Dealer gave me wrong equal-I-zer size?
So I picked up a 2015 Jayco X23b hybrid today and the dealer installed the equalizer with the 600/6000 head/bars. Loaded trailer weight is 5000 max. I’ve read online people exceeding 600lbs on the to...
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SoundGuy wrote:dodge guy wrote:
Must be a different quoted weight, because the majority of us have said the 600/6000 hitch will work just fine!
OK, I detailed "why" way back on Page 1 but once again ......... :R
The OP's 2015 Jayco X23B is rated for a maximum CCC of just 1045 lbs before anything including a battery or any water or any cargo of any kind is added to the trailer. :( With so little CCC to work with that by definition means his biggest challenge will be keeping his trailer's GVW, loaded & ready to camp, within it's GVWR of just 4950 lbs. Ideally he'd want to be running gross tongue weight in the 13% to 14% range or ~ 640 lbs to ~ 690 lbs, either of which are beyond the rated limits of his Equal-i-zer's 600 lb spring bars which are designed for gross tongue weights up to 600 lbs. Whether you or I or anyone else agrees Progress Mfg has chosen the next heavier size to be 1000 lb spring bars and that's what the OP should be using with his Jayco X23B. It doesn't need to take 7 pages of discussion for anyone to figure this out. :R
At the most he will have 625lbs of TW that’s at 12.5%. There is no need to load a trailer so it has 14% TW. So with 12% TW at 5000lbs would put him at just a bit over 600lbs. No need for a 1000lb hitch.
