to be checked before each trip.

Doing the above will then allow you to tighten the large top and bottom bolts holding the hitch head on the shank without the head trying to twist out of adjustment.

Now that you have the angle adjusted, you need to determine where on the shank you have the hitch head mounted. This is the adjustment that you use to level the trailer. Once you have that height adjustment done you can torque those large bolts down to the right amount (usually 400-450ft/lbs.) That is a very large amount so the large crescent wrench in your toolbox probably is not going to do the job!

We have a very good tutorial here that will help you get your hitch set up correctly. Follow those directions, especially the first parts, and you should be good to go.

Good luck and I hope this helps you a bit.:)
Barney

Double post.

Big Love wrote:
Measure the height of the hitch ball receiver when the trailer is unhooked, on level ground, and leveled. Start by putting the hitch ball at that height. The hitch arms should be parallel to the tongue. There should be a way to adjust the angle at which the arms enter the hitch, which is how you adjust the weight distribution, along with adjusting the chain length.

thanks for all that info,, there is where im at now. i had 6 washers. now added 9(as seen in pics) the bars on the 7th chain link. and also are very tight. tightened bolt to tighten washers up against shank also. this brought rear of truck up 1 inch only. front didnt change much. i am wondering if i need the next step up curt wd hitch? thanks again for any help.

Can you share what truck and trailer you have?

You said the hitch only raises the back of the truck 1". Is that not enough and how much should it be?

How much difference is there, in height, on the truck front end, between the truck loaded and unloaded?

Looks like a PU to me so you do not need to come back to level. The back axle needs most of the weight of the trailer added to it, not the front axle. At this point I'd weigh the rig to see your axle weights and if the teeter tottering is gone.