Adjusting a WD hitch for the best ride

When I connect I have to raise the ball a few inches with the jack to get the WD bars on. It's not real tight but it is tight. The rear fenderwell goes down an inch and the front stays the same. The tongue weight is just over 10% at about 750pounds. Bars are rated at 1000pounds. Probably right, a rough road is just going to feel rough.

WD hitches are not adjusted to make the truck ride better or to level it. They are intended to return the front end of the truck to the original weight when hitched to your trailer.

Friction sway bars are also not intended to improve the ride of the truck. They are intended to stop or reduce trailer sway. The handle on the friction bar is tightened as far as it will go. If that doesn't help sway, the the tension is increased by the adjustment on the bottom of the bar. This is after you know the trailer is properly loaded and your tongue weight is where it should be.

To try to tweak it for any other means is defeating the purpose of the system and the effectiveness of the adjustments will be marginal at best.

Bad roads are something we can do nothing about.

There are some sections of I94, between Chicago and Detroit, that would make a washboard feel smooth as glass. So bad that, the wife used to wear a sports bra and hang onto her chest. We make that trip 2 - 3 times per year. Another bad one is, towing accross the state of Construction (I mean Minnesota). We do that one on a regular basis, also.

I used to pull a similar sized trailer, similar hitch set up, and an F250. When my old hitch got worn out, I replaced it with an Andersen hitch. They advertise taking out some of the porpoising and bouncing. I also installed Timbren SES (couldn't pass them up, they were used, on craigslist for 40.00) on the rear. I don't know that I noticed so much difference, but, DW says she has. It's not all gone, but, she has commented on a smoother ride.

Do a search for Andersen, here on the forum, you'll find some long threads. Some folks don't like them, some think they are great. It is a little soft on weight distribution, but, it meets the WD specs for my F250, and that is with a newer, heavier trailer.

Maybe, just the Timbren SES, would help your situation.
Maybe, there is some adjusting you could do with the hitch.

Have you got scale weights to see what kind of weight your hitch is distributing?

I assume it was set up for you initially or have you just installed it? If it was set up for you and you are just hooking up again, did you lift the back of the TV with the tongue jack in order to get the chains on.