Soundguy,
Careful who you say doesn't know what they are talking about. I have been doing this stuff for more years than you can imagine and know exactly how the Reese and almost every other hitch works and how they should be adjusted.
I agreed with Huntindog about the hitch needing tilting to the rear, not necessarily how that is accomplished. I said nothing about the washers. Anybody that has been around these forums for any time at all knows that there are many different methods of accomplishing that task.
If you really knew how a WD hitch is adjusted, you would know that tilting the hitch head rearward INCREASES the amount of pressure that the WD bars produce no matter what chain link or amount of lift via strap winding mechanism you have. That would have INCREASED the amount of weight transfer to the front axle of your tow vehicle. It doesn't matter if the head tilt is accomplished via washers, grooved side washer, elongated slot or whatever. That was not important in your case but the head tilt most likely was.
In addition to the above, if you really knew how a WD hitch is adjusted you would know the trunnion style bars of a Reese hitch are NOT supposed to end up being parallel to the A frame. You blamed that on the hitch when it was probably your lack of understanding how a hitch should be adjusted that was the problem.
I suggest you take a long careful look at
this thread. End of story! :R
Sorry I tried to help you out.
Next time, be careful who you shoot off your mouth to as you may end up with a foot in it!!!
Barney
