Weight Distributing Hitches
We upgraded from a 24 foot travel trailer to a 33 foot travel trailer this summer. We are towing with a Ford F150 with Eco Boost engine. The truck is rated to tow up to 9600 and our TT is 6500 so we...
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wrvond wrote:
No, they may increase the safety of towing the weight you have, but they are not going to increase your payload capacity. Even if they could, there's no way you could possibly know how much the capacity was increased. It'd be a shot in the dark, at best.
To be completely fair, there are folks with lots of towing miles that maintain that the manufacturers tow ratings are more guidelines, rather than absolute values. I'm not one of them, but, at the same time I can't dismiss their experience out of hand.
Your original question concerned sway elimination. Your experience apparently indicated that the truck easily towed the weight of the new camper. So, assuming that your choice is to continue to use the F150 to tow, the Hensley is a good choice for weight distribution and sway control. BTW, no system is going to eliminate sway completely.
Yes my truck towed the weight without any hesitation even going up and down quite steep hills I did not lag or lose speed. I know I am okay on weight of the camper and weight for the combined truck and camper but I am concerned about the cargo weight on the truck now. My max tow is 9600 or 9700 depending on which page you look at (website or truck sticker) and my tow weight is approx 7500 loaded. My GCVW is 15400 and I believe I am fine there too but the troubling number is the 1580 Cargo weight with 2 adults, 2 large dogs and 400lbs of wheelchair and lift. Still okay until you add in tongue weight.
