etrailer | Fulton Fold-Away Coupler Hinge Kit Review and Installation
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2021
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Check out some similar Folding Trailer Tongue options:
www.etrailer.com/dept-pg-Fold...
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Hey, everybody. How's it going Today, we're gonna be going over and showing you how to install the Fulton folding trailer tongue. So what our folding tongue essentially does is it's gonna allow for a better clearance of our trailer in tight spaces. So probably, the most common use here for this kit is if we have a garage that we'd like to store our trailer in, but the trailer is gonna be a little bit too long to fit in there. Therefore, by installing this folding trailer tongue kit here, we can easily swing the coupler portion away, so we have better clearance to fit our trailer in our garage to keep it nice, safe, and sound. So there's a couple different kinds of these trailer tongue kits here.
We have weld-on kinds and we have the bolt-on kinds. Now, I personally prefer the bolt-on kinds because they're a lot easier to do with something the average person is gonna have the tools to do at home. Whereas the weld-on kind, obviously, is gonna require a professional welder. Therefore, it's gonna be much more accessible for you guys to be able to do this one at home than the weld-on version. So our brackets here are actually made out of steel and they have a nice zinc-coated finish.
And basically, what this means is for your boat trailers, you're not gonna have to worry about this rusting out over time. That zinc plating here is gonna do an excellent job of keeping this thing nice and protected, so you don't have any issues with corrosion or rust. So one thing I do wanna point out to you guys is unfortunately, it's not recommended to use this trailer tongue kit on aluminum frame trailers. So the way this works is we're going to have a hinge pin on one side and a hinge bolt on the other side. Now, we can actually swap the order of these to have the tongue swing away to the left or swing away to the right.
It's pretty easy to use. All we need to do is pull the clip out of the bottom of the pin and then just pull the pin straight out. And as you can see here, we can easily fold our tongue away to either side to have clearance to get in your garage. When we're ready to tow again, the process is equally as simple. Make sure you're not pinching any of your brake lines or anything.
But just fold it back into position, line it up, insert your pin here, install the clip, and you're ready to go. So we'll go over this a little bit more later, but we do have a couple different options here, depending on the size of the frame on our trailer here. So no matter what size frame you have, chances are there's gonna be an option to install one of these kits. So in regards to the amount of tongue we can have swung away here at once, the maximum is gonna be 48 inches, measuring from the center of the hitch ball back to the point here on our frame. Now, granted, this is the maximum, there are definitely a couple different variables that go into this measurement. One of them is going to be the size of the frame. The other one is gonna be the tongue weight. So in the instructions, there's gonna be a nice, handy chart that we can use. Once we input the tongue weight of our trailer and the frame size, we're gonna be able to tell the max amount we can make that cut back from the center of the hitch ball. We can obviously move it further forward if we want, but there is gonna be a maximum, depending on the frame size and the tongue weight. So once you take that into consideration when you're choosing this kit here to make sure it offers enough swing-away to be able to fit the trailer where you need it. So our kit here is gonna have everything we need to physically bolt it on the trailer and
My trailer is dimensions are like 3” x 3.5”, will the 4x3 kit work for me?
Thanks for the video. I wanted to order this coupler for my aluminum trailer but I understand you are saying it is not recommended. Im guessing it's to do with aluminum on steel. I was hoping the zinc coating would be enough for it to be safe as well as the large amount of aluminum vs small amount of steel. Online people have said they've used it and had no problems but I wanted to double check before ordering from you guys
Aluminum trailer frames have a greater wall thickness than a steel frame. The bolts that attach the hinge to the trailer frame have a large diameter shoulder which acts like a rivet, holding the parts together very tightly. Since an aluminum trailer frame has a greater wall thickness, the shoulder won't have contact all the way through the metal, resulting in a looser fit.
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I have I believe copper brake lines running to my actuator. What is your recommendation I do for dealing with that? Thanks!
You'll need to install flexible brake line. We offer them in varying lengths, which you can see near the bottom of the linked product page. www.etrailer.com/Folding-Trailer-Tongue/Fulton/FHDPB230101.html
I have a 18.5ft bayrunner with that type of trailer. Not sure how much the boat weight and trailer weight because the information isn't found anywhere on the boat. Will this kit work for me? My trailer is extremely short at the tongue so I will need to extend it with another piece. Thanks
The Fulton Fold-Away Hinge kit is designed for 2" x 3" trailer tongues. Trailer tongue material thickness must be between .188" and .120" with a capacity of up to 5,000 lbs. You'll want to determine the weight of the boat and trailer, we'd recommend having your trailer/boat weighed to make sure you don't exceed the capacity of the hinge assembly. If your existing trailer tongue meets the above parameters, the hinge kit will work for you. You'll want to make not of the table on the linked product page that shows how the hinge capacity changes with the length of the trailer tongue.
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He forgot to paint the bare metal
Thanks! We'll make sure our crew points that out in future videos.
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Should you have cold galvanized where you cut the trailer and bolt holes? It seems like you broke that protective layer open enough to potentially become rust if not treated with something.
Thanks for the tip. We'll bring that up to our video production team.
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