Haul Master Hitch

It really depends on your vehicle rear axle and spring capacity. If your have reserve and your truck is sprung heavy, you may find it rides better with more weight over of behind the truck axle. If you are getting sag, you should try to locate the heavier items farther forward in the truck.

Some trailers will track well with only 5 percent tongue weight, but most need 10-15 to be stable. I generally try to pack the heaviest items in a trailer over the axles or just slightly forward if I have stability problems. My enclosed trailer holds five 60 lb batteries in a PowerArmor battery box on the tongue. this gives me over 20 percent tongue weight when empty and I can load the trailer tail heavy without concerns as long as I try to keep left and right weights evened out.

This helps a lot. I have much more homework to do. Thanks again guys. Mark.

Hi.. I changed tires and the only other change I had to make was to take a washer out of hitch. Truck is about 1/8 up in front and 1 1/4 down in rear. Trailer is 1 1/4 lower in nose. I tried several different set ups and this works very well. I'm close enough now so a washer in or out makes a difference. Thanks for the help.

After it breaks, then you can buy a Reese.

I buy stuff from Harbor Freight a lot. But something like that I wouldn’t. Spend the money on something good!

dodge guy wrote:
After it breaks, then you can buy a Reese.

I buy stuff from Harbor Freight a lot. But something like that I wouldn’t. Spend the money on something good!

LOL.. I had to get something like this because I started with nothing. I cant believe how much I have spent getting basic stuff.:) Are you saying the bars can snap or is my TT going to pass me?

dodge guy wrote:
After it breaks, then you can buy a Reese.

I buy stuff from Harbor Freight a lot. But something like that I wouldn’t. Spend the money on something good!

My Harbor Freight special gets about 7500 miles per year towing 8000 lbs since 2012 without any issues. I sense some bias that does not reflect my experience. My previous roundbar Reese lasted just over 7 years towing 11,500 lbs for 10,000 miles per year before egging out the hitch head spring bar sockets.

Well. I agree some HF stuff is junk like anything else. The hitch Is not to bad for the money. After some time in parking lots adjusting and testing the hitch made a big difference. I raced cars for years and don't think your going to feel the difference in a more costly bar hitch. Will it last as long,,maybe not. After I finished adjustments on the WDH I went home and installed a HF Sway Control kit.. The bolts that came with it were junk so I wielded it on. We had some strong cross winds that day and I tested it out on the same RD and a spot that was bad with and without . It took care of about 50%. Don't no if this is something all you guys half to live with.

It’s a gamble on anything you buy from HF. I bought a ball joint press and on he second BJ the arbor snapped. The metal actually just tore! I returned it and they replaced it free, but that’s hard to do on the side of the road. And even harder when there is potential damage to the trailer. I’ll buy a few tools from them, or small things that I’ll use once a year. But not something like a hitch that is a safety device.