Good weight distribution set up

jerem0621 wrote:

myredracer wrote:
Dry weights oughta be outlawed... :M

Our dry tongue wt. was advertised as 540 lbs. So I purchased a WDH package ahead of time with 800 lb spring bars thinking they'd be more than enough. After going to a scale, our actual TW ended up being close to 1,000 lbs. Bought a new set of heavier spring bars as the smaller ones just weren't working that well for us. The TW is almost 15% of our TT's GVW which is on the higher side of average.

Our WDH is a Reese dual cam with trunnion bars. I chose it because of it's pro-active self-centering design and integral sway control. After getting it all dialed in, it works fantastic and would never substitute it for another. Doesn't make objectionable noise IMO and Reese says you can use a little vaseline on the cams if needed (never anything else).

Besides selecting a WDH and setting it up properly, make sure to run the right psi in TT & TV tires, use LT tires on truck and set the TT level to slightly nose down. It's all part of an overall "system" that works together.

TT owners often tout the WDH they have. It would be interesting if somebody did a real life scientific comparison between the various brands and types of WDH using the same TT and truck. I tried towing a friends TT on the freeway of about the same length as ours with their truck with basic round bar WDH with friction bars and did not like the feel of it.

Interesting. I towed my trailer with the same basic WD hitch (Reese trunnions with the crooks in the bars) with both dual cam and dual friction sway control and couldn't tell the difference. Then again, my set up was 100% dialed in. I ran friction bars as my preference. The dual cam bars are still out there in the garage.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

X2 Jeremiah,
I towed my old 25 ft trailer for 9 years with a OLD EZ-Lift WD system with single friction sway control for 9 years and it worked fine on a properly set up trailer-truck combo. Bought it used off a friend for $100, he just moved up to a 5er.

The EZ-Lift system was the first WD hitch available and their same design is still the most commonly seen setup on the road, ie, WD bars hanging from chains on hook-up brackets with a single friction sway control. Husky, Reese, and others all copied this design over the years.