Well often daddy Dave is switching between trailers so he is often unhooking and rehooking. He sometimes can line up the trailer hitches on first try but often has to do a dance in order to line up just right. While out at a local tool store they had a deal on some antenna tennis ball sort of contraption which has magnets which attach to the hitch and ball allowing you to line them up as you back up. Daddy Dave decided why not he'll give them a try. These backup aids did seem to help but presented another problem,sense the trailers are not on flat ground this causes the antenna to lean slightly which when backing up it gives you the illusion that your right on track when actual you'll off by a couple of inches.
Well while out at same tool store just cruising around, daddy dave ran across this "back up hitch guide" located on the damaged rack aka marked down rack. After closer inspection all the parts were there so he figured what the heck ill give it a try.
It consist of four parts and two pins.
Here it is just quickly put together, the bottom plate attaches to your existing hitch and stays attached after your done.
It seemed to work quite well, here is a pic of a successful hook up. After your hooked up and secure you remove the pins which hold the plates in place and then remove the plates. Maybe daddy Dave can take off his dancing shoes hopefully the back up aid will help keep daddy Dave from doing the "trailer hookup" a new line dance coming to celebration events near you aka weddings etc, move over electric slide.
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