Spring Bar Opinion needed.
I have the regular old Reese hitch. I have 1000 lb bars. My TT is 32'.10" 5500 dry with a 640 tongue wt. With junk and propane i'm up around 800. add a full tank of water and now I'm at close to 1100-...
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Ron Gratz wrote:Aluminum Siding wrote:The weight rating of the WD bars should be based on how you plan to use the bars.
---Now I have a new 250 and it doesn't feel a thing. 70% of the time my water tank is empty but we do dry camp a couple of times a year. Do you think I should upgrade to a set of 1200 bars. Just trying to keep undo pressure off the truck.
For your truck, Ford specifies that the WDH should be adjusted to eliminate approximately 50% of the front end rise.
This means the WD bars would be loaded only to approximately 50% of the load required to eliminate 100% of front end rise.
If you have a 1200# tongue weight and your goal is to eliminate only 50% of the rise, you could get by with 600# bars.
Your current 1000# bars are more than sufficient to eliminate 50% of the rise.
Ron
Ron and I rarely agree on anything, but this time the 600# bars are correct. The lighter bar will give you the tolerance to tune your setup with more or less tension.
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