Help with hitch and ball setup

Campsask wrote:
I'm going to borrow my neighbors eguilizer e2 hitch to get the trailer home. It wont have the bars just the receiver and ball. then I will go and buy either the e2 or the e4. Will this work?

I also looked and the max weight is 5000 for my hitch on my truck

The term "receiver", refers to the 2 X 2" or 2.5 X 2.5" tube that you slide the WD hitch or draw bar into. What you're talking about borrowing, is the drawbar and hitch head portion of an E2 WD hitch. The bars add the weight distribution function.

Towing that trailer without weight distribution, is probably not the best idea. Be aware of possible hazzards and be very careful, if you do so.

When you hang the tongue weight on the back of your truck. The truck is like a see-saw. The rear axle gains a lot of weight, and the front axle looses weight. Too much lost weight on front axle, can cause steering issues, and makes the towing combination less stable. Subconscious hand movement (could be cause by simply breathing), can cause the tow vehicle to wiggle. That in turn induces trailer sway. Passing big rigs could cause some tail wagging the dog issues.

Does that trailer have the tongue weight needed, to do that to your truck? Maybe, maybe not. Without WDH, it will have some impact.

The hitch receiver, part of the tow package on your truck, has two ratings. One, is most likely 500 (dead tongue weight) lbs / 5000 (trailer weight) lbs without WDH, and a higher rating, with WDH.

(Link to Ford towing guide where it shows that 500/5000 lb rating.

If the trailer is close to, or over 5000 lbs, it most likely has more than 500 lbs of tongue weight.

Be safe.