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Old 08-14-2008, 02:47 AM   #24
Colden
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Colden
Posts: 53
M.O.C. #4400
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quote:Originally posted by Ms McGyver
[When hitching, back under the kingpin but don't hitch up, yet. Connect your umbilical so you can employ the trailer brakes, then back into the kingpin. ... Another method is to measure the distance from the end of the brake cable to the ground just after unhitching. ...To ensure that you have enough space between the hitch and the king pin when unhitching, paint one end of a paint stirrer with red paint.

Great tips Lisa, Thanks. I esp like the paint stirrer tip.
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