Question about towing??
My girlfriend and I decided to upgrade from tenting to a hybrid travel trailer. I have a 2017 Silverado 1500 rated to tow just under 10000lbs conventional with a class 5 hitch and a tongue weight up t...
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Grit dog wrote:Chopper2122 wrote:
Thanks, I suppose the 600 bucks might be worth the piece of mind.
No, but it will lighten your wallet giving you approx .2lbs extra payload capacity.
The common consensus on here is that ANY TT needs a wdh.
Don’t worry about it. Dealer waiver is code for get a little more profit out of the customer.
If you feel you need one after towing (you won’t unless the trailer is reaaaly tongue light) to control sway, either figure out how to get the right tongue weight or you can buy one then.
The reason for that being the common consensus on here is the fact that for a great number of them (me included) their vehicle/hitch will not handle 700 to 1200 lbs of tongue weight without a wdh. I am within all of my ratings but my hitch is rated for 12,000 and a 500 tongue weight.
If the OP has the truck/hitch to handle the load, he will not need a wdh if the trailer is loaded correctly. I would say that several on this forum, if not most, towing a TT do not have that truck.
