mkirsch wrote:
73guna, what's your point? You trying to "catch" me?
Well okay, you got me. I don't have a Blue Ox. I also don't have the OP's problem. I'm trying to help.
The principles are the same no matter what WD hitch you have. You get more weight distribution action in one of two ways:
A. By tilting the hitch head to angle the bars toward the ground.
B. By using heavier bars.
I suspect that the OP's setup has the hitch head angled quite steeply, hence the need to jack the truck and trailer so high. He's sized his weight bars by the ADVERTISED tongue weight of the trailer, not the actual weight, so you can't ASSUME that he has the right weight bars for the application here.
Regardless, using the next size heavier weight bars, and readjusting the hitch head angle to be less severe will reduce the amount of jacking necessary, and fix the problem.
Just a simple question, not trying to start something as these forums can get off track in a hurry. I dont want that to happen.
I have issues with my BO also, so Im trying to figure things out and help also.
Respectfully, here is my take on heavier bars to combat jacking the trailer so high.
The BO has a fixed hitch head angle, that is fixed, you cant change it.
Changing to heavier bars (in my opinion) will make it more difficult to turn the latches because you have a bar that is stiffer then the lower rated bars making it harder to achieve that flex and turn the latches.
The design of the BO is one that requires the bars to bend/flex to achieve proper sway control and weight distribution.
I think I get what your saying, heavier bars will not require as much tension as lighter bars, you will have a steeper bar angle using less chains links and therefore easier to turn the latches.? Correct?
It seems as if both of us are going on theory and no proof as if this would work or not.
At the end of the day no one will know until its tested.
Im not one who likes to throw parts at things to fix them because money dont grow on trees for me.
Maybe someday, someone will try heavier bars and we will see the results.
Ive called BO and got no where, as have others.
If the designer wont offer help then I guess its up to the rv owners to figure things out and nothing will get resolved arguing over it.
