How To Hitch An Airstream or Travel Trailer | Equalizer Sway Control Hitch!
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- čas přidán 7. 01. 2021
- How to Hitch your Travel Trailer or Airstream using the Equalizer Sway Control Hitch.
2021 Airstream Flying Cloud 23FB hitched to a stock 2020 Ford Raptor.
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Great video. We have an Equal-i-zer hitch and you nailed the procedure. The hitch is great - no sway whatsoever. Safe travels!
Thanks! That means a lot coming from you. We have watched some of your videos and they’re excellent.
Great job. I had the equalizer for 10 years and only used that one bar for leverage once or twice. Always just raised my trailer up high enough that it would clear with me just pushing on the sway bar. Of course I had a different truck and trailer.
Thanks for watching! Good to know!
Very helpful thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
Great detailed video on the Equalizer Hitch. Thanks for sharing and good points on the process. Take care and safe travels. Dave.
Thanks Dave! Appreciate it!
your a great teacher
Ha! My husband thanks you!
Excellent video
Thank you so much for watching!
When you have an awesome trailer you have to have the worlds most awesome truck!
Thank you. We enjoy the truck as much as the airstream. We appreciate you watching!
Great explanation, just a thought I always preferred to put the safety pin all the way around (safety pin showing from outside) so I make sure I have it on.
Good suggestion! We will have to try that next time. Appreciate it!
Thanks for the video. I had the same raptor and 23 FB. Did you use the standard shank or did you have to buy a longer one?
We used the standard shank. The dealer installed it and they had the longer one on hand but determined it wasn’t needed.
Hey, great video...I have a question about the blue grease at the hitch head, I thought those parts should have crazy friction to stop the sway so when the grease is on it would it make the two surfaces non friction?
Thnaks for your help.
Hi, good question. The manual clearly states to lubricate those sections with either grease or with the high performance lubricant we showed. Seems like the torque of the bolts will provide enough resistance for sway control and the lubricant is to reduce wear and tear on the parts. It’s a balance.
Nice informative video. My 23 FB is on order and wondering did you get the 600 tongue/6000 lb Equalizer hitch or the 1000 tongue/10000 lb version? I’m sure my dealer can help guide me but I like to have information on hand depending on what they say. 😃 Thank you! More Airstream videos I can’t wait for mine!!!
Hi! I got the 10,000 pound version. That’s the one the dealer installed for me and it’s been working great. Thanks for watching!
@@ExactlyErica thank you!
what is the hight of the hitch ball?
Thank u for sharing. What weight distribution hitch did you go with? My dealer is saying only use the E4 10,000 pound on our yet to be delivered 2022 23CB bunk.
Hi! We went with the equalizer sway control hitch 10,000 pound version.
Do you have a video discussing the actual towing? Like does the raptor sway or how it handles cross wind? an other things that have come? my trailer is 5400 pounds dry weight..
Hi! We have not done a video discussing actual towing yet, but that’s a great suggestion. We will add that to the list for the future. A great website to visit for towing expertise is canamrv.ca. Thanks for watching!
@@ExactlyErica I tow plenty I have an old F350 I’m more concerned with can they raptor do it and what your experience with towing with the raptor was like..
@@chizuck3322 the Raptor tows this trailer great. We use the equalizer sway control hitch, which is a must. This trailer is about 4800 pounds dry weight so not sure how a heavier one would be. Also the Raptors have sway control and ours came with the brake controller.
I'm at like 10 seconds of the video, but what did he do for his truck? Did he have to upgrade his transmission drain pan? Or was the Raptor badass ready?
Hi, it is a stock Raptor. This particular Airstream’s hitch weight is pretty low. Watch our other video “Why we chose this Airstream…” to get more info.
Where did u get those rubber accessory pads?
Hi! We got those directly from the dealer. But, you can purchase your own online from etrailer.com or equalizerhitch.com directly. It’s called the sway bracket jacket.
Curious the type of grease being used?
Hi! The grease being used is the equalizer high performance lubricant. Thanks for watching!
Curious what your tow capacity is for your raptor, what about the load capacity of the raptor?
Hi! The tow capacity for the 2020 Raptor SuperCrew is: 8,000 lbs. And the pay load capacity is: 1200 lbs. Thanks for watching!
@@ExactlyErica Not bad, my 2013 Tacoma is 6500 and 1050.
Best quote of the video: "So that the trailer doesn't pass you on the turnpike." In other words if you ever see your trailer pass you on the turnpike you are severely screwed.
Agree. That would be a bad day.
What is the weight of the trailer?
It has a dry weight of 4806 lbs.