Best 1997 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty Trailer Brake Controller Options- Video
Hey everyone, Ryan here at etrailer, today, we're gonna be checking out our best trailer brake controller options for the 1997 Ford F250 and F350 heavy-duty pickup trucks. When it comes to picking out a trailer brake controller, there's a ton of different options out there that are available, and you know, I feel like what one's gonna be best for your truck is really just going to depend on how you plan on using it. You know, for those of you that have one of these, it might just kind of be your farm truck, you pull a trailer around occasionally, your needs are gonna be different than, you know, some other people who might use it more regularly, and tow a lot of different trailers around, and things like that. And so what I did, I grabbed a handful of trailer brake controllers that are going to kind of cover all those different needs, you know, from very simple, to more complicated, if you will. These two that I laid out here are both made by Redarc. It's gonna be the Tow-Pro Elite, and this one will be the Tow-Pro Liberty. more
8/13/2024 12:29:05 PM
Best 1998 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty Suspension Enhancement Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best suspension enhancements for your 1998 Ford F-150, F-250 and F-350. Here we're going to have a leaf spring style helper spring followed by your airbag helper springs, and then over here we're going to have a jounce-style helper spring, and this is going to be our lower overload helper spring. Then finally on the end, this is going to be upper overload helper springs. Each one of our types of suspension enhancements are going to do the same thing. When we're carrying a heavy load, or hauling a heavy trailer, they're going to prevent the back end of our truck from sagging, causing more strain on the suspension as well as lifting of the front end, creating less contact for our tires and not a safe driving condition.They're all going to help prevent all those things from happening, so let's take a closer look at some of the benefits from each one. Our helper leaf springs here are not only going to give us that load leveling support, but they're also going to give us a little bit of anti-sway because of the way they're going to mount. more
7/27/2017 10:38:05 AM
Best 1997 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty Suspension Enhancement Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best suspension enhancements for your 1997 Ford F-150, F-250, and F-350. Here we're going to have a leaf spring-style helper spring, followed by our air bag helper springs. Then over here we're going to have a jounce-style helper spring. This is going to be our lower overload helper spring. Then finally on the end, this is going to be our upper overload helper springs.Now each one of our types of suspension enhancements are going to do the same thing. When we're carrying a heavy load or hauling a heavy trailer, they're going to prevent the back end of our truck from sagging, causing more strain on our suspension, as well as lifting up the front end, creating less contact for our tires and not a safe driving condition. more
7/27/2017 10:37:50 AM
Best 1998 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty Trailer Hitch Options- Video
Today we're going to be taking a look at the best heavy duty hitches available for the 1998 Ford F250 and 350 Heavy Duty. Now all of our hitches are rated for Class 5 use but you will want to keep in mind they're all going to offer the 2" by 2" receiver tube openings, so there's no need for an adapter. Now for your normal bumpers or for the standard step bumpers, for the CURT it's going to be part number C15300. The Draw-Tite will be part number 41904. The B&W will be part number BWHDRH25122. Now on some of those trucks they did have a very deep drop-style bumper. They would start narrower at the edge and get thicker as they got towards the middle. more
6/8/2017 10:22:07 AM
Best 1997 Ford F-250 and F-350 Hitch Options- Video
Today, we're going to be taking a look at the best heavy-duty hitches available for the 1997 Ford F250 and 350. Now, all of our hitches are rated for Class V use. You will want to keep in mind they're all going to offer the 2" by 2" receiver tube openings so there's no need for an adapter. Now, for your normal bumpers or for the standard step bumpers, for the Curt it's going to be part number C15300. The Draw-Tite will be part number 41904. The B&W will be part number BWHDRH25122. more
5/16/2017 9:53:48 AM
Installing the TorkLift Tie Downs on your 1997 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty- Video
Today on our 1997 Ford F250 Heavy Duty, we're going to be installing the TorkLift Custom Frame-Mounted Camper Tie-Downs for the rear of the vehicle, part number TLR3501. Here's the tie-down receiver that we're going to need to mount to our vehicle's hitch. You want to try to put it as far back on the hitch in the vehicle as possible, but yet you also have to keep in mind that you want to make sure it doesn't interfere with things. Like back here, we wouldn't able to drill our four holes, but right in this area here, on the other side we have plenty of room to drill through and not hit anything, as well as to install our hardware. We also want to make sure that the insert right here, when you put the insert into your receiver, that it will clear the body of the vehicle, which it will. We're going to go ahead and hold our piece up into position. We're going to take a paint marker and mark the four holes that we'll need to drill. Now when drilling out the holes, we will use the step drill bit method by starting smaller and then working our way up to a 7/16ths drill bit. more
12/1/2014 9:29:39 AM
How to Install: TorkLift Tie Downs on your 1997 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty- Video
Today on our 1997 Ford F-250 Heavy Duty, were going to be installing the Torklift Custom Frame Mounted Camper Tie Downs for the front of the bed, part number TLF2000. Now were going to begin here on the passenger side of the vehicle. This right here is what the passenger side receiver bracket looks like. You want to make sure that your bracket looks like this, because there is a difference between the driver and passenger side. Now well go underneath the bed of the vehicle here. This is the front bed crossmember. more
10/31/2014 10:59:34 AM
Today on our 1997 Ford F250, we're going to be installing the Tekonsha prodigy P2 brake controller, part# 90885. In conjunction with our brake controller, we'll be installing a draw tight wiring kit for electric brake controllers, part# 5505. Now we're going to start here by trimming off some of the protective casing that is on our duplex wire. We need to expose enough wire of the white and the black. We'll then go ahead and take our wire strippers, strip back a little bit of wire in each. Now that we have our duplex wire ready, let's go ahead an show you what we'll be connecting to. Now you can see here on this vehicle, there is already a 7-way kit installed, so we already have our blue wire and our black wire coming off the backside. So our blue wire will run up for our brake control signal, and this black wire here is for a 12-volt hot that is part of the 7-way. more
6/20/2014 4:25:19 AM
Mount: B and W Heavy-Duty Trailer Hitch Receiver on a 1997 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty- Video
Today on our 1997 Ford F-350, we'll be installing the B and W Heavy Duty Trailer Hitch Receiver. Part #BWHDRH25198. Here's what our hitch looks like installed on our vehicle. We'll go ahead and give you a couple measurements in helping you choose some accessories for your hitch. Such as a ball mount, a bicycle rack or a cargo carrier. From the top of the opening of the receiver to the ground is approximately 21 inches from the center of the hitch pin hole, to the outermost edge of the bumper on this vehicle is approximately 11 inches. Note that this vehicle does have an aftermarket style bumper installed. Let's go ahead and install our hitch. Let's first begin by pointing out our attachment points. There's a total of six locations that will mount the hitch to the frame of the vehicle. more
5/20/2014 11:23:34 AM
Installing the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver on your 1997 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty- Video
Today, on our 1997 Ford F250, we'll be installing our Curt two inch Receiver Hitch part number C15300. This is what our hitch will look like once installed. From the center of the hitch pin hole to the outermost edge of the bumper is four and a quarter inches. From the top of the receiver tube opening to the ground is 18 inches. This will assist you in selecting accessories such as a ball mount, bike rack, or cargo carrier. We'll go ahead with installation. To begin our install we'll first go ahead and point out the attachment points. more
10/23/2013 11:57:12 AM
DIY 1997 Ford F-250 and F-350 Heavy Duty Installation for the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver- Video
Today on this 1997 Ford F-250 Heavy Duty we're going to be installing Curt Hitch part number 14001. We're going to go ahead and give you a couple of final install dimensions which are going to help make choosing your hitch accessories a little easier. From the top of the tube opening to the ground is going to measure 19 inches, and from the center of the pin hole, clear to the rear edge of the bumper is going to measure approximately 4 inches. Alright now we'll move on to our installation. Okay we're up underneath the vehicle now and the first thing we've done is go ahead and lower the spare tire out of the way. This particular vehicle does not have any existing holes on the frame for us to use for the hitch, so what we're going to have to do is take the hitch, clamp it to the frame, and use the hitch as a template to drill all our holes out. more
10/20/2011 6:58:16 AM
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