Confused about weight distribution
Sorry about the newbie threads lately, but this should be the last one. My tow vehicle is a 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan. Capacity is ~3,000 lbs (3,600 minus 100 for stow-and-go seats and 500 for family a...
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wizards8507 wrote:All receivers (whether its a F350 or a VW beetle) have a rating separate from the tow rating; they are usually "with" WDH and "without" WDH. So the fact that your vehicle has one rating and your hitch has a different one is typical. Sorry for sounding like a "know-it-all". I certainly wasn't trying to "piss on you" but maybe I was over the top - my apologies. But I believe my point is valid, I don't think you should ignore the rating, whether it a tow vehicle rating or a hitch rating.troubledwaters wrote:
So the manual that was written by the Engineers that built the GC tell you what you need to use to tow with it; and you come here for what? Confirmation that you don't really need to follow the manual? Fine by me, don't use one, it's not my car.
No, that's not what I'm saying. And frankly, people like you are what keep people like me from entering the world of RV camping in the first place. Know-it-alls, usually with giant rigs and F-350s, who piss on people trying to learn from those with more experience.
Everything I'm looking to do is 100% in compliance with the manual. The only place I've seen the weight distribution equipment mentioned is on the MoPar product description of the hitch I have installed. It has nothing to do with the vehicle itself...
