DazedNConfused wrote:
Thank you, everyone. Lots of good information in here -- and lots of conflicting information as well. :)
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The truck is a monster -- and way overkill for the small TTs that I'm looking at. I have an E-rated setup for wheels and tires -- and the gross alxe weight rating is well over 6,000 lbs. I would run out of payload long before I ran out of what the rear of the truck can handle. But...I've never hooked anything up to the bumper of this truck save for a small trailer with a motorcycle -- and of course the truck just laughed at that load. :) So I really have zero point of reference here wrt TTs...but know lots about the fiver setups. :)
Thanks again.
I understand both points above completely. When one comes on these forums (and on the Internet in general) one should only expect to get a wide variation in information quality, and that is because of the anonymous nature of the Internet - starting with, for example, avatars / aliases / fake names and all the other things that people hide behind but nevertheless have no fear to speak out.
Note to all: There are two "Wayne" contributors to this thread.On the topic at hand, and as I said in my only contribution (I think I only made one) - WD on a smaller TT should not be an issue for your truck, but sway can
even if you have the right fore-aft weight balance. That is why I am saying that you need anti sway equipment, and for the larger travel trailers friction type anti sway bars are not as popular as WDHs with anti-sway built in. As a benefit in your case, the WD feature will put back the weight loss from the front wheels due to the pivoting about the rear axle as the tongue load is applied on the hitch.
