WDH needed for towing?

Add..IMHO...that most things (not just towing a RV) that are designed/engineered are NOT for the good days out there...but...for the moment Mr Murphy crosses your path (not just the other guy)...

At that moment, either you have the right stuff & adjusted properly...or NOT spot on. No time to go back to the store for the proper stuff, nor time to re-adjust...

Lost to most designers & engineers (seemingly to me) is their initial training with some of these basis philosophies:

1. If they can mis-use it, they will
2. Design/engineer it for the Idiot and Gorilla
3. At some point you have to stop making it fool proof...then cover your design with CYA specifications and fine print

BarneyS wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
Snip... In fact 99% of the wdhs are hooked to RVs and the majority of trailers towed on the road do not use wdhs. It's sort of a rv industry thing.
Snip...

I suspect that the reason for that is because almost all RV trailers are a good bit heavier than the normal trailer you see being towed around and need a wdh to be towed safely and comfortably. In fact, I'm not sure I agree with your statement that the majority of the trailers on the road do not have them. It has been my experience that, except for the smaller utility trailers, almost all the non-rv trailers I have seen DO have a WD hitch when being towed by a pickup truck.

I admit that most landscape trailers, while carrying heavy loads around town, do not use one but they are not traveling high speeds or long distances. The large enclosed utility trailers and flat bed type trailers carrying cars or farm equipment that I have observed while traveling have been using a wd hitch in most cases. Often those being towed by class A motorhomes or RV transporters will not use one however they are not the majority. This is what I have observed in over 35 years of traveling via a RV.
Barney