WDH for 2500 Truck necessary?
I am new here and have decided on a Ram as the upgrade from my GMC Envoy. I currently tow a camper that weights about 5000lbs fully loaded. Hitch weight is about 450-500lbs. I currently have a weigh...
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OP - I have a similar setup to you. See my signature below. I had a tough time setting up my WD hitch because the tongue weight of my trailer didn’t really have any effect on my truck. Below is my post with weights. This weekend I am going to tweek it to get the front end back to stock weight. John was a big help with this, I thought I was supposed to only add back 50% of the weight removed; this amounts to basically nothing. I will make the adjustments and probably update my post to let people know how it goes.
Here is my post:
I setup my hitch for my new truck yesterday. It is a 2013 GMC 3500hd diesel.
Truck weights
Front axle: 4,620
Rear axle: 3,300
Total truck: 7,920
Trailer weights
Tongue: 820
Axle: 5,100
Truck and trailer no WD
Front axle: 4,356
Rear axle: 4,180
Total truck: 8,580
Truck and trailer with WD
Front axle: 4,450
Rear axle: 4,070
Total truck: 8,470
I am using 7 links when I am hooked up.
I had a hard time getting it dialed in. The truck barely knew it was there so any adjustment had to be so minor. Plus, GM says only add back 50 percent of the weight removed from the front axle, making each adjust even more delicate.
Here is my post:
I setup my hitch for my new truck yesterday. It is a 2013 GMC 3500hd diesel.
Truck weights
Front axle: 4,620
Rear axle: 3,300
Total truck: 7,920
Trailer weights
Tongue: 820
Axle: 5,100
Truck and trailer no WD
Front axle: 4,356
Rear axle: 4,180
Total truck: 8,580
Truck and trailer with WD
Front axle: 4,450
Rear axle: 4,070
Total truck: 8,470
I am using 7 links when I am hooked up.
I had a hard time getting it dialed in. The truck barely knew it was there so any adjustment had to be so minor. Plus, GM says only add back 50 percent of the weight removed from the front axle, making each adjust even more delicate.
