Equalizer Sizing

HJGyswyt wrote:

calewjohnson wrote:
I went with the 1200lb tongue weight vice 1000lb

I'm not sure what you meant by the above sentence.

There is probably some kind of formula but if I had 500lbs of tongue weight I would want 500lb rated weight distribution bars. 1000lbs of tongue weight I would want 1000lb rated weight bars.

My trailer advertised 800 some pounds of tongue weight, but when I unhooked on the truck scale to get my real tongue weight it was almost twice that, a whopping 1500lbs. So I upgraded my weight distribution bars to 1200lb models and am very happy with the ride and set up. (Bought my trailer used and it came with 550lb rated bars)

All the best Cale, enjoy the trailer and all the fun memories you will make with it. Hans

Hmmm your bars are underrated and I would think your receiver is probably not rated for a 1500lb tongue wt. I wonder what other ratings you are over since 1500lb tongue wt. on a Burb is I would think be close to maxing out it's carrying capacity w/o adding cargo or passengers.

IMO you should have no issues going maybe one size up as long as you are close, but not over the smaller bar size. I run a tongue wt. of between 900 and 950lbs and I have the 1200 bars on my Equal-i-zer and for far with about 10K towing they are doing fine. In my case I would not have chosen the 1400lb bar option not so much for fear of going too high, but it simply was not called for.

Larry