I just went through this myself. Last year I got my first TT, a Coleman 274BH. TW scaled out at 720#. I have a Husky Round Bar hitch with 800# bars that was used for my horse trailer. I had a 2014 F150 and it pulled the trailer perfectly, no bounce, no sway, no abnormal handling.
Last January my F150 got totaled due to another driver losing control and sliding into my lane in an icy road. I replaced it with a 2016 F150. Since I had snow tires on the previous truck I still have the wheels and tires from it and use those on the 16. So with that said, everything is the same except the truck, and no matter what I tried, I could not get the truck to handle the same as the last one.
Turns out the trailer gained a few hundred pounds, and TW grew to 820#, exceeding the 800# bars. I am replacing the WDH with a Blue Ox 1500. You also have to factor in the weight of the hitch itself, and any cargo behind the rear axle when determining the hitch. Since I am already at 820#, and if the hitch weighs in at 100, I am now at 920#. I plan to mount the genny to the A frame next year, which will put me over 1000 pounds, exceeding the BO 1000 WDH.
