16-17 inches uncoupled, yours settled a bit to 14 inches which is to be expected. You don't need to make any changes unless your trailer was way tilted when coupled up or the back end of truck was really sagging. You'll be fine.
Randy
Moth@ship
--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Arnold" <paul.f.arnold@...> wrote:
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> Recently, I read a post on this forum (it may have been one of Sandra's)that the proper ball height from pavement is 16-17 inches. I measured mine, and it was a freckle over 16 at the center of the ball.
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> My response was that I'm in good shape. After I arrived back home from the wonderful Blue Ridge Rally, and before I unhitched the T@B, I measured again. This time, with the trailer coupled to the tow vehicle, the height of the center of the ball was approximately 14 inches.
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> So my questions are:
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> (1)What should the height of the ball be from the pavement when the T@B is coupled to the tow vehicle?
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> And (2), does the two inch variation between the ball-height when coupled and when uncoupled signify that I need to do something about stiffening the shocks, or the like, in my tow vehicle (a Ford F-150, already equipped with the heavy-duty-shocks option)?
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> ~Paul
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