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LarryJM
Dec 02, 2015Explorer II
dodge guy wrote:
Well go ahead and use a 1400lb hitch on a TT with a lightweight frame and 600lbs of tongue weight then see what happens when you go over a dip in the road or in/out a steep driveway entrance! let us know how that works out. the WD hitch bars are spring bars and need to flex to work properly. this is fact and not opinion! So yes they need to be sized to the trailer you have now and not one you may own 5 years down the road, besides you can replace the bars when you buy a new trailer!
I don`t know why so many find this hard to process! like I said this is fact and not opinion. many of us here have 10`s of thousands of miles towing. I would trust the Expert that has towed their TT 4-5K miles a year vs. someone who is just trying to sell them a product!
Your above ridiculous scenario just proves the point I was trying to make that some posts like yours are sometimes not even worth what we paid for them .... Nowhere did anyone, Equal-i-zer nor those that spoke with the folks at Equal-zer even hint at what you are now suggesting to be O.K.
I guess you can believe that what you post is factual, but to say it's fact and not an opinion is IMO the height of arrogrance when faced with counter information to your alleged FACTS and what must be considered more expert and factual from like the maker and designer of the product in question. Again I would only suggest those reading this is if they really consider someone to be an EXPERT who has towed their trailer 4 to 5K a year ... IMO that would make a whole lot of us here "EXPERTS" which often disagree with each other on I guess what you would call THE FACTS.
My fact to add I guess is that as I previously stated I have now been using an Equal-i-zer system one size larger than needed for close to 9 years and over 20K miles with no adverse ride quality issues and no damage to my 7500GVWR trailer frame. I have little doubt that I could have also used the 1.4/14K system with the same results, but I choose not to spend the extra for that system knowing I could never have those TWs because of my vehicle and it's receiver inherent limitations.
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