Should I use my Equal-i-zer?
Bit of a long story, so bear with me.
We just sold our old camper, but have had no luck selling our 600/6,000 lbs. Equal-i-zer brand WD hitch.
New trailer is 32' foot 750 lb. tongue weight 6500 lb. empty. We moved all the stuff from the old camper to the new one and it is nearly exactly 700 lbs of stuff. We will be <8,000 lbs. rolling down the road with the new camper.
Truck is a 2018 F-250 crew 4x4 6.2 V8. Hitch rating is 1,500/15,000 no WD hitch required. Payload sticker allows for nearly 3,000 lbs.
My question is should I set up the 6,000 lb. hitch to tow with the new truck? In my evaluation, I contacted Progress manufacturing, and asked them about my setup. They advised my drop shank is the same between the 6,000 model all the way up to the 14,000 unit. The limitation seems to be the WD bars and sockets on the hitch head. I won't be distributing much weight with the bars because the truck doesn't squat much with the hitch weight. I'm mostly interested in the sway mitigation in the event I ever experience big wind or evasive maneuvering for some reason.
Obviously Progress MFG. couldn't advise I go over the limit of the hitch, but did confirm the bars/sockets are the limiting factor and that my shank, L brackets, etc. are the same across the models. So using the hitch to transfer less weight of the hitch I'm thinking will permit me to use the hitch with my new set up.
anyway, lets see what everyone thinks.
We just sold our old camper, but have had no luck selling our 600/6,000 lbs. Equal-i-zer brand WD hitch.
New trailer is 32' foot 750 lb. tongue weight 6500 lb. empty. We moved all the stuff from the old camper to the new one and it is nearly exactly 700 lbs of stuff. We will be <8,000 lbs. rolling down the road with the new camper.
Truck is a 2018 F-250 crew 4x4 6.2 V8. Hitch rating is 1,500/15,000 no WD hitch required. Payload sticker allows for nearly 3,000 lbs.
My question is should I set up the 6,000 lb. hitch to tow with the new truck? In my evaluation, I contacted Progress manufacturing, and asked them about my setup. They advised my drop shank is the same between the 6,000 model all the way up to the 14,000 unit. The limitation seems to be the WD bars and sockets on the hitch head. I won't be distributing much weight with the bars because the truck doesn't squat much with the hitch weight. I'm mostly interested in the sway mitigation in the event I ever experience big wind or evasive maneuvering for some reason.
Obviously Progress MFG. couldn't advise I go over the limit of the hitch, but did confirm the bars/sockets are the limiting factor and that my shank, L brackets, etc. are the same across the models. So using the hitch to transfer less weight of the hitch I'm thinking will permit me to use the hitch with my new set up.
anyway, lets see what everyone thinks.
