Torque Wrench for WD Hitch nylock nuts
Is this the right thread for this, first of all? I'm trying to install a weight distribution hitch to haul my trailer of stuff from east county San Diego California to Kansas. It's a 7' x 14' cargo...
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Grit dog wrote:
what makes you need all this hardware for a little cargo trailer? Plan on pulling it with a Hyundai or something? Any newer midsize pickemup or full size SUV, or larger should have no issue with a trailer that size unless it's loaded all wrong.
Better to err on the side of caution, IF in fact I am erring at all...
2011 Tacoma Pre-Runner V-6. It's not a "little" cargo trailer, but I'm sure relative to a 33' camper trailer it might look that way. My Tacoma is rated for 6500 max towing, and I'm using every bit of it. Let's just say it's really heavy stuff that U-Haul won't allow in any of their vehicles or storage.
Maybe some people would think it's overkill. I prefer to play it safe, especially when the lives of other people on the highways are at risk as well.
If I was just tooling around town with it, it would certainly be ok. But I'm going to be crossing six states with it, with some mean crosswinds in some places. The reviews by people who've switched to this hitch from another are enough convincing for me.
Now I've been delayed so much that snow has arrived in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
You really ought to be condemning anyone NOT using one of these than condemning me for being safe.
Oh but wait, there's more--I nearly finished setup last night and ran into a frame interference problem with the frame brackets. My trailer has a steel electrical conduit tube running along the trailer frame on both sides of the trailer on the inner side of the frame rails. This prevents the frame brackets from installing correctly. It looks like I have to modify my trailer to make this work. The only way I can see to do this is cut a section of the tubing out where the brackets need to be, and reroute the wiring--possibly snake them through the frame rail.
Husky towing products tech support is absolutely no help. They say they've never seen this before!
The trailer mfr tech support is absolutely no help. THEY say they've never seen this before! Maybe I would rethink buying this trailer if I had known this two months ago.
What a PITA this whole thing has turned out to be.
I'm also really curious how the wiring is routed on other trailers from the body of the trailer to the coupler and umbilical connector.
