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Terry78's avatar
Terry78
Explorer
Jan 26, 2019

too massive?!?

Yo! Too heavy duty. That is the question. You see I needed w
Weight Distribution hitch. I have 2 sets of bars but nothing to
Connect them to. Soooo I went to Amazon. Looking at all the pretty
Hitches. Big ones small ones. Light duty to heavy duty. I put my tounge jack on a bathroom scale. Needle went around 4 or 5 times.
Kidding about the scale part. But I have no way of knowing what
My tounge weight is
My bigger set of bars are probably around 750 lbs. But i found a hitch on Amazon for $179.00 free shipping! I bought the biggest heaviest
Beast of a hitch I've ever seen. Rated for 1.200 lbs toung weight.
I'll probably never pull a trailer that weighs 16,000 pounds!
My question is how to set up a hitch like this? It has tilt and all.
Is there any difference between this hitch and a 750lb hitch?
  • wanderingaimles's avatar
    wanderingaimles
    Explorer
    Jan 26, 2019
    How can you know the size bars needed if the trailer is old and weight information is not available from the manufacturer and you have not physically weighed the entire rig?

    You could try to guess by looking at information for something similar, but then,,, you are still guessing.

    Find a scale
    Weigh your tow vehicle alone.
    weigh your tow vehicle only with trailer connected but off the scale.
    weigh the entire rig.

    Then you can decide on the size bars you want. Until you have some basic info to work with, be it from a manufacturer or a scale, you are only guessing.

    Edit add;
    Maybe this will help with what you are asking.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anhi8lo4Od0

    But you still need to know the weights to choose the appropriate size bars.

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