Help on re-adjusting Equal-i-zer WD hitch
Hi, I recently purchase a used Sportsmen 16 feet trailer and the former owner let me his Equal-i-zer brand weight distribution hitch. It's the 600 TW / 6K GVWR model. The former owner use it to tow th...
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Those bars are there for safety. You have to forget about how it looks and follow the instructions.
It is fine that the front raises and the rear is lower.
The problem is that is the front raises MORE with the bars than without you are removing weight from the front and this will create problems with steering in emergency situations.
I don't think there is any way to lower the rear MORE with the bars than without but if you did it could cause problems with the payload carrying capacity of the rear axle.
Find a level ground; where you are now seems fine. Remove the bars but keep everything else and measure. Then put the bars on an measure again.
If you can still easily put on and remove the bars without raising the jack they are probably not doing much.
Front: In the manual's example front is 28" empty, 30" without WD and anything between 28-29" with WD is OK. Front still going up but not as much as without. This is how you know how much weight is transferred.
It is fine that the front raises and the rear is lower.
The problem is that is the front raises MORE with the bars than without you are removing weight from the front and this will create problems with steering in emergency situations.
I don't think there is any way to lower the rear MORE with the bars than without but if you did it could cause problems with the payload carrying capacity of the rear axle.
Find a level ground; where you are now seems fine. Remove the bars but keep everything else and measure. Then put the bars on an measure again.
If you can still easily put on and remove the bars without raising the jack they are probably not doing much.
Front: In the manual's example front is 28" empty, 30" without WD and anything between 28-29" with WD is OK. Front still going up but not as much as without. This is how you know how much weight is transferred.
