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Old 05-22-2016, 06:15 PM   #1
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Question Installing Equalizer Hitch on HI LO

I have made a deal for a 2006 HI LO 17T. I am getting ready to go pick it up. I have found that my Frontier tow package only needs an electronic brake controller that plugs in. I have a REESE Equalizer Hitch with Sway Control. I would like to install it on the HI LO, but from the pictures I see, the top of the HI LO tongue is covered. How does one install the equalizer brackets on the tongue? If you have done it, tell me how and send me a picture. Thanks.
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That's a "lid" over the battery and lift motor compartment. I think some people cut it away a bit for brackets. Mine fit ok in front of it but I don't have Reese.

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I did that with our 2310H, we have a Reese hitch as well. Just cut out a piece large enough for brackets to clear, after the brackets have been adjusted to their proper resting place. You can slip the rubber edging that you cut off over the new cut edge.
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Hey I noticed a response from a fellow ham. I am N4DJB since 1981. It appears from pictures I have seen that there is metal diamond plate on top of my tongue. I bought this trailer sight unseen and am going to pick it up when we go out to see our daughters and granddaughers this summer.

Also I need to know what height to make the hitch ball.

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Hey I noticed a response from a fellow ham. I am N4DJB since 1981. It appears from pictures I have seen that there is metal diamond plate on top of my tongue. I bought this trailer sight unseen and am going to pick it up when we go out to see our daughters and granddaughers this summer.

Also I need to know what height to make the hitch ball.

Send me a picture of your install K3EXU.
Howdy, another HAM here ((KG6ISP). Jack (JackandJanet) can probably answer the hitchball height question as he has the same model as yours, I believe.

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Hi JT, I DO have a 17T trailer, but my hitch is an Equal-I-Zer, not a Reese. However, I suspect the adjustments are fairly similar.

For mine, if the trailer is sitting level on level ground behind the tow truck, the ball on the tow truck's hitch should be at the height of the inside of the tongue coupler or just slightly higher if that is not possible.

Then, when the trailer is hooked up and the WDH chains are applied, the trailer should again sit level and the tow truck should compress equally over both axles (this distributes the tongue weight evenly over the tow vehicle's axles).

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Hey I noticed a response from a fellow ham. I am N4DJB since 1981. It appears from pictures I have seen that there is metal diamond plate on top of my tongue. I bought this trailer sight unseen and am going to pick it up when we go out to see our daughters and granddaughers this summer.

Also I need to know what height to make the hitch ball.

Send me a picture of your install K3EXU.
Here it is: http://www.hilotrailerforum.com/f17/...html#post25357
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Thanks for your response.

How high is the top of your hitch ball on your tow vehicle sitting on level ground?
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I can't tell you right now, because I'm 200 miles away from my truck, visiting friends in Tucson. But, even if I WAS home, I doubt knowing the hitch ball height would help you much because I had my trailer frame raised over the axles so I could mount larger tires.

I think my trailer sits about 2" higher than the stock height now and my hitch ball height was raised accordingly.

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