My New ProPride 3P Hitch. Minitini Sway No More!
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that looks like a lot of clutter and more weight to carry. the real test is going to be when your entering somewhere that has bumps on the entrance.
He had around four so far on his trip out to CA and back to OK, no problems.
God $3000.00 for that hitch. Man I could buy a new Trailer for that price.You get free promos Robert to advertise for these places.That is a good chunk of change to put out. And for 5 in's from the ground.For that price they could bring it up off the ground more then that.Sorry not for me.
Ok
It is about safety. They offer a money back guarantee and everyone that tries it loves it and will never go without one. Not sure what you are getting in a trailer for $3000.
@@forry100 Jim, either you are the owner of this hitch company or have a lot of your money at stake or invested here. You sure are very adamant about promoting and desperately defending this product. IMO, for $3K, it should have been designed better in a sense as to not being so low on the ground and also not being so intricate or cumbersome to operate. In your other posts on this episode, you are hinting that Robert is going to also do some modifications to his trailer's suspension to compensate for the low clearance to mitigate this hitch's short cummings; and that means more money and time is being invested in addition to the $3K hitch that your people gave to him for free through this sponsorship.
@@raypabs5374 neither, not an owner and no money invested. I just did a lot of research for someone else and highly recommended it for Robert. It is about Safety, yet so many scream overkill or even too much weight for his truck and trailer. Per weight 200# extra is not going to cause any problems, especially for his pickup. I stand up for those I believe in and can only hope I have friends and clients that would do the same for me.... fyi, I am in trucking limited and full time (seasonal) environmental business, so nothing for me to gain other than defending my friends decision and hopefully help others out to the safest way to tow a TT. I use an air ride hitch on my semi to pull my 5er, so use to people screaming overkill and dangerous when they have no clue. It is all about Safety.
@livin life while they are designed for a much heavier trailer, it still helps a light trailer and does NOT hurt or cause problems
Hello Robert, was wondering if you could to a long term review of the Colorado. Seems like a great truck. Still getting desired fuel economy? Was it comfortable on your long trip? Did the mountains in The West give it any trouble? Safe travels sir, look forward to all your new content!
That looks horrible! Even though your truck is high, the hitch is too low. You will occasionally hit gas entrance/exit ramps and will be problematic on bad roads. It may eliminate your swaying problems but now your gonna have to worry about bottoming out all the time. For $3k, it should have been designed a lot better. This time around I don't think that I can believe your advise that this is a good product. But if they are sponsoring you well, then what the heck of course.
He will be doing some work that will give him more clearance. But that hitch can handle the abuse too.
Bottoming out is not nearly as bad as it looks even if my trailer is unusually low.
Bottoming out is not an issue for tens of thousands of customers. As a side note, if it was, no one ever rolled a trailer and tow vehicle as a result of bottoming out. Other hitches can't make that claim.
Totally waste for that little trailer
Too much hitch for that little trailer
Excellent review, Robert! Thank you for your dedicated service to the RV community. Your video will help many people to be safe and stable on the road when towing. Hopefully, many will do more research to understand this isn't just like their "conventional" hitches which allow the trailer to pivot on the ball and apply leverage to the tow vehicle. It's just not the same thing. The only real comparison would be to compare it to a 5th wheel design where the pivot point is physically over the rear axle. Comparing it to any of the friction based conventional hitches and their value/price is like comparing tents to travel trailers for camping shelter. A tent is much less expensive than a trailer. Not the same category or the same benefits.
Some people won't understand. I am towing 33' trailer with BMW x5 and propride. No sway, solid as rock. Thanks Sean for great product and customer service!
THANK YOU Sean. Seeing some great comments backing Robert and you up too. People need to put a value to their and others lives. Your hitch is a once in a lifetime buy too, not going to wear out and brake like most do. I had someone today that thought I lost my mind for what I paid for my TS3 that was used last year. After a long trip will never go without an air ride 5th wheel hitch.
Jim I have an air cell hitch I’d like to have you try in comparison to the TS3. From the inventor of the TS3 too.
@@kobra997 Thank you, sir! We appreciate all your support. Now, get a bigger tow vehicle, you can't do that! (Kidding of course. lol)
Sean Woodruff I have a ProPride 3p and it’s the best money I have ever spent. I will not tow with anything else. Any other hitch is trying to “control” sway. The ProPride eliminates it. You make an excellent product and your customer service is top shelf.
Good job. It's a good thing it wasn't August in Miami when you were installing this.
Otherwise, you'd have to hire a crew and sit back in the shade with a pina colada.
$3,290. Perfect. Thanks!
For over 3 Grand it should be...My Anti Sway on my Palomini was no where near that price...works fantastic! Safety is number one! I have many times walking around after un-hitching at my site where i bang my shin on the dang hitch..that ProPride..i can see my ankles shins taking a beating :)
I have a Recurve R3 that’s awesome and was included when I got the Lance. I think they’re only a few hundred $$$. No sway whatsoever. Highly recommend the R3. 👍🏻
Have An R3 that came with My Apex Nano, love that system
Hey Robert, nice hitch! I like the fact that you don't have to remove the bars from your RV. I recently purchased a 2014 Rockwood Mini-Lite 1809s and had the Equalizer 2 hitch installed by the dealer, I wasn't brave enough to do it myself. I just retired after 44 years in the work force and my wife and I are looking forward to being "free in our RV". I like your videos and your music, keep up the good work!
At $3000 it's not for everybody. I'm looking at getting one right now. I have a 35' trailer and a pickup combo that I paid $75,000 for. When you have that kind of investment to protect you want the best possible control you can get, not only for your safety, but for the safety of everyone around you. I love my RV, but it is going to be pretty useless once I flip it over. I've driven too many miles and have seen too many trailers on the side of the road damaged because the driver lost control. The most critical point in towing is the hitch. It's not the place to go cheap.
3K...no way...I have a Recurve R3 which works very well for me and it was WAY less money and very easy to hitch and unhitch..
You are right.
Have had my Propride for over a year. Best investment I've made with my 32ft trailer. Has eliminated not only sway but all white knuckle driving under all conditions. Sean at Propride is great to work with.
I agree. It is an outstanding product.
Thank you for your support, Mike!
This hitch is overkill for this little trailer. The best thing anyone can do when hauling an RV is SLOW DOWN! I was stunned to see massive 5th wheels and travel trailers blow by me on a recent trip across a few states. I'm talking 80 MPH. These things are all over the road. Driving them at a high rate of speed (speeding is the #2 cause of highway accidents) coupled with the boneheaded #1 cause... distracted driving, spells disaster when towing... no matter how much you may spend on a hitch set up. Be smart, pay attention, maintain your stuff and slow down.
You weren't kidding when you said that hitch rides low. What is the ground clearance at the forward portion of the bars?
Robert, I'm so impressed with the Propride hitch that I want to buy one, and I don't even have a trailer....or truck. ;-)
Great video! Thanks.
If I opened all those boxes, with all those pieces, I would have reboxed it and brought it to my mechanic. I salute you.
Keep enjoying life. Peace.
You really do not need sway hitch on that size trailer. A simple anti sway bar is all that may be needed. You are adding unnecessary weight payload to your towing package....
Truck has the capacity to handle it and Robert mentioned it DID make a big difference and he would not go without it now.
He never indicated in any videos he had any sway issues. Shouldn't with that double axle small trailer. friction bar would be adequate. But he is marketing the product and I am sure he would like it. Surely cant hurt, but is it really needed. NOT if properly loaded.This thing is only excessive baggage .
@@TheJcrandazzo He had some issues, just did not comment much on it, accepted it as how trailers tow like so many do. I do not think it is overkill, especially for the miles he travels. But then I am for overkill, I tow my 5er with a semi truck and have a TrailerSaver air ride hitch. Could my pickup pull my trailer? Yes, but it could not come close to handling it and stopping it as well. Plus the State cops LOVE us that use HDT RV for our 5ers, even joining us. We really like Robert and feel better that he has the best TT hitch their is. It will really pay for it's self when he has to avoid something on the road, especially a last minute avoidance.
Hey Traveling Robert, we love your ProPride 3P® Hitch review! We’d like to use it in an ad, giving you full credit. Let us know if that works for you. Thanks!
Sounds good. Send me an email with all the details.
Hey Robert great video review the hitch looks like it will work good for your setup
Next time you need to cross a wash or indentation at an RV park, try, if you can, crossing at an angle rather than straight on.
Both of us watching this, and we see all that SWEAT SWEAT SWEAT!!!! UGH!!! UGH!!!! Hate it yes we do we HATE HATE HATE!!!!! Sweating like that. Completely DISGUSTING to us!!!! Here you have to really really be working extremely physically hard to sweat like you do in Florida. But even then, you rarely sweat like that because it’s so dry here it wicks all sweat away so fast.
I was about to scold you about not traveling through Oklahoma until you said you’re in OKC.
We will take our much much cooler summer days and chilly summer nights!! Our nights each night gets between 38 39 to 48. Every, night and our summer days no more than 78 max. 80. But extremely looooooow humidity. No more than 30% day/night. Extremely dry. By far. Our log home sits at 8,121 feet up. NW Montana. And our winters we ABSOLUTELY LOVE 💕💓💓LOVE 💙💗♥️💓LOVE!!!
I tow a 22.3' travel trailer with max 5000-5500 lbs loaded with a 2020 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD 3/4 ton truck, no weight-distribution/anti-sway bars, and carry a 100 lbs generator, 2 five-gallon fuel and water tanks full, a small plastic folding table, a bicycle, some firewood and some odds and ends going no more than 65 mph with occasional 70 mph. No wind, no side-wind, no cross-wind, no semi, NOTHING, not even steep grade is going to sway this trailer.
Moral story is get a bigger truck or smaller trailer, don't overload, and slow down.
The light, but perfect working European solution:
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There are brake pads inside, only problem: your ball will be worn out after many miles and the pads are as all brake pads wear parts
Hi, Robert! How much lbs of sway bar you put on this hitch? 1000lbs or 1400lbs for your trailer?
I see a lot of comments suggesting this hitch is not worth the cost for such a "small" trailer. There are videos of very small trailers overturning the trailer and the tow vehicle from out of control sway, so I don't quite understand the rational. Am I missing something?
We say aparato to big heavy things, or big bugs in Puerto Rico.
i like the smiley face above your exhaust, cracked me up
Way to fucking hot down there in Florida where you live.
Uhhhmmm... Overkill would be an understatement. A $300 weight distribution hitch would be plenty...
A ProPride hitch is far more than a weight distribution hitch. Robert has ran the lesser hitch and does not care for them.
So glad to see this, Robert! I also have a ProPride 3p and will not tow with anything else. We towed our 28 foot Heartland Mallard with our 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee HEMI on a 1,000 mile trip to the beach last year. We dealt with winds that were forcing 3/4 ton & 1 ton trucks and trailers to slow down and we passed them like they were out of gas. No hitch on the market performs like the ProPride. As for comments about the cost, it’s a lot cheaper than buying a larger truck that still doesn’t eliminate sway. You can’t put a cost on your safety and that of your family and property.
If you want more height I.e. clearance you’re going to have to flip your axles ... it’s easy to and you won’t have to worry about hitting or running over anything
I have plans to raise the trailer a few inches.
I flipped the axles on. 38 foot fifth so it could be even with the truck I was using and it worked out great and it didn’t bother the 5th wheels performance
How do you flip your axles? Or do you mean flip the equalizer on the trailer?
Looks good
I have an anti-sway hitch, it’s called a vintage 31’ Airstream; 8,000lbs towed behind a Duramax Allison 2500HD rated for 12,000 lbs. Sway isn’t much of an issue if you have the proper tow vehicle matched to the correctly sized trailer. So my advise, before you spend $3 grand on a hitch, do the basics by properly setting up your standard hitch and learn to load properly, if that doesn’t work look into a weight distribution hitch. Folks have been safely towing maxed-out loaded trailers for decades. As a last resort, if your trailer is too heavy and your tow vehicle is too light, then pony up that $3,000.. ouch!
I also tow with a Propride hitch and it's like night and day difference from my previous WD hitch. After several close calls with sway on previous hitch I thought 3k is a small price to pay to protect my family.
With the negative comments about the price, makes you wonder what real value people have for their own life and that of others. I pull a 5er and run a TrailerSaver hitch and it too is worth the extra money, it really saves the trailer. I may try out the 5er hitch that ProPride is putting together, they told me it would make my old TS3 look like/feel like a regular hitch.
Thank you, Aaron! Like one customer said, and now we use as a tagline, "All good hitch research leads back to ProPride."
Robert I’ve been doing a lot of research on the 3p pro pride hitch and I came back and watched your video again today before I make my decision. I’m towing a airstream flying cloud 25fb with a Ford F-350 super duty turbo diesel and so far on our short trips no problem with sway but we are getting to may a trip from Mobile, Alabama to Idaho and I just want to be safe . Any recommendations from you would be deeply appreciated . I trust your opinion. Thanks and look forward to your videos and some day I hope my wife and I can meet you .
I'll live with the white knuckles before I can afford a hitch that cost more than my social security check! $3000! Robert I believe most of your viewers can't buy something like that. I understand your demonstrating a product that could be beneficial to about 10% of your viewers and you got it for free.
Using a truck over rated than the trailer like we do makes special hitches un-necessary, a 2500 HD with anti sway controls a 18.5 foot tandem travel trailer like it is not there, and returns 16-17 mpg religiously at 60 MPH!
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Wow I’m looking for a new weight distribution hitch. I pull a 31 ft forest River grey wolf with a 2005 Tahoe. Nice but to $$$$$ for me.
Congrats on your upgrade Robertito. All the blessings...although she was good to you but old KIA wanted to retire. LOL happy trails my brotha. NYC loves ya !
another nice video but I think that is a little too pricey for me. I have a 2018 Colorado pulling a 26 foot, 4000 pound camper. So I watch your videos looking for tips and tricks pertaining to the actuating aspects. I have a e2 trunnion style weight distribution hitch. It's made by Fastway Trailer.I've only been able to camp twice so far but this set-up seems to be working so far. I was curious, could you tell me what mirrors you are using? Pros? Cons? thanks
What is the distance between the rear bumper and where the ball is? How much does the whole thing weigh?
Love your videos. But I would box all that junk up and send it back, that hitch is way to low and will always drag the ground. No way this was cheap, you must have a lot of money to just throw it away on this junk. Just being honest...
Congratulation Robert on getting your propride hitch. Take care my friend! Another great video.
thanks for showing the part about the propane tank. I was facing the same problem and wondered how i was going to get the required length for the bracket. Now i know! Cheers
You spent over $3,000 bucks to tow a 22 ft Winnebago Micro Minnie weighing under 4,000 lbs !........really ?
First he did not pay for it, but what if he had? What is the value of having a clean and comfortable towing experience. If Robert only towed short distances like most weekend warriors it might be overkill, but he drives cross country and gets into extreme weather conditions.
@@forry100 Even if it was free, for what ever reason, the fact remains any class III hitch with weight capacity rated up to 8000 lbs. can easily handle this travel trailer to the corner store or trekking cross country in any direction in any season, in any weather with a properly equipped ½ ton towing vehicle. Anything else is just gold plating to achieve the same results. By the way, the ProPride 3P hitch alone weighs 200 lbs. ! It's overkill, any way you look at it.
glad you like the pro pride hitch im about to pull the trigger on one myself ...never like the white knuckle towing part of my camper when the 18 wheelers come flying by
Robert, the correct term is " Chock " the wheels, not "choke ". Didn't know if you knew that or not. Keep up the great videos !!
I been using a equalizer for my 30ft grand design imagine for 4 years and drove thousands of miles and never had a sway incident where i had white knuckles, i do have airbags too
Wow! I'm watching your trailer through the back window on that Okeechobee trip. Solid as a rock. That trailer looked like it was running on rails.
Man I need one so bad we have a husky NOW but I know that proride would work much better for our 35 foot and 3/4 ton 4x4.wanna trade?
Firestone Ride-Rite air bag and helper springs might give back about 2" in clearance height. Enjoy the videos.
Great review, it seems like a great piece of equipment. Is the price truly $3000 though?yikes
Robert I sure hope you made money on this video - lol - so much work
I have never heard you talk about sway problem. To much money and just TOO much!
Helpful video, thanks Robert.
This big stuff for such 3000-4000lbs trailer? Overkill too much!
I really like your Chevy truck. I hope it performs as good as it looks. Be safe.
I need a pro pride. is there any discount when mentioning your u tube channel?
I'm not sure about the discount but please do mention that I sent you.
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Put a set of air bags onto your pick-up rear axle for more height adjustments .
Thanks for sharing. I never seen anything like this before. I’m going to look into it for my future RV. Looks efficient and quick hook up.
Intereasting......>>>
This sounds like a great product. It's always good to have the right equipment for the job.
thanks for the info and demo it is worth the money for the safety you get. gracias bob!
When our small trailer ever started swinging on the highway... those nuckles got REAL white! Expense is not one's main concern in such moments. LOL!
Our neighbor lost their small 'Light Weight' to wind.... an awful experience.
If I don't feel safe and secure... it's just no fun.... one reason why I
preferred our Winnie Truck over the Trailer. Always trade offs. 😕
I think if I were to do it now.. with just the two of us, I'd do a Super Van and an optional tent for STUFF.
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I had a terrifying experience bringing my teardrop home, I don't even know where to get a sway bar installed. The last experience trying to get a battery replaced on a sedan I couldn't get them to even put the tire on right and they nearly killed me. I trust so few places to do anything so vital correctly. Do I just go to my local RV place and hope for the best?!
I am trying to figure out what the point of a wdh is needed for a tt like that a geo metro could tow that thing
Wow, that is one heavy duty hitch! Think I will be staying with my Husky Centerline though. My trailer is about the same length/weight as yours.
It does make a difference in high wind situations
great video...you should install a small wind deflector on top of your truck and see if it makes that much of a difference in gas consumption next !!
Thanks. That's a good idea
Air bags will help out from bottoming out.
Did you think of anti sway bar on the rear axle of the truck itself?
all you got to do is put on 4 wheels on back of the truck it will work .
Thought he was about to hook up to a 35 foot travel trailer. #OVERKILL
Man, I was watching those sway crashes videos and I have zero experience towing. What's the best way to learn towing RV vehicles?
Take it slow, especially with high winds
@@TravelingRobert Thanks, would you say that 3,000 hitch is as absolute necessity?
@@bobak5126 I'd say if you have a large unstable rig driving in windy situations and you can afford it is definitely worth it. On a smaller rig it is extra peace of mind. A regular hitch like the Husky is adequate in most situations on good driving conditions with a smaller rig.
Roberto why you talk about your new car and why you chose it
Hey Robert.. quick question from this older video, DO YOU STILL like the ProPride Hitch after using it? THanks ...
I still like it. I still have it on my old trailer. I like the one on the new Winnebago loaner too.
Sorry about passing you at 80mph. I just needed to get where I was going. Bahaha
:-)
Greate job and informative. Un caffesito ? :)
I have a conventional hitch on my F150. Sometimes the 2 5/16” ball and coupler don’t play nice together and don’t want to couple or separate. That’s when I bust out the WD-40. Does this system have an equivalent problem?
With this system you never have to deal with the ball again. It hitches up by inserting the receiver into the hitch
Robert, Now that you have used this hitch. It is worth the price? Considering this Propride or the Hensley but the cost just scares me away. Need some honest input. Thanks Martin
Is it worth the price? If you can afford it and you've experienced sway before to the point that it felt dangerous. I felt it crossing the Dames Point Bridge with high wind once, well yes it is worth it. I don't know how ProPride and Hensley compare price wise because Hensley does not disclose their prices online. I makes for a way more comfortable and care free drive even in challenging situations. Only cons: turning radius will increase a bit and it is very tricky hitching and unhitching at an angle.
Nice review Robert! I have a very similar setup. 2017 Chevy Colorado and a 2019 Apex 215rbk. I picked up a ProPride 3P hitch after a very windy trip last spring. It comes with a 60 day return policy, so I figured I would give it a try and see for myself. After the 60 days there was no way I was sending it back. I put just over 3,000 miles on the setup last summer and it makes a world of difference and a much more comfortable experience. I've switched back to my original E2 hitch twice for dealer work and putting it into storage. There is a huge difference. ProPride makes a dealer/storage bar that allows you to move it around with a regular setup, I just haven't got that yet. I also agree, that Sean has been excellent to work with.
I'm going to look into that dealer storage bar. I might be helpful also if you break down on the road and need the trailer towed somewhere.
Thank you, Jim!
That's a top notch hitch you got the Robert. Definitely overkill but better safe then sorry. Anyway to increase the ground clearance of those bars? Upgrade to LT tires will help reduce some sway.
Thanks! I will make some more upgrades, maybe for my long summer trip
In regards to the low RV clearance I was watching a video, Z4AAfiieVMs, where an axle was flipped for more clearance. It seemed pretty easy on that older trailer. This might be worth looking into for more clearance.
Thank you. I'll look into it.
How is the truck holding up? Do you feel the difference since you drove big white and this one. Nice to be back to your channel Robert, after watching a few other road warriors I find that your channel is actually a lot more adventurous and interesting. Has anyone else noticed any difference? Cheers Robert.
Thank you! Aside for too much, sometimes unreliable unnecessary technology, the new truck runs great mechanically. It is a great towing machine for the size of my trailer. Also pretty decent mileage towing, up to 13 miles per gallon. Big White was definitely overkill.
There's not much clearance.
Great educational video, Robert. These types help those just starting out. Great job.
Thanks
Does the electric jack have a manual mechanical override? I know that you had to reinstall the battery anyways, I’m just curious about the jack.
It does but I've never used it
Thanks for another great review Rober! I have been looking at this for a while and after much consideration, I think 3K is a way too much money!
It is about safety. They offer a money back guarantee and everyone that tries it loves it and will never go without one.
Jim I don’t feel unsafe with my current hitch. 3k is still too much money. I don’t even think that Robert would spend that kind of money if they didn’t send it for review.
@@RVEastCoast Thousands of people do spend that kind of money every year. It is a personal choice and everyone's risk tolerance is a factor. Some people prefer to accept more risk than others. Towing is a multi-variant system. There are a lot of factors which play into the stability of a trailer. The foundation of the system stability is the location of the pivot point.
@@SeanWoodruff Thank you for your respectful and certainly accurate response. I am assuming by the way you speak that you either work for this company or sell their products. Please allow me to clarify that I started my comment by saying that I like this product and that I have been looking at it for a long time. That does not mean my current system is not safe or that I am taking more risk because I am not willing to pay a sixth of the cost of my entire trailer on a hitch system. I think you are being unfair by cataloging me as person putting myself and my family at risk.
@@RVEastCoast Yes, I own ProPride. And, I never cataloged you. A risk is a fact anytime you do anything. We all accept degrees of risk in life. It's a fact, not a judgment. It's a fact of physics that a travel trailer pivoting on a hitch ball applies leverage to the tow vehicle. The hitch ball sits a distance behind the rear axle and creates a lever arm. A 3P hitch does not pivot at the hitch ball. The leverage is greatly reduced if not eliminated. The greater the leverage, the higher the risk of sway is involved. Again, only facts. You can accept them or not but ignoring them doesn't change them. I happen to eat more red meat than I should. I know it can impact my health but I accept the risk. And, this isn't judging you or your family.
Great video Robert . Would like to see you hook the trailer up at a rv camp site . I have watched other clips and it seemed very problematic. Thanks .
I've done it many times. It is very challenging if you are at an angle but as long as you're straight once you get the hang of it it is very easy and clean.
We have Hensley. You can buy reconditioned and then they buy back from you when done. Pro pride and Hensley are almost same. Works great no sway. They worth every penny. 50k miles on my Hensley but heavy.
Hensley is version one of this design. I ran the company for 10 years before starting ProPride. We've improved the design considerably by addressing the weak points in the Arrow. That said, if the ProPride didn't exist, I'd definitely tow with an Arrow.
I am not trying to criticize Pro pride in anyway. First and foremost you can't put a dollar on safety. We drove across Texas with a regular weight distribution hitches with two sway bars and I was all over the road. We were going to quit camping until I was told about the Hensley hitch. If I could encourage anyone to be there by a Hensley or Pro Pride I would. Safety is more important than anything and we have had no issues with Crosswinds for semis passing hope this help somebody
Can you flip your axle brackets to gain more clearance? Thanks for the review!!!
I'll look into that... no idea
Hi. What country are you from???????
Did u say grease your ball, never did that.
He said grease his Balls not ball. because two of them was on the hitch.
You always need to grease the hitch ball.
@@joansrvadventures6112 Yes and do not use car grease, it is a mess when you get it on you.Robert used the right grease. Vaseline.
Fiera, me encanta su canal. Keep up your great channel.
Love the videos , I purchased my propride hitch today and I cant wait to get it installed and do my first trip
Congratulations. Hope you like it. It is day and night when it comes to peace of mind on the road
Great vlog on your new hitch!