Reese WD head clarification
Hey Guys I have a Reese weight distributing hitch with trunnion bars along with dual cam setup. It was purchased in 2010 may but wether it was made in that era is unknown. It came with 1200/12000 b...
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Steve, OK now under stand your, no squat...
Sorry, I'm only listening to the words and troubleshooting from there forward. No worries, we will get it.
Now after understanding you are are saying/trying to do, Well OK that is not yet a bad thing. We normally do not do the test you tried. The spring deflection rate on those bars might be very short in stroke. They are for sure stiff. It may only take 1.5 to 2" down of the head to create a lot of force. In fact yes I'm sure of this, I'll have to look for the squat number on mine.
This is what we where asking for the fender heights unhitch and hitched. We can then tell what is going on, or not, when you apply WD. You can see it in the numbers.
If you let the truck hold the entire dead weight of the camper, no tongue jack holding load, then the WD bar snap should be immense in pull up pressure which is why we want to jack it up. You can try this but do not attempt a full pull up with the pipe.
And if you try and do this and it snaps up easy, then there is for sure an issue as the bars are not loaded enough. Need more head tilt.
Your comment about "I had almost max head tilt already towards the trailer", I'm not seeing that in your pic. You have very little rear tilt.
This pic of yours, I'm estimating is about 5 to 8 degrees rear tilt.
Your hitch head can go all the way to 14 degrees rear tilt. See here, this is the older 3 piece head that goes to 15 deg, but your does 14. This is using the full radial slot
This is OK. There will be enough teeth left engaged to do the work.
I will measure the long shank tonight and I have a spare head to show this. Or is it at my sons house... I'll look and take a pic if I have it. Be back later.
No problem, You are working through this trying to understand and create a good stable towing setup. We commend you. You keep working this unit the end and we will keep answering. Ask away.
Sorry, I'm only listening to the words and troubleshooting from there forward. No worries, we will get it.
Steve6l wrote:
By not squat at all I meant I did not put any trailer weight onto the truck just had the ball hitched and was able to engage the snap ups with 7 links very easily. I had almost max head tilt already towards the trailer so it seemed odd.
Now after understanding you are are saying/trying to do, Well OK that is not yet a bad thing. We normally do not do the test you tried. The spring deflection rate on those bars might be very short in stroke. They are for sure stiff. It may only take 1.5 to 2" down of the head to create a lot of force. In fact yes I'm sure of this, I'll have to look for the squat number on mine.
This is what we where asking for the fender heights unhitch and hitched. We can then tell what is going on, or not, when you apply WD. You can see it in the numbers.
If you let the truck hold the entire dead weight of the camper, no tongue jack holding load, then the WD bar snap should be immense in pull up pressure which is why we want to jack it up. You can try this but do not attempt a full pull up with the pipe.
And if you try and do this and it snaps up easy, then there is for sure an issue as the bars are not loaded enough. Need more head tilt.
Your comment about "I had almost max head tilt already towards the trailer", I'm not seeing that in your pic. You have very little rear tilt.
This pic of yours, I'm estimating is about 5 to 8 degrees rear tilt.
Your hitch head can go all the way to 14 degrees rear tilt. See here, this is the older 3 piece head that goes to 15 deg, but your does 14. This is using the full radial slot
With the serrated teeth more so I was talking about the washer, can the washer every have teeth exposed to air. The washer in itself is smaller then the serrated patch on the head so the head no matter what will always have teeth exposed to the air.
This is OK. There will be enough teeth left engaged to do the work.
I will measure the long shank tonight and I have a spare head to show this. Or is it at my sons house... I'll look and take a pic if I have it. Be back later.
Sorry for so many questions
Steve
No problem, You are working through this trying to understand and create a good stable towing setup. We commend you. You keep working this unit the end and we will keep answering. Ask away.
