At what point do I need a WD hitch?
I have a '13 Ford F150 "heavy half" I am having some issues when i tow and someone told me I should get a WD hitch. My question is, at what weight with a stock half ton do you need to think abou...
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I use one every time I tow more than 5k pounds. My truck has ~2700 pounds of payload so no amount of tongue weight really weighs it down, but it takes a lot of stress out to have more hitch than you need. I don't use sway control.
If I was towing any travel trailer at all with a half ton, I would have at bare minimum, a properly sized WD hitch and likely sway control as well.
If you trailer is swaying, it doesn't have enough tongue weight. Correct that and the sway will probably go away. A WD hitch is primarily to level truck and trailer, but it also raises the capacity of your hitch receiver (many have different WD and WC ratings) and helps keep everything level dynamically when you're going down the road. It may help you level it after you load the tongue more to reduce sway and improve control. If you have a heavy enough truck/enough payload, more tongue weight is generally better.
If I was towing any travel trailer at all with a half ton, I would have at bare minimum, a properly sized WD hitch and likely sway control as well.
If you trailer is swaying, it doesn't have enough tongue weight. Correct that and the sway will probably go away. A WD hitch is primarily to level truck and trailer, but it also raises the capacity of your hitch receiver (many have different WD and WC ratings) and helps keep everything level dynamically when you're going down the road. It may help you level it after you load the tongue more to reduce sway and improve control. If you have a heavy enough truck/enough payload, more tongue weight is generally better.
