rctoyguy wrote:
Now I'm wondering if I need to hook up the bars anyway, with very little tension. I looked over the install instructions for this hitch again, and it says:
Rating when used as a weight distributing hitch with spring bars:
tongue weight 1000
max gross trailer weight 10,000
Rating when used as a weight carrying hitch without spring bars:
tongue weight 500 (I'm over that)
max gross trailer weight 5,000 (I'm over that too)
Hoped I could get away without hooking up the bars, but maybe I can't.
If your trailer's tongue weight is overloading your truck's receiver hitch when not using the weight distributing hitch, then you need to do one of 2 things.
Either use the weight distributing hitch, or upgrade the truck's receiver hitch with a stronger aftermarket one with enough weight carrying tongue weight rating to carry the trailer's hitch weight, without using weight distribution.
