sizing wdh for next TT

sounds like throwing the hitch in with the TT when we sell it and starting fresh is a better option then piece mealing this together.

The Dual Cam portion of that hitch pictures will be fine but the rest of the hitch, Head, bars, shank, and maybe even the ball will most likely need replacing. The round bars simply don't come in the weight range you need. You will have to go with trunnion style hitch.
Barney

the TT we are seriously looking at is a 2014 sabre 320RETS (lots of pics, floor plan and weights here). we will be purchasing either a 2014 silverado 2500 or 3500 gasser to tow with (both have specs ok for this TT). we bought the Reese dual cam new from TT dealership in 2011. here is a very old pic from before everything was dialed in 2 TV ago but it is the only pic I currently have of the hitch.


if it helps we will probably be loading a bit heavy in that front closet adding to the tongue weight as that is the best place for our chairs, screen tent etc. to be put away.

You can call Reese and get an exact answer, which is what I did for my recent Dual Cam purchase. I just bought a new TT that has a 1300 pound empty tongue weight. All the storage is up front so I figured at least 1500 pounds of tongue weight once I loaded everything up. Reese recommended the 1,700 pound model for me, although I do have 2.5 inch receiver on my 2013 F250.

Hi Aarno,

Loaded floor plan drives where the loaded tongue weight will end up. Where you can put gear adds or subtracts from the dry tongue weight. Depending on the dry TW, how much the TW will rise is driven by the floor plan and your gear.

If you can provide a link to or the year/make and model of the new camper I can look it up and give an approxiation of where you might land. This can be closer then just going off of raw % of GVWR.

The Reese hitch, if the hitch is the more recent HP trunion bar hitch, then the DC and the hitch head is all good to 1,700# WD. You can upgrade from the 1,200# bars to 1,500 or 1,700. The hitch shank may or may not need an upgrade. In recent years Reese uprated the 2" shank to be 1,500# capable. Years back it stopped at 1,200#. If your sticker on the shank says, 1,500# in WD then your good to go to 1,500. If the sticker says 1,200#, call them to see if it is usable. I never knew the whole story on how they got the extra rating and did not appear to change much. At the time they never use to have a WD bar bigger than 1,200 so there was no need to rate it higher may be part of the reason.

If you need to go to 1,700# bars, then you will need to go to a 2 1/2" shank. And that will force a reciever change on your truck if you are still on 2".

If you do not know what vintage or type WD hitch you have, post a pic. We can tell.

Hope this helps and good luck with the new rig.

John