reese weight dist bars ??

Sorry about that, you are correct 910 lbs, but will the 1000lb bars be to stiff, I can't see me loading to the 7000 gross weight ?

You are making way too much of this. Go with the 1000 bars and enjoy the camping experiences.

If you currently have 600 pound bars, check the data stamped into the hitch head itself. If it's all original, then you will find that the hitch itself is designed to tow a max of 6000 pounds. You are over the max allowable weight of the hitch, no matter what bars you use.

Remember, proper spring bar selection includes: Tongue weight of the trailer PLUS weight of cargo loaded behind the rear axle of the tow vehicle. Here is a link to Reese's brochure with a spring bar selection chart:

Chart

Get the 1k bars for the umpteenth time:S

Within reason no. That said, in the OP's case 1000# bars would be appropriate. 1200# or 1500# bars would be overkill and 800# would be limiting and 600# would be unadequate.

Is there a downside to using bars that are too high (too stiff?

There has been several on here who have been suprised by the weight that seems to accumulate over time. We always carry full fresh water so that we are not at the mercy of off tasting water at a campgound.

Without knowing what the tongue weight might be each time you load up, using the max weight and 1000# bars will cover every situation.

ok sounds like im at my max with the 600 lb bars,which i figured, but wanted some more info. i will more than likely weigh it once its loaded for camping, and see where im at, dont want to get too crazy though, hopefully just the the 800 lb bars will do.
Thanks all..

pacamper wrote:
my gross weight is 7000lbs, so 13% would be 538 ish lbs of tongue weight, so are my bars ok, or should i go heavier ?

You should be okay provided that is what the actual weight is.

How many of us calculate the weight of the trailer every time we load up, especially the distribution fore to aft? It is possible to load up the trailer under its GVWR and still have an as-weighed tongue weight that is "mysteriously" much heavier than expected. My light tongue weight is stated as 638# and with essentially nothing in the trailer I took it to the scales and it showed 200# more. I have reserve on my bars so I am not worried, but I still have to pay attention since one must also consider the truck's axle weight.

I have an 1,100# tongue weight and was using 1,200# bars. Didn't seem to get much out of the dual cam sway control, and rig seemed to bounce a bit. I switched to 1,500# bars, and all feels a lot better. I figured, though according to the Reese guide I was ok, my 1,100# TW was to close to the top end of the 1,200# bars.