Lightweight LE hitch

camp-n-family wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
For a 6-800lb tongue weight, just lose the wdh if it's too heavy to pick up.
I wouldn't think twice about putting that much on the back of any decent half ton with a little suspension help.
Seems plausible. My snowmachine trailer has that much tongue weight and I tow it over mtns thru snowstorms. Never considered a wdh for it. It's basically a 32' long camper.

That's terrible advice. Most 1/2 ton trucks only have Class 3 hitches which are only rated for 5-600lbs max tongue weight without a WD hitch. Suspension help doesn't replace weight removed from the front steer axle.

Your snowmobile trailer may have similar tongue weights but your sig shows you have a 3/4 ton truck? Much different towing than a 1/2 ton and a higher class 4 rated hitch would be standard.

That's just one of my trucks, and most of the time it pulls that trailer, but I've drug it and a lot of other trailers as heavy or heavier around with half tons for thousands of miles. Probably tens of thousands. Never gonna get the front end of a half ton truck light with well under 1000lbs on the hitch.
Does a big bad 3/4 or one ton pull it easier and better in most all respects? Yup
Is it necessary? Nope

Plus it's pretty easy to slap some cheap suspension aides on the truck and give it a try. If you don't like it, you're not out much. And I can't see having a half ton without some suspension help period. But I use trucks like trucks.
Still seems like a viable solution to me if ya can't lift the wdh up. Note it's not the only solution.