Upgrade WD Bars?
Bought a new, heavier trailer last year & upgraded my Reese Dual Cam WD bars from 800 to 1,000lbs. Trailer weighs about 8,200 lbs & tongue weight is just over 950lbs. Any harm in going to 1,200lb bars...
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Huntindog wrote:myredracer wrote:
Reese defines their bar rating by Tongue Weight + Tow Vehicle Cargo Weight and on this basis, your existing bars are too small. This is different than how the other WDH manufacturers size their bars. See Reese's chart below.
You make a lot of assumptions.
And your chart.... is lacking.
My "cargo" can exceed 3500#. My TW is 1400# or so.
According to your thinking, I would need 4900# bars minimum.
Not my thinking, it's Reese's thinking and bar strength/design and what I said was on the basis of Reese's definition and chart, his bars are too small.
