1st time TT owner, with questions
My husband and I love to camp, but with a 2 year old (and hopefully one more child in the next year or two), we wanted something a little more "enclosed" than a tent -- particularly for naps and earli...
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dani24 wrote:
So, I dug into our filing cabinet, where DH still had the window sticker from when he bought the vehicle. The good news is that the Explorer DOES have a Class III hitch (as part of the tow package).
I called down to the dealer, and the WD hitch they ordered for us is the 600 lb Husky WD hitch.
Unfortunately, the service department manager I spoke with said she didn't have anything showing we were to get a brake package. So now I have to figure out what to do about that with the dealer... :(
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O.K., now I'm confused. (Good news on the class III, by the way!)
That aside:
What, exactly, are you paying the dealer to do? If your vehicle came with a "tow package", presumably that at least included a lights connection with a four-flat hookup. I'm shootin' in the dark here, but that's the standard thing. With that as a starting point, the "work" you'd need done would be to install brake controller wiring, a charging line for the trailer battery, and maybe a backup lights connection. Plus a seven pole pigtail if you don't already have one.
And yet your work order doesn't include brake controller wiring, perhaps the most important of the components you need? What the heck ARE they doing???
Also, per the W/D system they already so helpfully ordered you:
Unless the numbers I'm looking at online are completely wrong, your trailer will weigh about 2,000 pounds under your vehicle's capacity. Tongue weight should come in at about 350 lbs....I can't imagine that will drop the rear of the tug more than an inch, if that. W/D may be just a cumbersome and unnecessary extra bit of trouble in your case.
Bottom line: you may not need weight distribution with this setup. The sole purpose of that system is to transfer weight away from the rear axle of the tug. If they're selling it to you as "sway control", you should be aware that many W/D systems provide no such thing, and require the adding of friction-type sway controllers. Which you can use just as effectively on the simple ball setup the tug already has.
If I was in your situation, I wouldn't decide on W/D until I looked at the trailer loaded for the road and hooked up to the tug. That is when you'll know. And W/D is an over-the-counter buy at any RV parts store, so don't let anyone tell you that it's something exotic!
