Hi there smart drivers, Rick with smart drive
test talking to you today about how to
hook up a trailer. And this is for ball
and hitch assembly this isn't for pintle
hook or fifth wheel hooks now just
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started as a CDL driver so today we're
going to talk about towing a trailer it
really extends the capacity of your
vehicle you can tow you til Atreides RV
trailers or boat trailers all of that is
really good we're not going to talk
about sway bars today most of the new RV
trailers are going to have sway bars on
them so today it's just ball and hitch
assembly as well make sure that you have
a look down in the description if you
don't know anything about towing
capacity pin weight tongue weight or
overall gross vehicle weight and gross
axle vehicle weights all that is in that
video and that will keep you safe when
you're towing a trailer because that can
really affect the handling and stability
of your vehicle when you're towing a
trailer if you don't have those weights
right so have a look at that to be safe
on the roadway the other thing about
trailers if you've got them parked
around those types of things you want to
have a pin lock on them if you have them
in an area where you're not quite too
sure about it as well get a wheel lock
for your trailer so this doesn't go away
by itself and have a look down in the
description there you can find the links
to the pin and wheel locks down in the
description if you if you just have a
pin lock on it what happens is the
thieves they just wrap a chain around
the tongue and then they just tow it
away and they cut the pin lock off it
whenever they get it to a garage or
whatnot
so a lot of times you might want to
consider having a wheel lock on as well
now three main components on hooking up
a ball and hitch you have got the hitch
assembly with just the lever on the top
here that sets it down on the ball and
you need the right size ball for your
trailer and we'll talk about that more
in the body of the video you have the
jack for the front of the trailer you
have an electrical connection and as
well you have safety chains and we're
going to show you how to hook all of
that up today so stick around we'll be
right back with that
my driver's welcome back Rick with smart
drive test talking to you today about
hooking up a trailer as I talked about
in the introduction you can rent utility
trailers and you can rent recreational
trailers for camping in the summertime
and for cleaning up your yard you can
use a utility trailer that you can rent
from u-haul or the local rental shop
they will have traders now the first
thing that you Hall is going to do when
you go and rent a trailer for them
they're really inexpensive they're only
about twenty or thirty bucks is they're
going to look at your trailer hitch and
they're going to make sure that your
trailer hitch is has the capacity to be
towed behind your vehicle in the trailer
hitch is capable of towing that so
there's a weight rating as you can see
here in the image on the trailer hitch
for towing a trailer and u-haul from
personal experience will not rent you a
trailer if this is not stamped on the
trailer hitch now first thing when
you're hooking up the trailer is get
some gloves because this will just
protect your hands against metal slivers
and those types of things because let me
tell you well you get a metal sliver in
your fingers and whatnot it really hurts
and as well it'll protect you from pinch
points because when you're hooking up a
trailer there's lots of pinch points
with the inserts at the trailer the jack
handle and all of those types of things
so first thing get some gloves protect
your hands and you might even want to
put on a pair of safety glasses and
those types of things now just as a note
this is just for a ball hitch assembly
of how to hook this up this is not for
pintle hook or fifth fifth wheel and I
do not have the sway bars on my trailer
so I'll see if I can find a trailer that
has sway bars on it and I'll do another
video for you in terms of sway bars now
the first thing you got to do I don't
recommend that you drive around which we
insert in the back of your trailer hitch
take it out and sew it in the vehicle
somewhere and essentially the insert as
you can see is the ball part and when
you're hooking up to a trailer you got
to figure out what kind of hitch is on
the trailer and how big the ball you
need
to tow that trailer the most common
probably is a two inch trailer hitch and
for those of you have a different ball
size just leave a comment down in the
comment section there and tell us what
kind of trailer you're hauling that just
helps out all the new drivers and smart
drivers who are getting into trailering
and towing trailers so you know extend
the capacity of their vehicle and you
know gives us more information for
towing trailers so it's got a pin on it
here that holds it into the trailer
hitch assembly here on the back and it's
got a lock pin so you just pull the lock
pin out here pull the pin out and then
slide this into the back of the hitch
assembly and just pull it out so you get
the pin in and then put the locking pin
in and make sure it's locked and that's
all you do to put the insert into the
back of the truck now the next thing we
need to do is we need to figure out the
height of the truck and trailer to make
sure that the trailer is the right
height to get the ball hitch
underneath the tongue of the trailer so
essentially all I do is I just bring it
up to my leg here and I just hold my
hand on it and then I walk over to the
trailer and make sure that the trailers
at the right height above the top of
that ball age so I'm not going to bang
into it when I back up to it so I just
walk over to the trailer here and then I
was up to here because I got a pocket on
here so I knew where it was so I need to
crank the trailer up a fair bit here
before I back the truck up underneath
the trailer and it needs to go up a fair
height here and I just need to go up to
about here which there should be about
good and then I need to unlock the
trailer hitch here and you want to have
a trailer a lock on your hitch you know
also that people aren't driving away
with your trailer this little lock
assembly it's made of brass so it
doesn't rust and I picked this up at the
local locksmiths for about $20 the
trailer you know RV places and trailer
hitch places will have these kinds of
lock hitches as well and if you're
working with a utility trailer and
you're in a neighborhood that knee you
know maybe you don't quite trust in
those types of things know that a lock
each probably
to protect you because thieves
essentially all they do is put a chain
on the front of your trailer and then
they drag it away and then they cut the
lock off later so you're probably going
to need a wheel lock assembly as you can
see here in the image and that will stop
your trailer from driving off by itself
so we got the trailer at the right
height and now we just unlock this hitch
we can leave this sitting here for now
and now what we're going to do is we're
going to back up underneath the trailer
hitch with the truck and essentially
what I recommend when you back up to the
trailer make sure you have the window
down on the driver's side if you have a
hatchback or you have windows on the
back of your pickup truck have those
open as well so you can listen in case
you bang into the trailer or something
goes awry it's always good to be able to
listen as well especially if you've got
a spotter they can you can hear them
better if you've got your windows down
and the other thing I always recommend
is try to backup from the driver's side
so always back around this way obviously
if you're on the other side of road in
the UK or in Australia you want to back
around from the right and if you're on
the left side of the vehicle back around
from the left that way you're going to
have a better line of sight than you do
on the passenger side so consider that
as well when you're backing up to get
the ball hitch underneath the trailer
and the last thing is if you have a
bigger trailer this one here I can move
around a little bit but if you've got a
heavy trailer you're not going to be
able to move it around so you got to get
the ball hits pretty exact underneath
the trailer hitch so we're going to back
up to the trailer now
so the other thing you want to do is
when you get near close to the trailer
you just want to get out and look if you
if you don't have a spotter in you're by
yourself so I'm pretty much lined up
there I know I got to come back about
three feet so the other thing I do is I
know I got to come back about that far
so what I do is I pick a spot right
street up from the driver's side and
that way I don't have to look out the
back because obviously I can't see this
so I just back up that far straight out
the driver's side
little more
whoa go ahead a little bit whoa a little
bit more great yeah all right so we've
backed up we've got the ball hitch
directly underneath the trailer hitch
thanks to my mom who's helping me a
little bit there it can be a little bit
tricky of you by yourself
if you've got somebody around who can
give you a hand with it and by all means
get them to help you get the ball hitch
underneath the trailer
so we're directly underneath here we've
got the hitches open here and
essentially all this is is it's a ball
hitch and this is a ball it sits over
top of it and it's a little cup a little
piece of metal that's that slides
underneath and holds it from popping off
so essentially what we do now is crank
the handle down until it sits directly
on the ball now one of the things you
can do so we've got the weight
completely on the back of the truck now
is lock this down and if you want to
make sure that this is in fact lock here
is you can crank this back up and when
you crank this handle back up it should
lift the back of the truck up because if
you got a bigger trailer you're not
going to be able to lift that up and
make sure it's on there so I know that
it's on there cuz now I know that it
selected to trick the back of the
vehicle up so now I can put that all the
way down and then I pull this out and I
stow the handle now these come actually
goes forward lock that in put the handle
there and then we put our lock back on
to our hitch assembly here so that this
hitch doesn't come unlocked and the
trailer fly off the back of the truck or
the towing vehicle on us
and the other nice thing about this is
that this locks it on here it locks it
prevents it against theft and as well it
keeps it on the back of the back of the
towing unit so we've got the jack up
we've got the pin locked and the next
piece is - you can hook up your either
your electrical or your safety chains it
doesn't matter all trailers have to have
a safety chain for towing safety in
cases the hitch assembly fails then it's
not going to fall off the back of the
truck so this one here you can see this
is a six point electrical connection
this is for recreational trailers for
the most part if you're just pulling a
utilities where there's going to be a
five pin as you can see here in the
image and then essentially you just lift
this cap up and underneath here there's
a little clip here that locks this on
you can see it locks into this clip here
so you put that in there and just wiggle
it in until that lid sits down and locks
the electrical connection in we can see
as well the electrical connection is not
going to drag or get caught on anything
when we're turning corners and those
types of things so the electrical
connection and then the chain we take
the chains here and we hooked up the
chains and essentially you want to have
the chains crisscross underneath and
these hooks here as well you want to
have these hooks come up from underneath
and then hook through them on and both
on the either side you can see that my
chains are crisscross underneath here
and the reason for Criss crossing that
is if the trailer does come off the back
of the hitch assembly it will fit down
there and those chains will cradle this
so it doesn't drag on the ground it'll
actually hold it up a little bit that's
the purpose of crossing your chains your
safety chains underneath the thing so
essentially now it's all hooked up so
essentially it's basically just three
items unless you've got a bigger trailer
that you're going to have sway bars on
and a lot of the bigger RV units are
going to have sway bars on them you'll
have to hook your sway bars up as well
and of course the hitch assembly will be
completely different because it will be
designed for those sway bars to provide
stability to the trailer but this is a
simple ball and hitch assembly and it's
the ball list the jack up which is the
ball
make sure this is locked down you have a
pin this is the insert is locked into
your trailer hitch the electrical
connection and the safety chains are
hooked up and cross underneath the
assembly here and if you go to a u-haul
dealer or you hire they will help you
hook up the trailer as well and the
final part of doing the hook-up for your
trailer before you exit is to ensure to
do a pre-trip inspection on your trailer
make sure there's a tire pressure in the
tires is good to make sure all the
lights work and if you get an RV trailer
make sure that the doors o'clock locked
and closed and all steps are put up into
place and locked into place and those
types of things
you got propane tanks and those type of
things make sure they're shut off as
well so the last part before hooking up
is to do a pre-trip inspection as well
make sure you have a block of wood under
your jack when you unhook it or hook it
back up that way it just prevents it
from sticking into the ground so that's
how you hook up a trailer for the
purposes of toll
quick review up hooking up a trailer if
you're going to rent a trailer and you
haven't had the trailer on the back of
your vehicle before or you don't have a
hitch assembly go to a trailer hitch
installation place camper trailers RV
outlet those types of places they'll
have certified technicians who will be
able to give you information about the
correct trailer hitch that you need to
mount on the back your vehicle three
components of hooking up for a simple
ball and hit the ball the jack the
electrical connection and the safety
chains and make sure you crisscross the
safety chains underneath now after you
hook up do a pre-trip inspection on the
trailer make sure the tire pressure is
up tire wear is good there's no damage
to the body if you're pulling a safe a
recreational trailer make sure all the
steps are up and stowed away the doors
are locked make sure the load is
balanced it's not going to fly off if
you're pulling a utility trailer make
sure you have the load tied down or it
tarped a lot of dumps and rubbish places
where you're going to dump off rubbish
and garden waste and those types of
things it has to be tarp to go in there
in this day and age so know that as well
and make sure you got the load well disc
distributed and that 60% of the load is
in the front of the trailer and if you
have any questions at all go to the
vehicle manufacturer that would give you
information about towing or go to the
trailer instantly our trailer hitch
installation place they too will be able
to give you information about that
question for my smart drivers do you
pull a trailer what kind of trailer do
you pull leave a comment down in the
comment section there all of that helps
out the new drivers looking to extend
the capacity of their vehicle by using a
utility trailer or an RV trailer a boat
trailer whatever kind of trailer they
might be towing if you like what you see
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