What size bars

tibbitts wrote:

2014screw wrote:

tibbitts wrote:
I had a 23.5ft "lite" TT, 5000lbs wet on a cat scale, and if I had to do it over I'd have gotten 600lb EQ bars. Honestly if there were 750s or 800s I might have gone that route - and of course there are those sizes in other brands. But not 1000lb bars. The weak point in my setup was the aftermarket receiver and its attachment points on the frame (this was a 1999-generation half-ton GM truck.) Both the truck frame and the receiver were bent after several thousand miles of towing. I then upgraded to a higher rated receiver, and the difference was very significant, even though the receiver I had originally was rated for more than my wet tongue weight or TT weight. It appeared that no further damage was occuring, but I didn't have the rig long enough to know for sure. Maybe I wouldn't have had any issues if I'd had a significantly over-capacity receiver from the start. But I'd still be wary of 1000lb bars for a TT similar to mine. You want the bars to flex, not be so rigid they stress what they're attached to. I do think EQ needs to revisit the jump from 600 to 1000.

Did you ever find out what your TW actually was?

I agree about EQ needing to at least make 800 lbs bars. Those would fit my needs perfectly I think, but since I am already a fair bit over (or at least on paper I am as I do not have the trailer yet) I will have to go with the 1000 lb bars. My hitch is rated at 1050 lbs TW so I figure the 1000 lbs bars will be fine with this hitch with a TW a fair bit less the 1000 lbs

Not directly. I measured the front and rear axles on the TV, the TT alone, then repeated with the bars engaged. I don't understand the physics entirely, but I think some of your assumptions may be off. Read this and decide for yourself:

Weight Distribution (WD) Hitch --- How it Works