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Dead_Sportsman_'s avatar
Dead_Sportsman_
Explorer
Nov 05, 2017

Not enough tension on dealer installed wdh?

Hi guys!

I just picked up my first TT. My rv dealer put me into a nice curt equalizer hitch setup. This is the first time I'm towing something this size that requires a wdh setup. I am a bigger guy and am able to hook up the sway bars by hand without much effort and do not have to use the ram jack to lift the back of my TV to do it.

My TV is a 2015 Yukon Denali XL with auto load leveling and anti sway breaking. The TT is a 2018 33' with dry weight about 6 k gvw of 8k.

After starting the TV, auto load leveling turned on and it looked to me like the hitch was set a little high causing the TT to pitch back some. The dealer tech told me it would be fine once I started adding cargo weight to the new unit. Driving home I noticed a little bucking on a rough road and at over 50 mph I also felt some ocasional pushing my TV side to side. There were 15 to 20 mph winds that day. Is this normal for an empty TT or is the hitch too high and/or not enough tension on the sway bars?

The TT is in winter storage now so no measuring or photos until Sping.

Thanks in advance.
  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Nov 05, 2017
    When I moved to a TT I experimented with the link selected by the dealership...one link up and one link down. Settled on one link less but still need bar and slight tongue jack raise to put in place. Experiment.

    Rjxj, yup I believe he’s at least maxed out if not over. 8,300 max for two wheel drive.
  • sch911's avatar
    sch911
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2017
    Sounds like you need to make it tighter. It should only be possible to hook up the WD bars when the tongue is raised wit the jack.
  • azrving's avatar
    azrving
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2017
    Isn't that Yukon maxed out at about 8,000? Have you had it to the scales when ready to travel?
  • DutchmenSport's avatar
    DutchmenSport
    Explorer
    Nov 05, 2017
    The higher you crank the tongue jack up, the easier the bars attach. I never use the cheater bar to attach the bars on L brackets on my Equal-i-zer system. And my old Reese that had the chains on the bars, I never used the cheater bar either. I could just simply flip up the catches on the tongue very easy by hand. The secret is to jack the trailer tongue up high. Once attached, when you lower the jack, tension then increases on the bars and distributes the weight to the front of the tow vehicle.

    Here again, the higher you crank the trailer jack up (while hitched), the easier the bars attach.

    When tow vehicle and trailer are in this position ... easy ... ^ When they are in this position, .... cheater bar is essential: \/

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