Best Weight Distribution Hitch
Hey there! I hope I'm in the right place. After twelve long years I finally purchased another travel trailer. I bought a 2019 Forest River Grey Wolf 23MK, and will be towing it with a 2003 Ford F15...
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I'd say your own towing experience has tons more influence than a bunch of goofs on the internet will have!
The actual Equal-I-Zer brand of hitch has been around forever... I was a kid when we traveled with a family friend that had a TT that used that kind of hitch.. The "rig" was a 1965 Imperial 4 door "boat" and towing a 1965 Aristocrat "Low-Liner" 24 or 26 foot TT back in the day.. (we were in a tent)
Had the same square bars resting on L shaped brackets on the trailer tongue and using that to distribute the weight and also provide some friction for some form of 'sway' control.
We also used the basic "bar and chain" type of WD (Eaz-Lift) brand once our family got into the TT scene and that worked on a totally different TV/trailer setup.. (1971 F250 and a 26' TT, it was a new truck back then)
The Hensley's, Pro-Prides and the rest are all fine and dandy too...
I'd say that you just gotta use whatever works best for you with the combo you have and go from there...
Setup can have a lot to do with a basic WD setup...
Set it up wrong, and it won't work. No matter what the kind of hitch it is.
Set it up correct (for your combo) and it might be just fine...
If you need to tow a 30' Airstream with a front wheel drive mini van, that Hensley will probably be your "best" choice.. :)
What was that video of that outfit that would setup your front wheel drive vehicle to tow some huge ass trailer and claim no 'sway"?? Can-AM or something like that?? :)
Good luck! Mitch
The actual Equal-I-Zer brand of hitch has been around forever... I was a kid when we traveled with a family friend that had a TT that used that kind of hitch.. The "rig" was a 1965 Imperial 4 door "boat" and towing a 1965 Aristocrat "Low-Liner" 24 or 26 foot TT back in the day.. (we were in a tent)
Had the same square bars resting on L shaped brackets on the trailer tongue and using that to distribute the weight and also provide some friction for some form of 'sway' control.
We also used the basic "bar and chain" type of WD (Eaz-Lift) brand once our family got into the TT scene and that worked on a totally different TV/trailer setup.. (1971 F250 and a 26' TT, it was a new truck back then)
The Hensley's, Pro-Prides and the rest are all fine and dandy too...
I'd say that you just gotta use whatever works best for you with the combo you have and go from there...
Setup can have a lot to do with a basic WD setup...
Set it up wrong, and it won't work. No matter what the kind of hitch it is.
Set it up correct (for your combo) and it might be just fine...
If you need to tow a 30' Airstream with a front wheel drive mini van, that Hensley will probably be your "best" choice.. :)
What was that video of that outfit that would setup your front wheel drive vehicle to tow some huge ass trailer and claim no 'sway"?? Can-AM or something like that?? :)
Good luck! Mitch
