WD hitch design versus TV ride quality
My wife recently talked to a friend about being uncomfortable while towing due to harsh ride. Her friend mentioned they had recently changed hitches and she felt the ride improved greatly. Comments,...
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Timtation wrote:
Thanks to all for the responses. It seems it is a good idea to either drill a set point into the rail to hold that bracket in place or tack weld the bracket. I have seen several posts here and elsewhere that mention the movement of the bracket.
Actually I did drill for the set screw on my brackets before finally tack welding - in my case it didn't help. I got the "Universal Frame Brackets" which fit several different sizes of frames. On those the set screw is high up near the top of the bracket and is very close to the pivot point. I'm not sure if it's located further down the bracket on the specific-sized brackets, but I think it would work better the further away from the pivot point it gets.
That being said I really do like the hitch now that it's dialed in. We just got back from an almost 400 mile round trip where I found it to be very stable when being passed by semi's and in some good stiff crosswinds as we headed out to the coast. But in my opinion they need to address the slipping in a more reliable way, and ideally without a weld.
