SECURING YOUR TRAILER TO YOUR VEHICLE
It is extremely important to secure your
Tuff Stuff®
XTREME
Trailer
to your vehicle hitch correctly. If
you do not do this your trailer could disconnect and cause an accident and/or severe injury and
potential death.
Your
h
itch connector comes in
two (
2
)
Parts. Part 1 is the C-Shaped
b
racket that the trailer
h
itch
a
rm
slides into. The trailer hitch arm is the part that has the RED silicone block. There is a PIN (A) that fits
through the
h
itch C
b
racket and springs down to be secured by the CLIP (provided)
.
A - Secure the
h
itch to the towing vehicle. make sure that the weight of trailer matches the capacity of
the towing vehicle. You cannot tow these trailers with small vehicles.
B-
Attach the
c
hains provided to the Vehicle.
C-
Secure the 7 Pin plug to the vehicles
t
ow
p
lug. Test the
b
rake,
turn signal
,
stop
lights to make sure
they are working on the trailer.
D-
Make sure the
expedition
t
railer's brake is released
Pull of
f
slowly and safely
making
sure that the
expedition
t
railer rolls freely.
Constantly
check
tow hitch connection especially when you are off-road
as
the
bottom BOLT (C) may loosen with contin
o
us stress. When towing on the
road make sure
you have checked th
e
nut to make sure it is secure and tight.
NOTE:
I
f the pin (A) is hard to push in and secure you can use a
rubber
mallet
to hit gently so that it pushes through the
s
ilicon.