Dodge Ram 1500 with a Hemi survey?

GordonThree wrote:
Is everyone using WDH? It's probably something I'd like once I bought in, but watching the videos of hooking and unhooking wdh, I just say no thanks to all that extra rigging. I like it simple, drop the trailer on the ball, hook up some chains and go.

I find the springs on my 1500 to be really soft, and the back end squats low when I have a few 100 lbs in the bed, and hitch up my KZ.

I added some sumospring helpers last weekend and gained a few inches, plus they smoothed out the re-bound bounce I'd get going over bumps first with the truck wheels and then the trailer wheels.

A WHD provides three useful benefits that your solution lacks. It changes the forces on the receiver such that it can support more weight (or less likely to bend/break). It restores weight that was lost on the front axle of the TV which improves steering/handling/stability. It significantly decreases the weight on the rear axle which is easy to overload with 800 pounds of TW on a half ton.

Hooking and unhooking are 3 steps vs. 1, but not difficult or complicated. Installing and adjusting can be more so.

2006 Megacab 5.7L Hemi
2004 Four Winds 28BHS

2008 Ram 1500 Quad Cab 5.7L Hemi, 3.92 rear end. Towing a Coleman 274BH. I'm using the Equalizer E-2 WD hitch. It is worth it's weight in gold. No sway, no push from big rigs. The biggest crosswinds I've encountered were 20 - 25 mph. No problems.

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Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi

2014 Crossroads Sunset Trail 270BH

Equalizer WDH

Trailer is marked 2700 lbs on the DOT label, but I'm sure it's maxed at the 3500 lbs when I'm loaded for a long outing. tongue with a full tank of fresh, two full propane bottles is 550 lbs, measured with a shureline scale.

Without the trailer, my truck is not level, the back end sits quite a bit higher than the front. before the spring helpers, when I load the bed and hook up the trailer, the truck and trailer form a straight line, with the same gap between the body and wheels on all four truck tires.

problem is, to get this straight line, I'm using a 3.5" drop hitch, because my trailer is so frickin' low slung. (marketed as being minivan / mini-suv towable, HAH)

I put in the spring helpers, and the back end sits a bit higher now, and the trailer is tipped back, but only a little, I need to measure the distance to the ground from all four corners to make sure. the best part is, the trailer no longer nose-dips, scraping the tongue jack when I pull up a steep apron to a gas station or some such.

Keystone Laredo 296RL. We put air bags in the springs of the truck. We have a used $100 weight distribution/anti sway set up. Spent 18 days from Calif to Arkansas these last two weeks - wind, heat, pelting rain. Right as right can be. Home safely again.

GordonThree wrote:
Is everyone using WDH? It's probably something I'd like once I bought in, but watching the videos of hooking and unhooking wdh, I just say no thanks to all that extra rigging. I like it simple, drop the trailer on the ball, hook up some chains and go.

I find the springs on my 1500 to be really soft, and the back end squats low when I have a few 100 lbs in the bed, and hitch up my KZ.

I added some sumospring helpers last weekend and gained a few inches, plus they smoothed out the re-bound bounce I'd get going over bumps first with the truck wheels and then the trailer wheels.

You should check your truck hitch rating. You could be over the max weight carrying for the hitch. And you gain the other benefits a wdh adds.

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GordonThree wrote:
Is everyone using WDH? It's probably something I'd like once I bought in, but watching the videos of hooking and unhooking wdh, I just say no thanks to all that extra rigging. I like it simple, drop the trailer on the ball, hook up some chains and go.

I find the springs on my 1500 to be really soft, and the back end squats low when I have a few 100 lbs in the bed, and hitch up my KZ.

I added some sumospring helpers last weekend and gained a few inches, plus they smoothed out the re-bound bounce I'd get going over bumps first with the truck wheels and then the trailer wheels.

You didn't mention what size and weight of a trailer you have, but I wouldn't go without a WDH with the newer 1500 Rams (2009 and up). The coil suspension is way to soft. My Husky Centerline is very easy to use, and not too hard to install. Truck sits level with it hooked up and straight as an arrow towing on the interstate with semis passing me...