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Old 05-07-2014, 08:56 PM
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Just hooked the travel trailer up to my ecoboost for the first time and took it for a shakedown run. Ive never had a good trailer brake before and at first I thought it wasnt working because it is so smooth compared to the one I had in my dodge. my old one would ramp up to a preset level no matter how hard you pushed the brakes, then wouldnt release until about 2 seconds after you let off the brakes. On a side note, not looking forward to resetting the WD hitch. Its still set up for my 3/4 ton dodge. good enough to pull the trailer the 10 miles were taking it this weekend, but definitely gonna have to be reset for anything longer. The dodge was a taller truck, and I dont think its transferring enough weight to the front wheels. front end felt light on my shakedown run
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If anyone can point me to a good tutorial on setting up a WD hitch without the benefit of a scale that would be awesome
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Lots of videos on YouTube
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Google "WDH setup" and you'll get links to videos (Curt, Reese, etc.), .pdf documents (Equal-i-zer, Reese), and a bunch of websites and forums with info about setting them up.

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What brand of WDH do you have?
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Originally Posted by king nothing
Just hooked the travel trailer up to my ecoboost for the first time and took it for a shakedown run. Ive never had a good trailer brake before and at first I thought it wasnt working because it is so smooth compared to the one I had in my dodge. my old one would ramp up to a preset level no matter how hard you pushed the brakes, then wouldnt release until about 2 seconds after you let off the brakes. On a side note, not looking forward to resetting the WD hitch. Its still set up for my 3/4 ton dodge. good enough to pull the trailer the 10 miles were taking it this weekend, but definitely gonna have to be reset for anything longer. The dodge was a taller truck, and I dont think its transferring enough weight to the front wheels. front end felt light on my shakedown run
I use to use a Tekonsha on my 08 f150...wasn't impressed with it. My '13 has the OEM, Love it, very smooth. I set my at 6.5 towing 7500 lbs.
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Originally Posted by ecobeest
What brand of WDH do you have?
It a Reese that's 10-15 years old



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