Air bags and Equalizer????
Wow....I feel like I have been the prodigal son.....first post on RV.NET since 2006. We have had 10 years of sabbatical from RV'ing. But we pick up our new camper in two weeks....and I am stoked!!!!...
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RinconVTR wrote:
.... Once the WDH is set right, add PSI to the bags at 5-10 psi increments. They might raise the rear slightly, but so what? The bags DO NOT transfer weight, the lift is only VISUAL.
The benefit of bags with the WDH is realized most with 1/2 tons and SUV's with soft sprung rear ends, as the bags add spring rate primary, not lift.
Again, rear end lift via the bags is visual. Leveling must be done via the WDH. But the bags do in fact add spring rate to the rear end, which I find more comfortable.
Nice set-up.
But with all due respect, this is incorrect. If you start pumping up air bags after you've set your WDH up, it will immediately start transferring weight back to the rear of the truck. Its just physics.
Is what you're doing wrong? I would say not really. Its his truck and I say do whatever makes you happy here.
The majority of WD hitches out there aren't set up correctly anyway and truck hitches can carry more tongue weight these days.
If the OP wants to do what he's thinking, really wants to remove the bars as suggested, then I'd suggest upgrading the hitch so his tongue weight doesn't exceed the capacity of the hitch without a WDH. Then he can use WD for the highways and if he removes the bars on the back roads, the hitch should handle it without leaving him stranded with a busted receiver miles off the road.
Just my .02.
