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

[Randall]

I agree. 

Lift or jack it up off the ball and make sure the latch piece inside the trailer receiver is all the way down. Then move the tow vehicle forward by 1/2" or so, such that the ball rubs on the front of the receiver as you lower it back onto the ball.
-- Randall

On 2 October 2018 10:07:31 GMT-04:00, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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