Weight distribution system
Hello all, I'm new to the forum, it looks very helpful. I have a question about pulling with a F-250. We shopped today for a new rv, thinking about a 32ft bumper pull. The dealership is trying to s...
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myredracer wrote:
I saw a delivery guy from Indiana recently on the ferry to Vancouver Island. He was towing a new 30-32 foot Coachmen TT with an F250. He had no WDH at all. That would have been over 2,000 miles of towing. Maybe they just have superior towing skills that the rest of us don't?
Got me to thinking. You don't see marks on the A-frames of trailers at the dealers. Do they never use a WDH, even on longer/heavier units? Or if they do, do they have a way of preventing scratches and dents from the snap-up brackets? Maybe above a certain weight/length they tow with a 1 ton or larger? I think some of these drivers don't exactly drive at recommended max. speeds either.
Curious...
I run regularly through the Elkhart area, on my trips to visit family in southwest and siuth central Michigan several times a year. I'm on the road with delivery haulers regularly, and one of the things that helps me to spot them is lack of WDH.
Several factors might apply, at least before amateurs started getting drawn into the delivery business.
1. Most of these drivers are using 1-ton to 1-1/2 ton (E-450, later F-450) trucks setup to tow either bumper hitch or fiver, whatever the next trip offers.
2. They are running the truck almost empty, driver or drive and partner, plenty of capacity for a ton to two tons of fiver hitch weight, or a ton or more on the bumper.
3. The trailers they are hauling are empty, thus ligher than they will ever be for a RVer.
4. They have a lot of experience towing these things, and understand the limitations of their equipment and skills.
