Torque Wrench for WD Hitch Nylock Nuts

[Kevin D Pem]

Make sure what you do does not leave a burr on the inside of tubing and the tubing is well radiused to avoid cutting the wires with vibration. I would use junction boxes on the end of the tubing and use plastic conduit from the junction box to complete the run.

 

[dolfinwriter]

The trailer and its contents are in Kansas now, and I am back in SoCal finishing packing, purging and working on my house. I'm thankful for the sway preventing hitch after driving though some beastly crosswinds in the mountains of I-8 east of San Diego, and in Arizona and New Mexico east of Flagstaff. Mine tracked straight and smooth the entire way.

Saw an 18-wheeler on its side yesterday I believe near Winslow. I wondered if it was the same one I saw earlier in the day with the rear of its trailer crabbing sideways as much as 2 feet in the crosswinds. I saw a lot of RV trailers swaying a lot as well. Some of those were 5th wheel and I haven't researched how they do sway prevention/reduction on a 5th wheel.

On the way to Kansas, I stopped for gas at a Love's, and I happened to park next to someone pulling a camper trailer using the same hitch I have. I asked him how he torqued it and he said he guessed. He had two small boys in the back seat of his tow vehicle, and he's guessing at things like this. He also had the trunnion bars upside-down, so he doesn't follow instructions well.

 

[VTPete]

The trailer and its contents are in Kansas now, and I am back in SoCal finishing packing, purging and working on my house. I'm thankful for the sway preventing hitch after driving though some beastly crosswinds in the mountains of I-8 east of San Diego, and in Arizona and New Mexico east of Flagstaff. Mine tracked straight and smooth the entire way.

Saw an 18-wheeler on its side yesterday I believe near Winslow. I wondered if it was the same one I saw earlier in the day with the rear of its trailer crabbing sideways as much as 2 feet in the crosswinds. I saw a lot of RV trailers swaying a lot as well. Some of those were 5th wheel.

On the way to Kansas, I stopped for gas at a Love's, and I happened to park next to someone pulling a camper trailer using the same hitch I have. I asked him how he torqued it and he said he guessed. He had two small boys in the back seat of his tow vehicle, and he's guessing at things like this. He also had the trunnion bars upside-down, so he doesn't follow instructions well.

Did you exit SoCal during this current storm then? It’s been blowing pretty good in the foothills and I can imagine how it was thru the passes and desert. We were scheduled to drive to Borrego Sat and cancelled, ended up at Sweetwater Resovior county CG instead. Glad you got your setup squared away. Hope you’ll keep in touch with us goobers still in CA.

 

[dolfinwriter]

Did you exit SoCal during this current storm then? It’s been blowing pretty good in the foothills and I can imagine how it was thru the passes and desert. We were scheduled to drive to Borrego Sat and cancelled, ended up at Sweetwater Resovior county CG instead. Glad you got your setup squared away. Hope you’ll keep in touch with us goobers still in CA.

I actually got out before this worst, but it was still blowing pretty good when I drove out. I drove through this storm coming back without my trailer, and watching the trailers that swayed a lot in these winds made me really glad I did go for the sway prevention hitch. We get serious winds in my home state, and when I'm using my trailer there, I will be glad for it.