GMC 2500 13,000 lbs No WDH
My son in law recently sold a TT that had a 9,000 lbs GVWR. The guy that purchased it showed up with a GMC 2500 to tow it a few hundred miles home. There was no WDH setup on the trailer so I was surpr...
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hawkeye-08 wrote:
We towed our current trailer home without WDH with no issues towing, but had a few oncoming cars flash headlights so we must have had a different angle than without trailer. I thought about just adjusting headlights, but by the time loaded up trailer and filled bed of truck and put kayaks on rack, why not use a WDH, not that much additional work.
It is not just your headlights that can change angle. Your front caster angle changes the same as your headlights and this will happen even if the front does not rise while the back goes down. And depending on front suspension setup camber will change with front end height. I recognize that modern trucks seem to be much better at dealing with tongue weight than older ones and I go along with factory ratings but there are a lot of rigs out there that still need a WDH. Most people that I have met that have had bad experiences towing simply don't have the hitch that they need or have committed some other setup error. I would feel a lot better about traveling long distances with heavy loads in the back if all trucks had load leveling suspension. My family has had factory installed load leveling in rigs ranging from a 1988 Crown Victoria to an Expedition to a Freightliner MH and all have worked very well. I can't understand why it is not more common.
