Which hitch setup will work the best?

Hannibal wrote:
I wonder what the delivery driver drives and what hitch he uses for these heavyweights?

Most of them drive 1 tons or larger with a really heavy hitch setup. Some have the suspension upgraded for towing. Some carry or use a WDH or a sway control built for the truck.

I find it strange that your front end does not change height. I have 4 WD with the towing and plow packages, and my front end will raise with 5K lbs on the hitch. Have you measured the fender height with and without load on he hitch?

I wonder what the delivery driver drives and what hitch he uses for these heavyweights?

Better check the rating on your receiver hitch (it will be stamped on it). I tow a 38' 11K trailer with 1600# tongue weight with a F250 (2016). I use a Reese DC, heavy duty (1700# rating) and it has distorted my class IV hitch. The pin holes are elongated and lots of slop in it. I'd put a class V on it, but I'm upgrading the truck soon (just need to get through my fiscal year end).

love2rvcamp wrote:
We are looking at the following travel trailer:
2017 Mesa Ridge MR340FLR
GVWR - 13,350
Hitch weight - 1,350
Unloaded weight - 8,885
Length - 36'

Do I need to start looking at the Hensley Arrow or ProPride 3P Trailer Sway Control Hitch?

With a trailer that heavy and that long I would ... it only takes one bad incident to really ruin your day so whatever you can do to prevent that would IMO be worth the investment in a Hensley or 3P which are both designed to prevent sway from occurring in the first place rather than just dampen sway that has already started. :E

With an F250, I don't think you need to start thinking about too much hitch. I use a Reese HP trunion style with cams integrated into the 800 lb bars in case I feel the need for sway control sometime down the road. Tongue weight on our TT is advertised at 700 lbs. With all we have in it now, we're probably over 900 lbs tongue weight. Empty, trailer on with or without the spring bars, the front of our F250 doesn't change height. The rear settles two inches without the bars. The spring bars bring it back up one inch. Tows like a champ. The head of the Reese HP is rated for 1700 lbs tongue weight and only the spring bars need to be changed for different tongue weights. What is your receiver rated for with and without the reducer tube?

Blue Ox Sway Pro...LINK

Lots of bar weight choices to match you loaded tongue weight.
Very easy to set up and dial in.

Shop the net for best price. I like etrailer.com

BlueOx, Curt, Strait Line, and Reese SC all have WD hitches with built in sway control and ratings in 14 - 1600 lb tongue weights.

I like the BlueOx Swaypro, for it's internal lubrication on the hitch head and bars. Hitching and unhitching is cleaner.

Look on etrailer.com. There, you can search by tongue weight, manufacturer, or with / without sway control.