Re: [a/s] How many links? Reese hitch question

[Jerry Flanders <jflanders2@xxxxxxxx>]

It has been a logn time since I read the instructions, but I think the goal
is to use whatever chain tension is required to restore the tow vehicle to
the same "level" as it is without the tongue load. 

My ball mount is adjustable, and after a few months of use I found that it
had "readjusted" itself, and was no longer doing the job with the same
numbe of links as before. I set it up again, and this time I added a steel
spacer between the ball mount and the 2 inch square shaft so it cannot
shift again.

>It seems odd that with the same car, hitch, and ball mount that the lighter
>23' would need more spring compression to level the car.  I did have to
>lower the ball mount one hole to get the trailer level.  The spring bars are
>the same.  Does it have something to do with the 23' being a single axle?
>Is there more tongue weight on a single axle?  

Look closely to see if your ball mount has shifted as mine did. The
giveaway on mine was that I could see the washer marks from where I had
originally tightened the bolts no longer matched where the washers were.


Jerry W4UK