Trailer Hitch?

Here's some pic's of the leveling bars.


You adjust the amount of tension on the bars with the chain links. The closer the link to the bar the more tension and the more lift on the back of the truck.


The bars just slip into the knuckel on the hitch and the ear that's folded up on the right folds back down to the position of the one on the left to hold the bar in the knuckel.


The chain hooks to a bracket on the trailer tounge,then with a short piece of pipe you fold the hook on the bracket up which applies the tension to the bars. I'll get a pic of it all hooked up sometime tomorrow. With enough tension you can almost pick the rear wheels of the van off the ground.

Holy crap!!! What a monster, That's pretty cool how that works and can see how it would help.. A lot!

Here's some pic's of the hitch setup on my Bushtec trailer that Don ask about.

The tounge of the trailer swivels so that if you drop the bike you won't bend anything

You use the same setup for pulling a camping trailer only with a 2 5/16" ball instead of the 2" likes on it now.

Mike, That bike setup is too cool. When I got back from Iraq last year I tried to get an Unigo trailer for my Buell but they couldn't make a hitch for my S3T. I really wanted one bad. I still have not completely givin up on the idea. Just have to find someone who can make one for me without it looking like crap, if ya know what I mean...

Looks nice.

Thanks Dan. Did you try Bushtec? They sell hitches for a bunch of bikes. If they don't have one mabe they can tell you where to get one or build you one. On the Buell you would want it to be removable. You could live with the looks while you were using it but your right it would look like crap when not using the trailer. That's what I like about the Rivco hitch on my Goldwing, you can't see any of it.

Just be careful with the weight distribution hitches. They usually defeat the trailer's surge brakes especially if they have an anti-sway arm attachment. From what I've heard, someone twisted up their unibody 3rd generation Chevy van by over stressing things.

If you have electric brakes and a tow vehicle with a frame, you're good to go.

Tongue weight should be 10-15% of the loaded trailer weight. Too much tongue weight (without the distribution hitch) and your tow vehicle's front end is getting too light.

I seem to be good on the tounge weight. Guess that's a good thing since I have surge brakes on it......