Weight Distribution bar - using a pipe ... ?
We have lost the pipe to lift up the weight distribution bar ... what do you use ?
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An appropriate question would be - what do the various manufacturers say to do?
The following are manufacturers instructions for some of the WDHs out there, and in similar wording, they all say to use the lift bar/handle and to release (not remove) tension on the spring bars using the tongue jack. The only one that differs somewhat is Equal-izer who say that *IF* there is still tension on the bars you can use the handle to engage them. A couple of them say to release tension, the jack should be raised about 3".
Eaz-lift
Ultra-Fab
Reese
Curt
Torklift
Draw-Tite
Equal-i-zer
As someone above said, there are likely some people who do not have their spring bars tight enough and are incorrectly set up. Or some are just using the jack to excessively and unnecessarily raise the tongue. Somewhere I read that one manufacturer said the force required to lift the handle is typically in the 50-100 lb range. If 50 lbs is too much for someone, there's no reason why you can't just use a longer pipe to reduce the required force.
It would be interesting for someone to find a link to a manufacturer's instruction that you are supposed to raise the tongue enough so that you don't need to use a handle.
The following are manufacturers instructions for some of the WDHs out there, and in similar wording, they all say to use the lift bar/handle and to release (not remove) tension on the spring bars using the tongue jack. The only one that differs somewhat is Equal-izer who say that *IF* there is still tension on the bars you can use the handle to engage them. A couple of them say to release tension, the jack should be raised about 3".
Eaz-lift
Ultra-Fab
Reese
Curt
Torklift
Draw-Tite
Equal-i-zer
As someone above said, there are likely some people who do not have their spring bars tight enough and are incorrectly set up. Or some are just using the jack to excessively and unnecessarily raise the tongue. Somewhere I read that one manufacturer said the force required to lift the handle is typically in the 50-100 lb range. If 50 lbs is too much for someone, there's no reason why you can't just use a longer pipe to reduce the required force.
It would be interesting for someone to find a link to a manufacturer's instruction that you are supposed to raise the tongue enough so that you don't need to use a handle.
