Is there such a thing as too much drop?
Mine is a dead stock 4wd 2016 Ram 2500 cc/sb. I think it has a class 5 receiver, 2.5 inch. From top of receiver to the ground is 26". From the top of my level TT to the ground is 17". I have a new drop shank from Curt, the only one I found with enough drop to get me down to 17" to top of ball.
The WD hitch is an eazlift, the the new drop is 11.5 to the top of the hitch and 17.5 to the bottom. The top of the ball is at about 8" from the top of the shank, but when mounted into the sleeve and hitch it's only 16.5" from the ground. The sag caused by slop in adapters causes almost 2" of additional drop.
I bought a clamping system that uses two square "u" bolts and a big angle section to tighten all of the wiggle out but haven't used it to see if it works very well.
So, with that much drop, and with all of the front to rear, side to side stresses that will be applied during towing, can the excessive drop required to get to level cause undue stress on the receiver and its mounting system? It's currently a 6000# load from a6800 GVWR TT, but in a few years we'll upgrade to something bigger. I will most certainly consider tongue height of any prospective TT's while shopping should we go again with TT over 5er.
The WD hitch is an eazlift, the the new drop is 11.5 to the top of the hitch and 17.5 to the bottom. The top of the ball is at about 8" from the top of the shank, but when mounted into the sleeve and hitch it's only 16.5" from the ground. The sag caused by slop in adapters causes almost 2" of additional drop.
I bought a clamping system that uses two square "u" bolts and a big angle section to tighten all of the wiggle out but haven't used it to see if it works very well.
So, with that much drop, and with all of the front to rear, side to side stresses that will be applied during towing, can the excessive drop required to get to level cause undue stress on the receiver and its mounting system? It's currently a 6000# load from a6800 GVWR TT, but in a few years we'll upgrade to something bigger. I will most certainly consider tongue height of any prospective TT's while shopping should we go again with TT over 5er.
