Newbie looking for help with WD+Sway Control
Hello all, I am a total newbie in the world of towing having just bought a Tow Vehicle and a Travel Trailer and I am looking for some help with an appropriate hitch/sway control setup. My Tow Ve...
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Having been burned on the hitch rating before, my 2 cents:
I would not buy your hitch until you have weighed your TT and have an actual tongue weight to go by. You can make all the educated guesses you want and buy something only to end up in a pickle because the tongue weight is much higher than expected. I ordered an 800 lb Reese DC setup because the factory dry wt. was just over 500 lbs on our TT. Thought it would be plenty. Installed the WDH but could not get enough weight transferred to the steer axle. Went to a scale and found that the tongue weight was nearly double and almost at 15%. Bought new 1200 lb bars and that fixed that.
You may also find your receiver is under-rated for a TT of that weight. Best to go to a scale and get all your weights. Your receiver might be rated max. 1250/12,500 lbs with a WDH. Your tongue weight could potentially be over 1200 lbs.
We now have a pair of 800 lb Reese trunnion bars for sale... :(
I chose the Reese DC WDH because of it's self-centering action and I really like how it performs. And yes, there are some tricks to setting up the DC, but once done, it's great. The other hitch being purely friction sway control will have a different feel and action.
I would not buy your hitch until you have weighed your TT and have an actual tongue weight to go by. You can make all the educated guesses you want and buy something only to end up in a pickle because the tongue weight is much higher than expected. I ordered an 800 lb Reese DC setup because the factory dry wt. was just over 500 lbs on our TT. Thought it would be plenty. Installed the WDH but could not get enough weight transferred to the steer axle. Went to a scale and found that the tongue weight was nearly double and almost at 15%. Bought new 1200 lb bars and that fixed that.
You may also find your receiver is under-rated for a TT of that weight. Best to go to a scale and get all your weights. Your receiver might be rated max. 1250/12,500 lbs with a WDH. Your tongue weight could potentially be over 1200 lbs.
We now have a pair of 800 lb Reese trunnion bars for sale... :(
I chose the Reese DC WDH because of it's self-centering action and I really like how it performs. And yes, there are some tricks to setting up the DC, but once done, it's great. The other hitch being purely friction sway control will have a different feel and action.
