Hitch Question

[bertro]

Took everyones imput and took 2# washers out and moved ball forward a little,Looked @ reese set up info,used jack to take weight off and I went to 5 links on chain and have 3/4" to 1" deflection on bars.The trailer is level and TV is squatting 3/4" in rear and the front remains the same measurement.Now are These bars that are 29" long and 1 1/4"X 1 1/4" at the top infact 1000# bars.Also is there enough give in them to not cause damage.Here's what it looks like now.Again thankyou everyone.

[scottanlily]

Yes that looks good there ,you have abit of curvature or normal bend in the bars as needed ,not too much at all either .Time to take it down the street and see how much better your rig should feel and tow .I think its good right there ,see if all sits level as well if it does ,youve got it .If you use the 750#
you would then pitch the ball back rearward a little because they will deflect more than your 1000# bars will ,but it should appear as you have it setup now.your test ride should also give you a feel for the movement of the
TV and trailer as you dont want it to feel that it has no give and its too
rigid as in overhitched where the bars are too stiff .Try it out and see .
you mentioned the 3/4 squat and you may have the to move the ball back
and then tensionup the bars with 6 links or sometimes the position of the hitch head needs to be in a lower hole ,sometimes that is too much ,so Id
get it as close as you can ,now that you know how to do it you can experiment abit .
Scott

[pmclemore]

Berto,

When you are loading your bars (taking up links on the chain), use your jack to raise the trailer - that way you don't have to muscle it up. I drop either two or three links (I forget which - it's automatic now). Try two and see how it looks. If you still are still low in the rear of your tv, drop another.

Pat

ps Oops - missed most of the forgoing messages. Sorry.