Weight distribution hitch ?

[WanderingJ]

Not sure if this belongs in camping or here (or RV forum lol) but, I'm looking to purchase a WDH, just unsure which tongue weight I should go by. I have an overland and max is 600lbs. My camper is 400lbs. Should the WDH be 400 or 600? I was looking at the camco recurve 3 and not really sure if that 200lbs will make a difference. I was leaning toward the 600lb one just b/c its the max for the JT so I'll never have a camper above that as long as i have the JT. https://www.eaz-lift.com/collection...ecurve-r3-weight-distribution-hitch-600lb-kit

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[Labswine]

I'd go for the 600 lb WDH. A little overkill never hurt anything...I have the BlueOx WDH system. Works really well with my 27', 5,100 lb with all we want or need, and around a 520 lb tongue weight (estimated based on factory stated 420 lb tongue weight and all the stuff I have in the front pass through) trailer. I had the dealership where I bought my trailer from do the setup.

I measured rear droop with just the trailer attached and it was around 1 1/2". Coupled up the WDH bars and the droop was only around 3/4". I have the Overland edition with factory tow package. The WDH system I have, the front end feels just as planted as if I'm not towing anything. Plus, when I get passed but a semi doing 90 to nothing and I'm cruising along at 65 MPH (MAX) I get almost no, if any, sway from the wind blast coming off that truck.

 

[PuddleJumper]

Not sure if this belongs in camping or here (or RV forum lol) but, I'm looking to purchase a WDH, just unsure which tongue weight I should go by. I have an overland and max is 600lbs. My camper is 400lbs. Should the WDH be 400 or 600? I was looking at the camco recurve 3 and not really sure if that 200lbs will make a difference. I was leaning toward the 600lb one just b/c its the max for the JT so I'll never have a camper above that as long as i have the JT. https://www.eaz-lift.com/collection...ecurve-r3-weight-distribution-hitch-600lb-kit

My rule of thumb is go whatever your max hitch is. We have a Rpod with a 300 tongue weight i believe. and we are already goin to a NOBO that will be 450. are WDH is rated for 700. So we don't need to buy a new one to cover the upsize.

 

[Josh00333]

Anderson

https://andersenhitches.com/product/weight-distribution-hitch/

 

[WanderingJ]

Anderson
https://andersenhitches.com/product/weight-distribution-hitch/

That was on the list too. I like that its light weight compared to others and doesn't have component like a brake pad, that wears down but Ive seen complaints about bending the frame bc of how it attached to the a-frame. maybe like anything, those with problems are more vocal then those without.

Feel like there's so much I had to get compared to my popup. This thing is like a jeep, eating the money. Unfortunately, it just cost me 300 to get it registered and get plates. wasn't expecting that hit today

 

[WanderingJ]

I'd go for the 600 lb WDH. A little overkill never hurt anything...I have the BlueOx WDH system. Works really well with my 27', 5,100 lb with all we want or need, and around a 520 lb tongue weight (estimated based on factory stated 420 lb tongue weight and all the stuff I have in the front pass through) trailer. I had the dealership where I bought my trailer from do the setup.

Yeah, i think I'm going with the 600 if I go with the camco one. 200lb difference shouldn't be overkill. I've read that running something too high could overdo the weight distribution and have a negative effect.

 

[danimal2000]

As stated, a LITTLE over won't hurt. But I'd advise against going too far over. Our first camper was 3500 fully loaded, pulled with a jeep liberty (thing was a beast!)
They included wdh when I bought the camper, and for some reason they did a 10k/1000lb tw. I figured ok there's obviously plenty, good to go (I was very new to the whole thing, learned by doing)

Well, 10k was awful. Yes it had a bit of a negative effect, but way worse was the bouncing. The bars were so stiff, every bit of the trailer bounce was transferred to the Jeep. There wasn't enough weight on the bars to flex and make them "springy". Started doing tons more research and also read that the overkill could even bend the trailer frame as the bars are just way too strong for that setup. Not sure how true that part is but the rise was so crummy, back to the dealer I went.

After a lot of complaining and getting pretty annoyed, they finally agreed to swap the wdh free of charge. I asked the salesman why the hell they would put the big boy bars on, he said "that way if decide to upgrade later you can use the same hitch" ummm that little jeep could only do 5k max. If I were to upgrade I'd need a truck too, I don't think 700 bucks on a new wdh would make much a difference at that point!

Long story short, get the 6k/600lb. I love the fastway e2, pretty simple and works well. Still on the same one from 8 years ago (and yes, upgraded both the camper and tow vehicle since, same wdh still good! )

 

[MudderNuker]

I have a 600lbs WD hitch with friction bars. Serves two purposes, help transfer the weight towards the front of the truck and control sway. With this hitch the JT tracks pretty straight with minimal sway when windy and almost none in calm days. I would stay away from chain hitches as they are less effective controlling sway.

 

[RudeJeepin]

With my last trailer I used this style.

It worked well, and I used it with 4 different tow vehicles. I could pull 3 links if the fresh water tank was empty or 4 links if the tank was full. The fresh water tank was just inside the front wall so the 350 or so extra pounds were added mostly to the tongue. Gave it to the son with the trailer.
I'll get the same setup for our cargo/camp trailer. Simple and easy.

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