Propride 3P 1400 Hitch. I followed the ProPride Installation and Operation Instructions very closely throughout the. Is called 'Hensley bump' and is a result. The Hensley Arrow, Cub, SwiftArrow, and SwiftCub are engineered for easy removal and installation.

Mods: ProPride 3P Hitch The next level in towing Our initial choice of Weight Distributing Hitch (WDH) system was the with its integral friction sway control. As sway controlling WDH goes there is no finer. However, it soon became apparent that our Sequoia with its relatively short wheelbase was in need of a more advanced system that, by design, eliminated sway. We have a camping friend who tows his 30+ foot travel trailer with a Toyota Sequoia and a. With that as a starting point, research led us to and the.

If you followed the last link, you can plainly see that this hitch costs a lot more than a WDH with friction-based sway control. However, it's still just a fraction of the combined cost of our current (and any future) truck and trailer.

And its cost pales in comparison to the occupants of the truck upon whose lives no price could ever be put. Long story short, we now have a 3P hitch. I installed it myself on Sunday May 24th 2009. Installation Getting Ready Because our driveway has a slope I decided to install the 3P on the street in front of our house. I pulled the trailer in as straight as possible, then disconnected and set up an assembly area. After removing the propane bottles I was set to go.

Adjustable Hitch Bar The 3P comes with an adjustable hitch bar, or 'stinger'. Measurements are required to determine which way to flip the receiver end and at what height to mount the hitch end. It's also necessary to configure the tilt of the hitch end to make it parallel to the ground. A pin with adjustment washers is used. Once the tilt is figured all the bolts are put in place. I used this hydraulic jack to keep it tilted upwards; torquing the top bolts tends to tilt it back down. The bolts must be torqued to 150 ft-lbs.

Weight Distribution Jacks Unlike friction-based sway control systems, the weight distribution bars stay attached to the 3P whether the trailer is connected or disconnected. This is accomplished in part by weight distribution jacks that are bolted to the trailer's A-frame. Mounting the jacks is a matter of measuring along the frame from the coupler, attaching and tightening a U-bolt and tightening a pinch bolt that helps to hold the jack against the frame. Frame Bracket The frame bracket centres and supports the tail of the yoke (see below). It also mounts with u-bolts, though they face downwards and, in my case, required a mod to the battery tray.

Once the cutting was done and the u-bolts could be put in place the hydraulic jack was again employed to hold the frame bracket in place while it was bolted on. The frame bracket is visible beneath the frame and through the battery tray. Main Hitch Unit This is where the magic of sway elimination happens! Installation of this component is pretty simple. Attach it to the stinger, back it under the coupler, lower the coupler onto the ball and couple them up. The main hitch unit stays permanently coupled to the trailer.

Spring Bars Tensioned by the jacks via spring bar links, the spring bars are what provide the weight distribution. They're permanently attached to bushings that bolt into the bottom of the main hitch unit. The once the leading edge of the spring bar is liberally greased, the bars are inserted into the bushings and are prevented from dropping out by a retainer disk. The bushings are then bolted to the main hitch unit. Once both bars are in place the spring bar links are hung on the jacks and connected with small u-bolts to the spring bars. Tyrese Gibson Best Of Me Free Mp3 Download. Yoke The yoke keeps the main hitch unit parallel to the trailer's frame.

It attaches to the main hitch unit with a pair of massive 1-1/8' bolts that must be torqued to 250 ft-lbs. The cover of the main hitch unit must be removed to bolt the yoke in place. The next step it to raise the yoke tail between the two hanging vertical bars on the frame bracket. The yoke bolt is fed through one bar, through the yoke support roller and through the other bar. The yoke bolt must be tightened until there is no side-to-side movement in the yoke tail. Next, the yoke pivot bolts are loosened and the yoke is positioned so it hangs 1' to 2' below the trailer frame. Final Installation Adjustments The main hitch unit adds about 12' to the front of a trailer, which may mean that chains, electrical connections and breakaway switch wires will need extending.

Extensions are provided with the 3P. In our case it was only the chains that came up too short. Because one of the links at the trailer chain stay was split, I cut them there with bolt cutters, and we added the extensions there. I also picked up a pair of shackles. The shackle hoop was passed through the trailer's chain stay and the shackle bolt through the hoop and the end link of the extension chain.