A Safer Way to Tow - Installing a Weigh Safe Weight Distribution Hitch
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2022
- Weigh Safe Tru Tow Weight Distribution Hitch Installation and Product Overview.
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Using a weight distribution hitch makes it safer to pull a heavy trailer or camper. I installed this weight distribution hitch on my dump trailer.
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Did you order the weight distribution hitch?
Awesome
Thanks for using my code and I’m glad it saved you money
Lube the track you say. This old man says. Where is my floor jack? Wow I had no idea how equalizer hitches differ. From the one I have been using for 12 years. Awesome video. Great job explaining all that info.
They came out with this version with the scale and the adjustment screw two years ago. From what I’ve seen it looks like the best one on the market
Awesome ! , I was wondering how I could install WD hitch on my dump now I know just what to do. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Great and simple instructions as demonstrated. Well done ! Thanks……
Thanks. I appreciate it
Thx u for all that info. It's all Greek to me. I'm just starting to tow something. Just gathering info what I need. ✌🏾
This is great content - thanks for sharing with us.
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Got my rugular 4” drop hitch ordered using your code! Thanks for the code! Saved 50$!
Ive been on the fence about ordering one of these. If i do i will use the rock hill discount for sure! Awesome job on the sponsorship as well! I did just pick up a 33k gvw six wheeler so that will help me out big time on being overloaded so much!
Right, that is the type of trailer these are really designed for but hopefully it helps a little bit with mine as well
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Hello thank you for the video, I did take advantage of the 15% discount and ordered my hitch today
Awesome. It’s a good product
Looks like a good product.
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Heyhey Brock the reason that they are not used much on dump trailers is because the adjustments will be different for each load, your load in a dump trailer will be different each time you use it. One time hauling dirt one time hauling rock , each weighing different which changes the adjustments. But with an RV or travel trailer the weight is pretty much the same each time. Good video
Good point, and I thought about that but generally I load it to full capacity every time
You can readjust it for a different amount of weight in a couple of minutes but most people probably don’t feel like doing that
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Brock, just a small recommendation, put the retainer clips in from front to back, that way if you ran over something on the road if it popped up and hit the pin it can't be knocked out.
Great suggestion. Sometimes I skip over details like that
Looking forward to finding out how you think it has improved the feel and ride of the trailer.👍
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It’s not just the weight you tow that you have to consider. Example is Ford tells you to use a weight distribution hitch if the tongue weight is over 500 pounds on the half tons. Meanwhile on the Super Duty F350 or F450 with the 3 inch receiver hitch they have now said distribution hitches are not necessary on the newer models.
Right. On my ram 1500 it says 5000 pounds. On my current ram 2500 it says you may want to use a weight distribution hitch on heavy trailers but it doesn’t put a weight on there
I think the length and height of the trailer also make a big difference. This 14,000 pound dump trailer probably doesn’t sway as much as a 14,000 pound 25 foot long camper
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@@RockhillfarmYT Ford has a sticker right on the hitches if it’s a factory installed hitch. Ram like GM do their own things. The one thing Ram does that all manufacturers should copy is the door jam sticker that clearly gives you the correct weights for what you can safely tow as that particular vehicle was built from the factory. Keep the great videos coming!
@@RockhillfarmYT Brock, as always a great video. Remember that sway is only one reason. In your case the hitch is distributing more weight to the front axle when you are bumper pulling. So even though your dump trailer may not sway as much, you always want to distribute weight back to the front axles for braking and wet weather driving.
Hey Brock. I'm curious why you have the dump trailers coupler mounted so low? Seems like you could level out your trailer by raising the coupler instead of a longer drop hitch. Just curious. Good luck and be safe. 🙂🚜🇺🇲🦌
Good point that I hadn’t really considered. I just left it the way it was when I bought it
Hey Brock, I just bought a new Ram 2500. How much drop do you recommend for a stock ride height Ram 2500?
Definitely depends on your trailer. On mine I’m running 6” drop
How did this thing end up performing for you and your application? I went to your channel to find a follow-up vid, but I don't see one.
I am about to order the same hitch for my 33' TT. With my existing cheap EAZ Lift WD setup (just chains) and cheap friction anti-sway bar, the damn 1-ton still gets blown around more than I'd like. I'm hoping that dropping some coin into the problem with this innovative product will help. I've researched a ton of these more expensive WD hitches, and a ton of folks on YT argue that the Weigh Safe is as good as it gets, short of the 3 thousand dollar Hensley hitches that I'm sure work great, but I'm just not going to drop that sort of money. The only other option that I looked into is the Equalizer WD hitch, but the Weigh Safe app and design looks like the easiest and most effective thing for a guy like me that just hooks up the camper on the weekend and in the summer.
I am really not the best person to ask because I am not currently using it.
I use the other weigh safe hitches every day and love them.
I am sponsored by weigh safe and they asked me to do a set up video on this product but I decided it really doesn’t make sense to use a weight distribution hitch on a dump trailer because it weighs a different amount every time I run it and would need to be adjusted to really work properly.
As you know they are meant for travel trailers and RVs and I don’t own one of those
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Dont you have to keep adjusting it since the weight of a dump trailer is never the same most days
So would this work with a Ram 3500 that has rear auto load leveling suspension?
I'm in the same boat on that question. I'm guessing you put the weight of trailer/camper on hitch let the auto leveling do it's thing then take all your measurements.
Mine auto levels. That is what I did
Great information! About 98% of all folks pulling trailers dont know what they are doing for sure! The first WDH I used in the mid 70’s was a Reese Brand and I could literally lift the rear wheels of the truck off of the ground with it putting weight on the front axle of the truck and the trailer tandems. It was made a lot heavier than the hitch you show here but it didn’t have any kind of a weight gauge. Really enjoy your video’s the content is great and really needed just to make people “Think Safety”. 👍👍
Thanks for sharing some of the history of the products. Towing heavy loads can go bad in a hurry
I think the weight safe hitches are great when they work but the gauge on mine broke 3 times in 2 years they will not replace it again I have a Bwise ultimate dump trailer just like TTWT has. that I tow daily in the summer for my landscaping business I still use the hitch but for the last 2 years the scale is broken. The company does not stand behind there product. I had to pay shipping to have it fixed the first 2 times. They also would not warranty it for the first year because they went of the manufactures date instead of the date i ordered it and I did have my receipt to show them. bottom line I order a $350 hitch and it broke 3 times in the first 2 years and I had to pay shipping and was down a hitch.
Thanks for sharing.
ANY OTHER BRANDS YOU RECOMMEND?
This is the major flaw with this hitch. I just can't believe the gauge will be accurate or hold up.
That hitch ball sticks really far out from the rear bumper. Never seen one quite like that. Looks nice and seems to work pretty well though!
Just looking at it it seems like that would be a negative but since it is weight distributing the company describes that offset as a positive….
I guess not smart enough to answer that but it does stick out far enough I probably won’t leave it on when I’m not using it
Spay it with a dry lube because if spray it with wet lube it will be a sand trap and will make things worse .
5,000 pounds for a load distribution setup? Sheesh…
That it’s not my opinion, it’s just what it said in the owners manual of my 2019 ram 1500.
I put it on a 14,000 pound trailer
VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS HITCH!! Will not work on all travel trailers. I have a Jayco 330 RSTS that experiences dangerous amounts of trailer sway with this hitch. There is not enough adjustability between the spring arms and the spring arm platform which causes a decrease in surface area and friction needed to control the sway. I contacted Weigh-Safe customer support and they basically blew me off without even attempting to help with my problem. Will be buying a different hitch as this one is too dangerous to use with my trailer.
Sorry to hear that
Don't buy any of these products my weight hitch had a fault and they wanted nothing to do with me worst customer service I've ever experienced
I'm not taking any information from this video from somebody who doesn't know how to load and unload a trailer or the how to use a hitch on a pickup truck either fits on a bumper or gooseneck or fifth wheel without looking up an app to find out how to do it
I pull trailers every day. Bumper pull and gooseneck.
Whatever complaint you have about this system would be with the company that designed it.
I’m demonstrating a product that requires the use of an app. There are lots of weight distribution hitches that don’t require that but this one does. Most of the other brands you use a tape measure to see how your weight is distributed Between the front and rear axles.
Just a change of the times
Alot of work just to haul gravel or whatever I have the same truck I just back up and hook up and go
These are designed for RVs and they stay on there permanently to provide a safer ride
I don’t actually use it on my dump trailer
@@RockhillfarmYT ok good to know lol