The legs should have a piece of channel, the width of the ramp, that sits flat on the ground when the ramps are down. The legs should be at 90 deg's. when the ends of the ramp are on the ground. It doesn't matter if the legs are a little too long. It makes it harder to put them down or lift them up but when hooked to a vehicle, it's real simple to move them, just move the tow vehicle back or forth a little.
The legs on my skid steer trailer sometimes need a little encouragement but's it's never been a problem. It's always better to load and unload with the trailer attached because the trailer only has to move a little bit for the ramps to go up. Block the wheels on the trailer and see if that makes a difference. 4600 lbs. could easily cause the trailer to roll a little and fold the ramps up. Putting upward pull on the coupler is hard on them, that's why horse trailers use bulldog couplers.
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