Hook Up Trailer & Perform Safety Checks

so let's get started now the first thing we're going to do is hook up to the trailer everything we do is preferably a two-man operation and the reason that is safety checks uh just one guy double checks the work of another guy now you're gonna have a choice of hitch types or you may not have a choice of hitch types but there's two different distinct kind of hitches that you're gonna see this one is a pintle hitch we always prefer pintle hitches because of one simple fast reason visual inspection it's easier to see exactly if your hitch is hooked up connected and solid when you've got a wide open area to take a look at it okay so i've got the jack raised up as high as i can get it but i still have one more pin left so let's get that brought all the way up [Music] i always double check this is an important part of what i stress to my guys is double checking with the pencil i put it all the way down now we need to secure the kataki to it pin you call it what you want but this hitch is not done until that pin is through it and i've double checked it now here's your other hitch option we don't use these but if you do make sure that you pin underneath there latches properly problem why we don't use these is because you can't you can't see it and i like to be able to walk by a trailer and look down at any moment and go pin latched good but we're not ready yet there's still two other things that you've got to connect you've still got to get your safety brakes and your lights hooked up to your trailer and bird nest your chains now bird nesting your chains may not be appropriate in all different areas so make sure that you know whether you br you can bird nest or not bird dust this is the electrical safety brake right here okay i just pulled it i'm gonna run it through that brakes are activated right now so now what i've done is i've looped it through in an ideal world i'm going to keep the safety chain up and out of the way as you just run that through you can also run your power cord through if you've got a big enough pin there to allow it to support and that'll keep everything out of the way so we've got our chains hooked up the normal way now i'm going to bird nest them which basically is just crossing them over and they it acts as a catch in case your trailer does come disconnected the hitch can fall down between the chains and get caught in between them before it falls onto the road