<html><head></head><body>I agree. <br><br>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.<br>-- Randall<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 October 2018 10:07:31 GMT-04:00, Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="auto">If you already fit the ball to the tongue, then it has to be the latch piece is hung.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm going to go take a shower now...</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 1, 2018, 10:28 PM Scott Hall <<a href="mailto:scott.hall.personal@gmail.com">scott.hall.personal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Need a little help, fellas, before I attack this thing with a sledge.<br>
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New H-F trailer. Requires a 1 7/8" ball.<br>
<br>
I get a 1 7/8" ball. Test fit the ball into the hitch receiver before <br>
installing on hitch.<br>
<br>
Now it's all put together and the F*C(ING THING WON'T GO ON.<br>
<br>
It's behaving as if:<br>
<br>
1) the ball is too big (it isn't, everything is 1 7/8")<br>
<br>
2) the latch is in the closed position (it's up)<br>
<br>
3) there's something inside the ball receiver (there's not--I've checked <br>
1,000,000,000 times).<br>
<br>
The receiver is just sitting on top of the ball and won't drop over it.<br>
<br>
Is there a trick I don't know about, or can I beat the ever living hell <br>
out of this thing (because that's exactly what I'd like to do right now).<br>
<br>
Everything here is new, clean, etc. I've hooked up trailers before. I <br>
have no idea what the hell's going on here.<br>
<br>
Send help.<br>
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