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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Dirtpig wrote:JBarca wrote:
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
Do you know how heavy your loaded TW is? By a scale, not a brochure
I scaled the trailer the other day. Weight on axles was 6916lbs. Weight on tongue jack was 958lbs so total weight was 7874lbs. This was loaded up ready to camp and full of water (50gal). Both 30lb propane bottles full on tongue along with 2 Trojan 6v batts.
My hitch receiver says max hitch weight 500lbs or 1250lbs with Wd.
I'll definately just keep on using my WD hitch everything handles great.
Great!!! Now you know the real weights. I did find the Ford receiver that came with my 2005 did work well as far as transferring weight when I was at a 1,200# tongue weight. The only reason I changed was the 1,250# WD rating. My current TT, has a 1,600# tongue weight when all loaded.
Happy camping with your new camper.
John
