Dragonfli032
Member
New to towing anything and when picked up pop up the dealer hooked up and did it so fast i am not sure I remember everything. Can someone walk me through?
. What type of camper do you have and what tow vehicle do you have? The hitches are different among the pop-ups. So there may be a slightly different process. Do you have a manual for your popup? That would be a start. On mine there is a small pin and lever. (See attached) You pull the pin and lift the lever then back your vehicle up and lower onto the ball. Once fully on the ball correctly you lower the lever to lock it on and put the pin back in. Attach chains, electric connection, and if you have the break-a-way cord to tow vehicle. Test lights to make sure everything is working. Do an initial tug test to make sure everything is sitting right take chauks out from tires and you should be set.New to towing anything and when picked up pop up the dealer hooked up and did it so fast i am not sure I remember everything. Can someone walk me through?
08 Trailblazer and 17 Rockwood 1940 LTD. What type of camper do you have and what tow vehicle do you have? The hitches are different among the pop-ups. So there may be a slightly different process. Do you have a manual for your popup? That would be a start. On mine there is a small pin and lever. (See attached) You pull the pin and lift the lever then back your vehicle up and lower onto the ball. Once fully on the ball correctly you lower the lever to lock it on and put the pin back in. Attach chains, electric connection, and if you have the break-a-way cord to tow vehicle. Test lights to make sure everything is working. Do an initial tug test to make sure everything is sitting right take chauks out from tires and you should be set.
The break away cable if you have one, would need to be attached to the tow vehicle somewhere. For me, I attach it to the same place I attach my camper chains on. I just try and keep it over to the side so it doesn't get caught up in the chains if I was to make a tight turn, etc.So where do I attach the breakaway cable? Thanks for the video, thats very helpful
I also do a walk around and double check the hitch, chains, and coupler if we stop along the way for food/shopping etc. You never know what kids will do thinking it's funny.I always double check the hitch up, no matter who does it... Something that extends from my work,,
I've got a little 14' day sailer, from the early '70s, that came with only 1 safety chain. No crossing there.Everyone says make sure the chains are crossed. On my pup and TT the chains are attached at a single point so crossing them is useless.
Here you go: