Good job of chaining down your tractor?

[Builder]

lol,

I thought he meant the trailer hitch should be turned over so that it is closer to the ground!

Don't think that would makes the problems go away! lol

 

[KB9UDE]

That rig would have never made it through central IL recently. We had state police and DOT stopping every truck and trailer around looking them over. A good friend of mine was fined big time because he had a bobcat on his trailer only tied down with 2 chains and binders.

 

[wkpoor]

You guys missed the whole jissed of this thread. Its all right....nothings wrong here.....a Ford is pulling that trailer! Hehehehehe.

 

[mjncad]

Are you sure the plates weren't from outside the USA?

 

[Diamondpilot]

[A bigger issue is the way he has his ball mount flipped./QUOTE]
I fail to see what the problem is there. I have to do that on my trailer (5" up) and I'm normally over 1000lb tongue load.
BTW from your first post DP I realized you do actually fly a Diamond. I work for a large corpoated flight department as a mechanic.

I used to fly a Diamond along with Beech Jets, Citations, and now a Sabre 65. I have also flown many Turbo Props such as PC12's, Caravan's, King Airs, Cheyenne's, and MU2's. I just keep the name even though its been nearly 10 years since I steeped food in the Diamond.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

X2.

If the ball was the other way, the trailer tongue would be practically scraping the pavement with the rear of the F-150 is sagging.

That truck is a 2 wheel drive and was not sagging one bit. It is setting level. Switching the ball mount around would not make the truck sag but moving the tractor forward on the trailer would do so. Remember we are talking about a Ford here, not a Cheby!

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

Turning the ball over would help to level the trailer and reduce the chance of overloading the rear axle.

Finally, someone who has seen the light. Flipping the hitch over would fix many problems here. Now he just needs some chains and binders and he will be all set.

Chris

 

[Builder]

That truck is a 2 wheel drive and was not sagging one bit. It is setting level. Switching the ball mount around would not make the truck sag but moving the tractor forward on the trailer would do so. Remember we are talking about a Ford here, not a Cheby!

Chris

I never said flipping the ball would make the truck sag more. I said if it were flipped, it would be too close to the ground.

The way the rear end is sagging, if the hitch were flipped, the hitch would be too close to the ground resulting in a dangerous condition. I'm sure the safety chains, trailer wirining harness and brake cable would be scraping the ground all the way along the trip, too.

As far as your "cheby" comment, you should remind yourself that these are pictures of a ford with a sagging rear end and hardly any tongue weight on it either. Poking fun at other brands is like yelling in an empty forest since it's your beloved ford that has the sagging problem with very little tongue weight, not chevy or dodge.

 

[Duffster]

I never said flipping the ball would make the truck sag more. I said if it were flipped, it would be too close to the ground.

The way the rear end is sagging, if the hitch were flipped, the hitch would be too close to the ground resulting in a dangerous condition. I'm sure the safety chains, trailer wirining harness and brake cable would be scraping the ground all the way along the trip, too.

As far as your "cheby" comment, you should remind yourself that these are pictures of a ford with a sagging rear end and hardly any tongue weight on it either. Poking fun at other brands is like yelling in an empty forest since it's your beloved ford that has the sagging problem with very little tongue weight, not chevy or dodge.

Why are you quoting yourself?

Your the one that commented on the rear axle being overloaded, yet you don't understand why the ball hitch needs to be turned over.

If you look at the pictures it would clearly NOT be to close to the ground if done properly.

 

[Builder]

Why are you quoting yourself?

Your the one that commented on the rear axle being overloaded, yet you don't understand why the ball hitch needs to be turned over.

If you look at the pictures it would clearly NOT be to close to the ground of done properly.

Please don't change the subject as the thread continues. Here's the subject I am talking about: Flipping the hitch-nothing else, not repositioning the tractor, adding safety chains, etc.. The hitch has about a 5" drop to it. As you can see the hitch is flipped into the up position, creating more clearance for the hitch. Flipping it down, with the trucks excessive sagging condition would make the hitch too close to the ground. Whether it helps level the trailer won't overcome the drastic change in the hitch position.

"If done properly" is your way of changing the subject. Sure if a lot of things were changed (done properly) that set up could be made safe, but simply turning the hitch over only makes the hitch too close to the pavement for safety.