Have a 2018 3.5 max tow with 1758 payload, will this hitch handle a 32ft trailer without a white knuckle ride. Screw 5.5 bed

 

I have a Hensley which functions the same. It is like riding on rails. The pro pride is a newer design. Sure calmed my trailer down here with the wind in Texas. Make sure you have the towing weights close as for any WD hitch and the PP will tow amazingly well.

 

The hitch will handle it, but what about the truck? 17xx payload tends to be tight with 32ft trailers.

 

I have similar truck, all I can say, I hope you have brass *****, because when the wind shifts the trailer, I don't care what others say, the tail will wag the dog. Propride I hear is a good wdh, doesn't matter at this level. Stick closer to 25' boxes with 1/2 ton tonka trucks, a tad more if you dare.

 

So I just towed my 34 foot TT with a 3.5 EB across the country. I will say that I normally and solid with the PP hitch, but in the Texas/NMexico wind, I pretty much wrangled the rig. I was getting hit by 30 to 40 mph winds with gusts to 50... Under those circumstances, here are my thoughts...

* My trailer is definitly wagging the dog... but I never swayed, just got pushed around the road.. It is a weird sensation, like the trailer just pushes you (and with a gust, powerfully pushes) you across your lane in sometimes into another. The key I found is not to overeact and oversteer.

* You are not going to have a comfortable tow with 30/40 mph winds no matter what... You fight the the rig to maintain lane position the whole time. It is exhausting and you'll look forward to getting to your campsite.

*With all of the above said, I can't imagine how it would have been without my propride trailer. It does this crazy thing of dampening and movement on the trailer. During regular driving, you will feel a shadowing nudge, but movement is dampeing that I often had to be careful not to exceed 70 mph... When the weather is bad, like listed above, the trailer does move, but it never sways and the pull is very "one direction" if that makes sense. You never feel like the trailer is going one direction and the truck is going another.

* To achieve towing Nirvana, it took some serious work to get everything worked out. My trailer is pushing the limits of an F150 both in payload, RAGW, and trailer GWR. This means I don't hae a lot of wiggle room and I have to make sure things are right. This means it takes some finessing of the propride system with an f150 and such a long trailer. However, when you get it right, it like "butta."

 

If you had a PP or Hensley you would see that they can easily handle a longer trailer without issue. Just need to make sure you are within the weights of the truck.

 

Do you have the long bed? I would see that helping.

 

Propride also adds 200 lbs of tongue weight to

 

True. but doesn’t need 13% tongue weight to keep from swaying either. No sway ever. Transfer 100 lbs of trailer weight back to compensate.