jeffinthebag

Is anyone using a WDH for a enclosed cargo trailer? Is there a WDH that is adjustable easily for the varying weight? Here is my situation, if I get a 6x14 with up graded axles and start the week off at a combined cargo and trailer weight of 8,500 lbs and during the week out of town the cargo weight drops to a combined weight of 5,000 lbs for a 400 mile ride home at the end of the week. I have to be using a WDH especially at the beginning of the week at 8500 lbs and a tongue of 850 to 900lbs.




Is there a WDH that I can easily keep adjusting during the week for the constant reduction of cargo?
Also notice on the 6x14 with the bull nose I only have a good 24" from the center of the coupler and back to play with. Or should I just forget it and just get a flat front or a 7x14? Mostly highway driving 400 miles on Monday and 400 miles back on Friday every other week.

Steve Osborne

I use this style...shared between my camper to my car hauler...24 inch back for the chain mounts...adjust the tension with the chain links for lift/load....
https://www.etrailer.com/Weight-Dist...s/PS49903.html

brulaz

Think a WDH using chains would be the easiest to adjust.
My Equal-I-Zer would require unbolting the brackets.
So I wouldn't recommend it.

smokeywren

My Reese Strait-Line trunnion-bar hitch requires over 30" - probably close to 32" - space down the side of the tongue from the center of the ball to the back of the lift-up bracket.


If you want a really-good WD hitch, then you'll probably not find one for a U-nose or V-nose trailer. I understand that the U-nose is nice to have, but for a cross-country cargo trailer the capability to install a high-end WD hitch such as a Strait-Line or Equal-I-Zer is more important.


So if you cannot find a u-nose cargo trailer with at least 32" from the center of the ball to the front of the trailer, then I'd compromise and get a flat-nose trailer.


My 7x14 CarMate cargo trailer is a flat nose, and it's been to both the east coast and the west coast and a lot pf places in between, with a Reese Strait-Line trunnion bar dual cam hitch installed.


Since you plan to load the trailer to over 8,000 pounds, then here's the strait-line hitch you need:
http://www.reeseprod.com/products/we...YCaDTayZjPjumE

jeffinthebag

Is there any credibility it the Anderson WDH? It looks like it might not be as good a regular WDH, but you are able shorten than chains to 24 inches to make it fit. Also with my weight varying from a couple thousand lbs (trailer&cargo) it would be easy to adjust with just a socket.
So does anyone use or have any experience with this? I just don't see how it actually lessens the tongue weight off the hitch. I don't want to overload or weaken the receiver with 800 tongue weight on it constantly.

jeffinthebag

brulaz

The Anderson has been discussed over on rv.net quite a bit.
The consensus seems to be that with heavier tongue weights, it cannot shift enough weight back to the front axle. IIRC it works fine up to maybe 600# TW, but when you get to 800# or over, it just can't move enough weight.

jeffinthebag

What is the "IIRC"

brulaz

If I Recall Correctly.

As I get older, I use it more often.

jeffinthebag

I know what you mean about getting older!