towing with no WDH ?
06-03-2015, 04:33 PM
#21
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06-03-2015, 07:13 PM
#22
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I don't know a lot about trailers and or towing and I just got my truck. I just did some research about WDH and I Will be getting one of these regardless of what I'm towing just to be safe and cause less stress on my truck not to mention to stupid look ill be avoiding from people when my truck is sagging like a set of testys on a hot summer day.
06-03-2015, 07:28 PM
#23
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06-03-2015, 10:32 PM
#24
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So I got myself a lightly used Haul Master 10,000 WDH with 1000lb tongue weight, picked it up for $100, kind of a cheap brand but got basically good reviews. Doesn't have sway control but I'm only towing on small highways on the west coast and backroads with little to no winds. Just gotta read how to fine tune it to my truck and the trailer. I'll probably keep it....
06-04-2015, 03:06 PM
#26
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This thread is entertaining :thumb up:
I wish the OP luck and glad to hear you got something for weight control. I would be equally concerned with sway however with an enclosed trailer. If you keep the speeds down (as in way down), maybe sway won't be a problem. Here's wishing you good luck!!!!
I wish the OP luck and glad to hear you got something for weight control. I would be equally concerned with sway however with an enclosed trailer. If you keep the speeds down (as in way down), maybe sway won't be a problem. Here's wishing you good luck!!!!
06-04-2015, 03:52 PM
#27
This thread is entertaining :thumb up:
I wish the OP luck and glad to hear you got something for weight control. I would be equally concerned with sway however with an enclosed trailer. If you keep the speeds down (as in way down), maybe sway won't be a problem. Here's wishing you good luck!!!!
I wish the OP luck and glad to hear you got something for weight control. I would be equally concerned with sway however with an enclosed trailer. If you keep the speeds down (as in way down), maybe sway won't be a problem. Here's wishing you good luck!!!!
06-19-2015, 11:05 AM
#28
When I first got my WDH to use with my 24' enclosed car hauler, I made two test runs with about 5-10 miles of interstate driving. First test was with the WDH installed but with the sway control adjusted all the way down. It was bad bad bad every time I was passed by an 18 wheeler or I did the passing. I swear it felt like the trailer was going to move over and smack the big truck as it went by.
I then pulled over and adjusted the sway control (friction style) several turns tighter and re-tested. Huge difference! When the big trucks would go by the trailer barely moved. I could still feel my entire truck and trailer being pushed over a little from the air that the big truck was moving but no more trailer sawing back and forth. Just not worth the risk to not have sway control with a trailer with the aerodynamics of a building, lol!
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130428 (06-19-2015)
06-19-2015, 11:12 AM
#29
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You'll probably be upside down in the ditch, and as a minimum you'll blind oncoming traffic if you tow after sundown.
That rental place is incompetent. Crawl under the back of your truck and look up at the sticker on the frame of the receiver. It will say something like max tongue weight 500 pounds with weight-carrying hitch, i.e., without a WD hitch. So the max tongue weight you can have without a WD hitch is 500 pounds. But any 30-foot TT is going to have a lot more than 500 pounds hitch weight.
You need not only a weight-distributing (WD) hitch, but an excellent built-in sway control system as well.
There are lots of cheap WD hitches available for uninformed folks that want to get by cheap. Ignore those cheap hitches. Be certain you buy at least one of the following four WD hitches, rated for at least 1,000 pounds tongue weight, and a rating of 1.200 pounds tongue weight is okay if your brand doesn't offer 1,000 pounds rating. In a nutshell, any WD hitch you find that costs less than $500 online discount price is not good enough to tow a 30-foot TT with an F-150. All of the following recommended WD hitches will cost you more than $500.
1. Reese Strait-Line trunnion bar. This is the one I have. Works great.
https://www.etrailer.com/Weight-Dist...e/RP66084.html
2. Husky CenterLine comes in two parts, the head and the spring bars:
http://www.amazon.com/Husky-31390-Ce...sky+Centerline
http://www.amazon.com/Husky-31512-Ce...sky+Centerline
3. Blue Ox Sway Pro
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Ox-BXW100...ributing+hitch
4. Equal-I-Zer
http://www.amazon.com/Equal-i-zer-90...ds=Equal-I-Zer
That rental place is incompetent. Crawl under the back of your truck and look up at the sticker on the frame of the receiver. It will say something like max tongue weight 500 pounds with weight-carrying hitch, i.e., without a WD hitch. So the max tongue weight you can have without a WD hitch is 500 pounds. But any 30-foot TT is going to have a lot more than 500 pounds hitch weight.
You need not only a weight-distributing (WD) hitch, but an excellent built-in sway control system as well.
There are lots of cheap WD hitches available for uninformed folks that want to get by cheap. Ignore those cheap hitches. Be certain you buy at least one of the following four WD hitches, rated for at least 1,000 pounds tongue weight, and a rating of 1.200 pounds tongue weight is okay if your brand doesn't offer 1,000 pounds rating. In a nutshell, any WD hitch you find that costs less than $500 online discount price is not good enough to tow a 30-foot TT with an F-150. All of the following recommended WD hitches will cost you more than $500.
1. Reese Strait-Line trunnion bar. This is the one I have. Works great.
https://www.etrailer.com/Weight-Dist...e/RP66084.html
2. Husky CenterLine comes in two parts, the head and the spring bars:
http://www.amazon.com/Husky-31390-Ce...sky+Centerline
http://www.amazon.com/Husky-31512-Ce...sky+Centerline
3. Blue Ox Sway Pro
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Ox-BXW100...ributing+hitch
4. Equal-I-Zer
http://www.amazon.com/Equal-i-zer-90...ds=Equal-I-Zer
Says the owner who posted this: https://www.f150forum.com/f82/my-f-1...mazing-300522/
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130428 (06-19-2015)
06-19-2015, 01:33 PM
#30
Grumpy Old Man
If you'll read that thread, you'll note that it was a gooseneck trailer towed with a gooseneck hitch. Hitch was properly installed ahead of the rear axle, and hitch weight was 11.3% of gross trailer weight. Absolutely no danger of sway. So I was overloaded, yes, but there was no danger of the trailer swaying out of control.