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Hitching
Your
Camp-Inn
™
trailer has a 2‖ ball type hitch. First, make sure that
the hitch ball size on your towing vehicle matches the hitch size on your
Camp-Inn
™
trailer. Then proceed as follows:
1.
Remove the safety-locking pin or lock from the locking lever.
2.
Make sure the locking lever on the trailer tongue is in the
unlocked or upright position (straight up and down).
3.
By cranking the jack handle, raise the tongue so it clears the ball
on the tow vehicle.
4.
Move the vehicle or trailer to align the tongue with the ball.
5.
By cranking the jack handle, use the jack to lower the trailer
hitch onto the ball.
6.
Make sure the tongue lowers
fully
onto the ball hitch.
7.
Lower the locking lever
fully
(it will be horizontal) and install
safety-locking pin or lock.
8.
Crank jack handle until wheel clears the ground by 2-3 inches.
9.
Pulling jack lock pin, rotate jack to horizontal position for
traveling.
(Caution: Do Not rotate the jack until you have
locked the trailer tongue onto the ball hitch.)
10.
Hook up safety chains. Chains should be crossed. The chain on
the left side of the trailer tongue should be hooked to the loop on
the right side of the hitch and the chain on the right side of the
trailer tongue should be hooked to the loop on left side of the
hitch.
(this prevents the chains from binding when going around
corners and will catch the hitch if it comes off the ball)
The
safety chains should not be too loose or too tight. The correct
amount will be determined by the tow vehicle’s hitch design.
Turning as tight a corner as possible, make sure that the chains
do not bind. Also, make sure that the chains will not drag on the
ground when the trailer and tow vehicle are fully loaded.
11.
Connect 7-prong connector trailer lights to vehicle lights.
12.
Turn on headlights and turn signals to check for proper operation
of all trailer lights prior to towing, even during daylight hours.
13.
Trailer lights should be checked periodically during your travels.
As a minimum, they should be thoroughly checked daily, or
every time you hitch up your trailer.
