Any reason I'd need weight distribution?
Another noob here to the world of hauling a TT. I've got a Shadow Cruiser 185fbs that I'm hauling with a Dodge Ram. The Shadow Cruiser is ultralight, 2600 lbs with a 300lb tongue weight. When I hoo...
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Wow, boy did this thread go way off the trail chasing bunnies.
The OP Has a Ram truck (exact model unknown) and is asking about a 20ft (or a bit less) trailer which weighs in around 3K with tongue weight of 300 lbs.
Some how things have gotten twisted...
Putting WD for the sake of "having it" is just wasting money and time.
I would doubt that the OP will put more than 500 lbs on the tongue.
With that light of a tongue load WD CAN make the setup unstable by removing too much weight from the rear axle (think lost traction).
Even a half ton truck is capable of carrying 500 lbs on the hitch without any need for WD. It is a truck, it is designed to have 1K lbs or more in the bed alone, if it can't support that weight then you shouldn't put a feather into the back of a truck without WD...
The OP Has a Ram truck (exact model unknown) and is asking about a 20ft (or a bit less) trailer which weighs in around 3K with tongue weight of 300 lbs.
Some how things have gotten twisted...
Putting WD for the sake of "having it" is just wasting money and time.
I would doubt that the OP will put more than 500 lbs on the tongue.
With that light of a tongue load WD CAN make the setup unstable by removing too much weight from the rear axle (think lost traction).
Even a half ton truck is capable of carrying 500 lbs on the hitch without any need for WD. It is a truck, it is designed to have 1K lbs or more in the bed alone, if it can't support that weight then you shouldn't put a feather into the back of a truck without WD...
