hitalonit

I have a 3in lift on 31 x 10.5 x 15 and a class 3 hitch... in order to tow my malibu this weekend am i going to need a different hitch... one that goes lowr to the ground ?

RENIXBEAST

Depends on what your towing it with. I have a 6" lift and I use a 4" drop hitch, it's one of the adjustable height ones. It goes from 2" to 4".

hitalonit

where did you get something like that... and im pulling my malibu.. which is a wakeboaerding boat

epic.jeeper

Walmart has them im pretty sure

ol"blue

X2 Wally World might have them.
There's a trailer place on Harper and either 9 or 10 mile next to Belle tire. They carry them I'm sure.

hitalonit

thats right where my house is... shores trailer rental or joes trailer... mm thanks

ol"blue

Yeah they've got all kinds of stuff trailer related.

mike albo

from the ground to the top of the hitch ball should be 18 inches

hitalonit

ok kewl thanks.... ill have to get a new one.. i just have the normal reciever from when i was stock

96_xj

WHILE LOADED!

figure out how much your suspension sags and get a hitch to work accordingly

mike albo

not loaded

96_xj

idealy you want your entire set up to be as level as possible, but your tow vehicle is always going to sag, so you want to take that into account and keep the tongue of your load where it should be and your trailer load(boat) as level as you can

btw i tow often. Everything from small 4x8 trailers to car haulers, jet skis to 3 axle boats, pop up trailers to 5th wheels. Keeping your load lever and your safety chains off the ground and crossed are the most important things next to tire condition, since most trailers sit outside year round and never get the mileage out of them dry rot is a possibility

96_xj

the reason you want your trailer to be level as possible is because the trailer is balanced to the boat (most of the time). So the tongue weight is where it should be and the major weight (motor of the boat, a big chunk of the fiberglass and what not) is over the rear axles. So if you tip your load forward you disrupt that balance and now place more load on the tongue and allow more forces to act on the hitch.


i have also seen where the tongue was to far down and when they would brake it would make it worse and make the trailer push into the hitch more and sink the tongue even lower, and when they went to accelerate the load wanted to level out so it would lift the tongue up.

hitalonit

i c ic ... ive always pulled the boat while stock ... just needed to know now that im up in the air

96_xj

Like posted earlier, Adjustable hitch is the way to go.