Plumber101010 wrote:
I just checked and my 2500's hitch says 1500 pound tongue weight??? Wow. Much more than I thought. 13,000 pound trailer total. That shocks me, as my WDH only says 1200 pounds. Hmmmmm. Got me wondering now WHY I am bothering with a WDH again?
Man I a confused now :) And for the life of me I can't find out such a simple question, does my 2500 have a class 3,4 or 5 hitch?
IIRC, if it's 1500# without WDH, that would be a Class V. Especialy if it's a 2.5" receiver.
Doesn't sound like you need a WDH.
But what about sway control? I doubt it, but this is one of those situations where you just have to try it yourself to find out if you need it. Really depends upon the trailer, TW %, where the trailer axles are placed, how much weight in the trailer is way behind the axles and so on.
There are personal differences as well. I drove a trailer w/o sway control and wasn't bothered with the occasional nudges from passing Buses and trucks. But met a guy online with almost the exact same setup who wondered how I did it? He absolutely insisted some sort of sway control was necessary. People are different.
