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#1
11-21-2011, 07:36 PM
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Hooking up a heavy trailer to the reciever ball
How do you guys hook up your heavy trailers to your truck. I just got a new trailer and my old one was a little 5'x8' that I could just lift and drop on the receiver ball. My new trailer is too big and heavy to do this. My options that I came up with are:
1. back-up camera on rear of truck 2. A magnet and stick on the trailer hitch to show me where I need to be when backing the truck up 3. Keep getting out of the truck and checking where I'm at and where I need to be 4. Have a helper direct me I don't like these choices much especially choices 3 & 4. So what ideas ya got for me? Thanks 
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#2
11-21-2011, 07:37 PM
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oh yeah one more idea but I don't like it either. picking up empty trailer and dropping it on truck's reciever and then drive mowers onto it
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#3
11-21-2011, 07:42 PM
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We have a mark on the trailer to line up with but we also use a magnatic flag that we put on the trailer hitch to know when we are in place .
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#4
11-21-2011, 07:42 PM
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They make a hitch that you just have to get close to in order to hook up...I'll try to find it again.
For my dump trailer I just back up using my mirrors and can usually get centered on it pretty well and then just get out to see how much further back I need to go. Most people just have a wheel on their jack stand so they can move the trailer a bit...doesn't work for me since I have no pavement anywhere in sight on my property. P.S. - http://www.williamsinnovations.com/mkt-commercial.html Last edited by Darryl G; 11-21-2011 at 07:52 PM.
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#6
11-21-2011, 08:20 PM
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Those don't seem like they can support much weight
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#7
11-21-2011, 07:47 PM
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Guess i've hooked and uhooked mine enough times i just back up to it and usually am pretty close. Would be cool to see how one of them cameras work.
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#8
11-21-2011, 08:44 PM
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#9
11-21-2011, 07:43 PM
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Back straight up to the trailer and using your mirrors keep the trailer sticking out the same on both sides. Back up slowly until the trailer hits your hitch and then pull forward just a little. That's what I do anyway.
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12-18-2011, 04:55 PM
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