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slowmover · 07-19-2015, 05:59 AM

Daniel Stern has an excellent set of instructions on how to aim headlights on his site I have used for a dozen years.

Count the turns needed for changes to truck. A tape measure is enough once set.

The truck may have an integrated brake controller, but the TUSON Direclink is state of the art.

I'd like to again recommend having an alignment done on the TT. 1/4 inch out is considered acceptable. I don't find it so. Any big truck trailer service shop can handle it.

Same for setting the weight distribution hitch. The referenced article by Andrew Thomson in RV Lifestyle as guide . He has set up more than 10,000 rigs the past 45-years. Is THE expert. The way we did it forty years ago and more. You can contact him for advice. He finds the current F150 a decent platform for a pickup.

Trailer should be weighted as if for travel which includes full propane and fresh water (which also lowers the center of gravity). A CAT Scale and making three passes to get the initial numbers. Another pass to confirm any adjustments.

Only one hitch design type locks the trailer to the track of the tow vehicle. With the rest one needs to be painstaking. The effects of wind, traffic and road surface is magnified, otherwise.

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slowmover Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 2,442 2004 CTD - '04 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT Team Cummins 90 day: 19.36 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,422 Thanked 737 Times in 557 Posts	Daniel Stern has an excellent set of instructions on how to aim headlights on his site I have used for a dozen years. Count the turns needed for changes to truck. A tape measure is enough once set. The truck may have an integrated brake controller, but the TUSON Direclink is state of the art. I'd like to again recommend having an alignment done on the TT. 1/4 inch out is considered acceptable. I don't find it so. Any big truck trailer service shop can handle it. Same for setting the weight distribution hitch. The referenced article by Andrew Thomson in RV Lifestyle as guide . He has set up more than 10,000 rigs the past 45-years. Is THE expert. The way we did it forty years ago and more. You can contact him for advice. He finds the current F150 a decent platform for a pickup. Trailer should be weighted as if for travel which includes full propane and fresh water (which also lowers the center of gravity). A CAT Scale and making three passes to get the initial numbers. Another pass to confirm any adjustments. Only one hitch design type locks the trailer to the track of the tow vehicle. With the rest one needs to be painstaking. The effects of wind, traffic and road surface is magnified, otherwise. . Last edited by slowmover; 07-19-2015 at 06:10 AM..