I'm inquiring about the hi lo hitch

It would alter the rating of your receiver, lower the capacity, since it will move the load rearward away from the receiver. It is only rated for 500 pound of tongue weight and most likely not rated for use with a weight distributing hitch. You are better off getting the proper shank for the height you need that is bolted to the hitch head.

camp-n-family wrote:

Don't know but when you say distributed evenly, the tongue weight normally sits 80% on the rear axle and 20% on the trailer axles. No tongue weight gets distributed to the front axle.

Say what??? That is the whole point of a weight distributing hitch. Properly set up a WD hitch will transfer approximately 20% of the tongue weight to the tow vehicles' front axle, and 20% back onto the trailer axles. Numbers will vary in each case of course.

As for the hitch adapter, it won't change the function of the WD hitch, just the height of the tongue. You will have to adjust the hitch accordingly.

That being said, I would not use that with a WD hitch. It is not designed to handle added stress. Straight from the listing;

"Perfect for regular hitches, cargo carriers and equipment using a 2" hitch receiver"

What you need is an adjustable shank like this. Most WD hitches are adjustable, is yours not?

yeah, probably won't use that hi lo hitch. Thanks.

I said the WDH doesn't transfer tongue weight to the front axle, I didn't say it doesn't transfer weight. The WDH transfers weight that was removed from the front axle, which is not tongue weight. If you think it is transferring tongue weight to the front axle then hit the scales. Weigh the truck and then the truck and trailer with WDH on. The front axle weight with the trailer attached should be the same or somewhat less than the truck only front axle weight. Some manuals say to restore 100% of weight removed and a lot of new trucks are just 50%.

My wdh put about 140# back up to the steer axle and about the same back to trailer axles. As opposed to the wdh function disabled.

Don't know but when you say distributed evenly, the tongue weight normally sits 80% on the rear axle and 20% on the trailer axles. No tongue weight gets distributed to the front axle.

Say what??? That is the whole point of a weight distributing hitch. Properly set up a WD hitch will transfer approximately 20% of the tongue weight to the tow vehicles' front axle, and 20% back onto the trailer axles. Numbers will vary in each case of course.

As for the hitch adapter, it won't change the function of the WD hitch, just the height of the tongue. You will have to adjust the hitch accordingly.

That being said, I would not use that with a WD hitch. It is not designed to handle added stress. Straight from the listing;

"Perfect for regular hitches, cargo carriers and equipment using a 2" hitch receiver"

What you need is an adjustable shank like this. Most WD hitches are adjustable, is yours not?

Don't know but when you say distributed evenly, the tongue weight normally sits 80% on the rear axle and 20% on the trailer axles. No tongue weight gets distributed to the front axle.