Weight Distribution System
I've owned popups, 5th Wheels, and Motorhomes. Recently I purchased a travel trailer (I guess we are going for the trifecta) Anyway, I'm pretty sure I want to install a Weight Distribution System to ...
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nagel wrote:
Truck is a 1/2 ton 4x4. GMC Sierra. GVWR 7000 pounds
So, it sounds like the information I will need is weight of trailer (5400 pounds).
In your first post you said - "Trailer is 22' Wildwood Xlite weight 3500 pounds", now you're saying it's 5400 lbs ... which is it? :h You could make this a lot easier by telling us the make / model / year of this trailer ... in fact if it's accessible to you just tell us it's stickered dry weight as it left the factory - usually a yellow sticker on the front street side of the trailer. Is this intended to be used by just an adult couple or kids as well? This is about weight that will all contribute to the trailer's actual GVW, loaded & ready to camp, which in turn will then determine what it's average gross tongue weight should be, ALL of which will determine what size of weight distribution system you should be using. Two pages of guessing ought to convince you that before anyone can offer sensible suggestions we need to know the specifics of the particular trailer you want to tow. And FWIW, as one who has been towing with a variety of 1/2 ton GMC trucks for a dozen years now I wouldn't tow any travel trailer without the benefit of weight distribution ... so yes, regardless of the final numbers you want to be using weight distribution.
