Im moving about 350 miles next week. I need to drop the front of my trailer about 2 inches but have ran out of room on my drop hitch. No where near me has a WDH drop long enough. But I can get a standard 8 inch drop locally. This will make my trailer level but Im concerned about not having the WDH. Do I really need it, pulling a bumper pull 7K pound trailer with a 3/4 truck?

It depends on the receiver rating on the truck and the actual tongue weight of the camper. Receivers have 2 ratings one without a weight distribution hitch and one with.

Bheffington wrote:Im moving about 350 miles next week. I need to drop the front of my trailer about 2 inches but have ran out of room on my drop hitch. No where near me has a WDH drop long enough. But I can get a standard 8 inch drop locally. This will make my trailer level but Im concerned about not having the WDH. Do I really need it, pulling a bumper pull 7K pound trailer with a 3/4 truck?Probably. Make sure the trailer is properly loaded so that there is adequate tongue weight, but don't put anything in there that isn't needed, so as to keep the weight down. If possible, stay on smooth roads, and watch your speed. 60 MPH is likely more than enough.

Thats a good point. Ill see if I can find a scale near by. Ill also look up the ratings without the WDH. I had a little sway with the WDH and sway control, and I think it is due to the tongue of the trailer being 2 inches high. Ill get it weighed before I head out, and move stuff around to make it right. Thanks for the insight.

You'll probably be over the weight rating of the hitch, since you will have around 700 lbs minimum tongue weight. Of the choices, I would go over the weight rating rather than try to tow a trailer with too light a tongue weight.Brian

What will probably be more important for this trip is sway control.

Towing without a W/D, 7K trailer, Ram CTD 3/4 ton

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VintageRacer
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Sep 03, 2013
You'll probably be over the weight rating of the hitch, since you will have around 700 lbs minimum tongue weight. Of the choices, I would go over the weight rating rather than try to tow a trailer with too light a tongue weight.

Brian
Bheffington
Explorer
Sep 03, 2013
Thats a good point. Ill see if I can find a scale near by. Ill also look up the ratings without the WDH. I had a little sway with the WDH and sway control, and I think it is due to the tongue of the trailer being 2 inches high. Ill get it weighed before I head out, and move stuff around to make it right. Thanks for the insight.
mowermech
Explorer
Sep 03, 2013
Bheffington wrote:
Im moving about 350 miles next week. I need to drop the front of my trailer about 2 inches but have ran out of room on my drop hitch. No where near me has a WDH drop long enough. But I can get a standard 8 inch drop locally. This will make my trailer level but Im concerned about not having the WDH. Do I really need it, pulling a bumper pull 7K pound trailer with a 3/4 truck?

Probably. Make sure the trailer is properly loaded so that there is adequate tongue weight, but don't put anything in there that isn't needed, so as to keep the weight down. If possible, stay on smooth roads, and watch your speed. 60 MPH is likely more than enough.
closurdo
Explorer
Sep 03, 2013
It depends on the receiver rating on the truck and the actual tongue weight of the camper. Receivers have 2 ratings one without a weight distribution hitch and one with.

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