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โApr-05-2015 03:37 PM
TXiceman wrote:
Look at it this way....
You stop at the store to buy a gallon of your favorite adult beverage with your one gallon pail. So you stop and get it filled level full to the brim (1 gallon) and then start driving home over a bumpy road. You beverage starts to slop over the top and by the time you get home you have your pail about 3/4 full.
Now you realize that if you had brought a 1.25 gallon pail and put in one gallon, you would have had room to slosh and you would have gotten home with a gallon of your beverage.
This applies to the hitch as well. Yes it is rated for a 16,000# RV. Just the same as your one gallon pail. It held one gallon fine until you started to subject it to lifes normal road abuse.
I'd go on up and get an 18,000# hitch and then no worries.
Ken
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โApr-05-2015 11:09 AM
Cummins12V98 wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
16K GVWR trailer............then get 18K rated hitch
Always get a hitch rated at least 1000# higher than GVWR of trailer being towed.
Safety margin!
Nothing wrong with your philosophy but the fact is the hitches already have the "safety margin" built in.
โApr-05-2015 07:49 AM
Old-Biscuit wrote:
16K GVWR trailer............then get 18K rated hitch
Always get a hitch rated at least 1000# higher than GVWR of trailer being towed.
Safety margin!
โApr-05-2015 07:46 AM
Halmfamily wrote:
We went from a Reese 16k to a B&W Companion and will never own anything but the B&W. Spend the extra money and get a top quality hitch with at least a 20K rating that way you'll never have to buy another one. Good luck.
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