WDH with F350 and 8000lb trailer
Ok so I have and use a Weight distribution hitch. Figured it's the safe thing to do and I already owned one. I have always had truck campers but first time towing large trailers (trailer in sig). My...
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We both have almost the same truck, right down to the two tone paint... You just have some more low end rev'ing torque then I do but what is a few foot pounds between camping buds:B
My F350 for sure rides a lot smoother with the WD hooked up. Granted I do not have the diesel holding down the front end, but I use the WD all the time on camper and my flat deck equipment trailer.
In my case I had to upgrade the stock F350 receiver to get more tongue weight rating. In my case the upgraded receiver can carry the TT hitch dead weight, just I really do not choose to run it that way. Again, the handling is so much better with the WD hooked up and adjusted properly.
Do you know how heavy your loaded TW is? By a scale, not a brochure.
In my case I found between the bed weight of camping stuff...~ 500# and the weight of the camper TW, I adjusted the WD to leave the front end approx 100# lighter then unhitched weight. This allowed the top rear overload spring to just kiss the frame hanger. I found when that action occurred, the left to right stability of the truck greatly increased. This stability action of the helper springs is almost like a rear stabilizer bar. When I ran WD to return the front end to unhitched weight, the back end of the truck was so high up in the suspension that the heavy TW trailer moved the truck a lot more than I wanted. That simple adjustment made a global shift in stability on this Ford suspension.
Hope this helps and happy camping
John
My F350 for sure rides a lot smoother with the WD hooked up. Granted I do not have the diesel holding down the front end, but I use the WD all the time on camper and my flat deck equipment trailer.
In my case I had to upgrade the stock F350 receiver to get more tongue weight rating. In my case the upgraded receiver can carry the TT hitch dead weight, just I really do not choose to run it that way. Again, the handling is so much better with the WD hooked up and adjusted properly.
Do you know how heavy your loaded TW is? By a scale, not a brochure.
In my case I found between the bed weight of camping stuff...~ 500# and the weight of the camper TW, I adjusted the WD to leave the front end approx 100# lighter then unhitched weight. This allowed the top rear overload spring to just kiss the frame hanger. I found when that action occurred, the left to right stability of the truck greatly increased. This stability action of the helper springs is almost like a rear stabilizer bar. When I ran WD to return the front end to unhitched weight, the back end of the truck was so high up in the suspension that the heavy TW trailer moved the truck a lot more than I wanted. That simple adjustment made a global shift in stability on this Ford suspension.
Hope this helps and happy camping
John
