[Shop-talk] Holy m#therf*cking ChrI$t HOW TO GET A TRAILER ONTO THE HITCH

[Jeff Scarbrough]

If you already fit the ball to the tongue, then it has to be the latch
piece is hung.

I'm going to go take a shower now...

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018, 10:28 PM Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Need a little help, fellas, before I attack this thing with a sledge.
>
> New H-F trailer. Requires a 1 7/8" ball.
>
> I get a 1 7/8" ball. Test fit the ball into the hitch receiver before
> installing on hitch.
>
> Now it's all put together and the F*C(ING THING WON'T GO ON.
>
> It's behaving as if:
>
> 1) the ball is too big (it isn't, everything is 1 7/8")
>
> 2) the latch is in the closed position (it's up)
>
> 3) there's something inside the ball receiver (there's not--I've checked
> 1,000,000,000 times).
>
> The receiver is just sitting on top of the ball and won't drop over it.
>
> Is there a trick I don't know about, or can I beat the ever living hell
> out of this thing (because that's exactly what I'd like to do right now).
>
> Everything here is new, clean, etc. I've hooked up trailers before. I
> have no idea what the hell's going on here.
>
> Send help.
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