MEASURING FOR THE PROPER BALL MOUNTS
IN CORRECT
CORRECT
TRAILER NOT LEVEL
Sometimes a trailers tongue is higher or lower than the
ball mount on the vehicle, and a ball mount with a “rise”
or a “drop” is required to level the trailer.
TOW VEHICLE & TRAILER LEVEL
For safe, comfortable towing, the trailer should always
be set up to tow on a level plane.
A Measure from the ground to the top of the hitch
21”
C 4”
17”
BMeasure from the ground to the (inside) top
of the trailer coupler, when level
+
or
-
CDetermine the ”DROP“ or ”RISE“
DROP: If the coupler is LOWER than the hitch:
ADD the height of the hitch ball (usually 2.5"-3")
RISE: If the coupler is HIGHER than the hitch:
SUBTRACT the height of the hitch ball (usually 2.5"-3")
A
B
7" DROP is needed to make this trailer level
A
4" (Hitch - Coupler) + 3" (Hitch Ball Ht.) = 7" (DROP)
Hitch Ball
Height
BALL MOUNT MEASUREMENTS
Drop
Rise
Length
LENGTH
DROP
RISE
Distance from the center of the ball
hole to the center of the pin hole
Distance from the top of the shank
to the top of the ball platform
Distance from the top of the ball
platform to the top of the shank
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