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Aug 13, 2014Explorer
GordonThree wrote:
Is everyone using WDH? It's probably something I'd like once I bought in, but watching the videos of hooking and unhooking wdh, I just say no thanks to all that extra rigging. I like it simple, drop the trailer on the ball, hook up some chains and go.
I find the springs on my 1500 to be really soft, and the back end squats low when I have a few 100 lbs in the bed, and hitch up my KZ.
I added some sumospring helpers last weekend and gained a few inches, plus they smoothed out the re-bound bounce I'd get going over bumps first with the truck wheels and then the trailer wheels.
A WHD provides three useful benefits that your solution lacks. It changes the forces on the receiver such that it can support more weight (or less likely to bend/break). It restores weight that was lost on the front axle of the TV which improves steering/handling/stability. It significantly decreases the weight on the rear axle which is easy to overload with 800 pounds of TW on a half ton.
Hooking and unhooking are 3 steps vs. 1, but not difficult or complicated. Installing and adjusting can be more so.
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