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Originally Posted by FlowerPower
... one of the front clamp latches won't reach high enough to clip in.
Today I moved it to another location in my yard and couldn't get the front lifted at all. One side came up higher than the other, and there was a large rubbing noise.
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As others have (kind of) stated, if the trailer is off-level side-to-side, the shells will shift a bit toward the low side, and then the high side will drag on the box as you try to move it up or down. This is probably the "large rubbing noise" you heard. In some cases, the shell may actually snag on something as it moves, making further movement impossible. As you can imagine, this usually happens when the high side is the utility-hookup side, since there are more things sticking out that can snag.
I've had this happen only a few times, but always, it seems, when I'm in a hurry to close. Rather than futzing with the jacks, I asked my wife to stand on the low side, and push the shell sideways as I closed. It really doesn't take much shell movement, or effort, to clear a snag.
Levelling front-to-back is a different issue. If the trailer is off-level front-to-back, the shells will be easier to move in one direction, and harder to move in the other. But scraping or snagging should not be a problem. Shane's "cheat" in post #3 works well - especially if you have an electric jack.
The position of the clamp latches is again different issue. Their position is adjustable.
Bill