Reese WD Hitch failure
Hello, Today I went with my father to take delivery of his new 2014 Windjammer 2618W. When we arrived at his house we experienced a catastrophic failure of a Brand NEW Reese 1200/12000 Weight dist...
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gmw photos wrote:The OP has 2 threads going at the same time. In the other thread Here on the second page, the OP was looking to get his hitch ball to be perpendicular to level (or at a right angle to the ground). When I said the angle of the head means nothing, the reference was to the OP thinking it should be perpendicular.Campin LI wrote:
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Like I stated in your other post, the angle the head makes means nothing. The dealer had the right idea. The head should have been tilted toward the truck. You may have overloaded that shank.
"angle of the head means nothing".....
Huh ????
As stated above by Barney, the angle has everything to do with the amount of weight distribution provided by a given chain length.
It is possible that the OP was applying an extreme amount of weight distribution to his setup by trying to keep the ball perpendicular to the truck. Evidence of this possibility is the extreme height the tongue had to be lifted to apply WDH and the fact he is on the last link of his bar chains. He also has a fairly light tongue weight for a pickup truck to handle and he made mention that one of the front end measurements was 1" lower than unhitched height.
