Selecting the Right Ball Mount
INCORRECT CORRECT
Incorrect Correct
Trailer Not Level Trailer Level

For safe, comfortable towing, the trailer should always be set up to tow on a level plane.

Sometimes a trailer's tongue is higher or lower than the ball mount on the vehicle, and a ball mount with a "rise" or a "drop" is required to level the trailer.





Ball Mount Measurements

Distance from the center of the ball hole to the center of the pin hole

Distance from the top of the shank to the top of the ball platform

Distance from the top of the shank to the top of the ball platform





Measuring For the Proper Ball Mount
  1. Measure from the ground to the
    top of the hitch.
  1. Measure from the ground to the
    (inside) top of the trailercoupler,
    when level.
  1. Subtract the height of the hitch ball (most are 2½" - 3" high) from coupler measurement.


  2. An 8" drop is needed to make the trailer level.

THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO MEASUREMENTS IS THE AMOUNT OF
BALL MOUNT "RISE" OR "DROP" REQUIRED.