Trailer hitch

ldj

Well-known Member
Years ago I bought a pickup with a trailer hitch that was real nice and I would like another but haven't found one. I you could pull a pin and pull out the receiver part then you could move it side to side. By pulling it out and moving it to one side or the other you could put it right under the trailers hitch. When you connected the trailer to the receiver you just back up and the receive would slide right back in place. Then just replace the pin and away you go. If I explained it good enough does anyone know in still available?
 
Don't remember how many scars I've gotten over the years bouncing a shin bone off a hitch but I've never one like that.
 
(quoted from post at 11:18:30 09/18/17) You can buy an aftermarket backup camera, mine really helps with hooking up a trailer.
Yes and get the monitor that's built into the rearview mirror, only way to go. And don't make my mistake and cheap out on the monitor, pay a little more and get one bright enough to see on a bright sunny day.
 
I use magnets with ball on top of telescoping rod. The only thing I do different is set the one on top of the ball and when hitch knocks it off ball the coupler is over the top of ball.
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Had a set of those magnetic antenna balls. First time I knocked one off, it bent when it hit the ground. Not much good after that.

Backup camera is nice but I was able to manage quite well without anything special, using a simple technique, sighting down each mirror and making the same amount of trailer stick out from each side. Back up real slow until it looks like I'm close enough, or until the ball bumps the coupler, jump out and check. Usually can do it with only one trip back to look.
 
I have never had one fall off.The magnet is strong enough that sticks to hitch or bumper of truck when it moves..
 
Those things are about all you see around here. And I would not want one as I use a reciever hitch with a load leveler system on my trailers and you cannot use a load leveler with them.
 
I'm sure you are trying to avoid in and out of the
truck and I'm not sure what your budget is but my
advice is a pintle style hitch with a ball on it and a lot
of rainy day practice runs. They pintle style works
the best because when you hit the curve of the hitch
you are right on target to drop onto the ball. My old
job a pulled a bumper hitch trailer 99% of the time
with a utillity bed and a headache rack you couldn't
see through and would usually hook and unhook at
least once a day. After a few trips out of the cab you
get really good at lining up in the mirrors and when
you feel a certain kind of thump on the hitch you
know you're right on the money. That was long
before cameras were a common thing. Gooseneck
still gives me some fits sometimes but a bumper pull
is usually a walk in the park
 
I have a system I use for backing up to a bumper-pull. First thing was already mentioned - to line up the truck and trailer using the driver's side mirror. With just a little practice, it becomes easy to get very close to perfectly aligned even from an angle. I don't like backing to a trailer using the right-side mirror, but the same principle applies.

Once I'm within 3' to 4', I get out of the truck and go back to see how it's looking. I make a mental image of how much I need to correct, as well as an image of how far back to go. When getting back in the truck, I transfer that distance onto the ground beside me, find something that I can keep an eye on, and then stop at the correct time.

Often I'll have to get out one more time to raise the trailer a little more (4x4 truck), but it's not so bad.

...And then I have days when I can't remember one single word of what I just wrote!! Get-out-and-back-in, out-and-back-in...probably 50 times! ARG!
 

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