Great stuff! 🎥👏 Your thorough walkthrough of the installation process and app measurements for our True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch is much appreciated. Thanks for trusting us with your towing needs-looking forward to hearing about your towing adventures! 💪
AMAZING VIDEO! I am going from a Class C to a travel trailer, this is Exactly what I needed to see and learn from. I am a tractor trailer driver and have never needed to do this to tow anything LOL! You gained a Subscriber and a Like! 👍👍
Interesting hitch setup, Brian. Over the years, I've always set my WD hitches up at the CAT scale, but this one seems a little more "home-set-up-friendly". Your F250 is going to pull this trailer like a champ. Very nice setup: truck, hitch, trailer. Have fun with it.
I just bought a F-250 7.3 gas and my tongue weight allowed is over 1600 lbs. I now tow without a weight distribution hitch and the smart hitch function shows my tongue weight around 1000lbs. I have no problem and rear sag was 1.5 inches truck looked level with the trailer level. I’ve towed my travel trailer 31 ft for 300 miles with no sway issues. Just have to make sure you have the load right. Which the on board scales help with.
Hi Brian, I have the Weigh Safe 2” receiver with the 6” drop/rise with the stainless steel balls with dual matching locks and love it. It’s the best hitch I’ve owned, the model I have has the tongue weight gauge, great choice you will be very satisfied with your Weigh Safe purchase.
Brian, I’m getting too weak to wrestle that stuff. I don’t use it to put them on, but taking them off, 18 volt impact wrench, not a drop of sweat. I keep it in my truck in a plastic tool bin with my 18 volt Ridgid compressor. With an F250, surprised you need anything other than sway control. Very eye opening though, because that trailer doesn’t look like it should be that tongue heavy? One thing to be careful of if it is like the equilizer, there’s a left arm and right arm and you need to be able to read the label or if upside down, yiu can’t read it.
Hello, Thanks for the video. I really appreciate that you took the time to make it. I am buying a 2024 Ford F250 XLT with no lift kit (standard suspension). I am also buying a 2025 Alliance Delta 252RL RV. The Rv's GVWR is 8250 pounds and the total length bumper to hitch is 29 feet 11 inches. I have a few questions for you in order to help me buy the right Weight Safe configuration. I would really appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions so I make the right choices. You said that you bought a 8 inches drop for the hitch. I plan to buy a 6 inches drop for my truck, since I do not have any lift kits installed on the truck. Do you think that I would be OK with a 6 inches drop? The GVWR of the RV is 8250 pounds, so I plan to buy the 12,500 pounds sping arms, since the 8,500 pounds bars are a little close to my RV GVWR. Do you think that I am choosing the right spring arms? I also saw in your video that your RV has the Norco BAL frame. My futur Alliance RV also used that venders frame. Did you have any issues when installing your Weight Safe distribution hitgh on that frame? Thank you ahead of time for any pointers and answers you can give me. Have a nice day. Andre
Hard to say for sure with your setup, but Weigh Safe has an area in their website where you can put in your specific trucks measurements and it will give you the drop/rise you need. My guess is 6” would be too much but every truck is different.
@@BrianWatersOutdoorsthank you for the reply. I did check the Weigh Safe Web site, but did not see this information. I will make a more deeper look. Have a great day
@@BrianWatersOutdoors 😎👍. If you get one, make sure you order it with the Ark 2-wheeled tongue jack. My HT is a '22 model, and had to backfit it. They normally outfit them with a trailer jack with just a flat foot on it. With your crew, you'll probably want the 5x10 model. I have a 23zero Walkabout62 RTT mounted on mine where the teenage grandsons (2) sleep. Note: You'll probably want to add the rooftop a/c for those Texas summers.
I watched very close to see what my thought would be, compared to my hitch, I believe was $350. About 8 years ago….it has bars and chains. A load leveler type. I wonder how your hitch functions in tight turns ? Seems your bars sliding along, would not bind up as tight as the chains on mine ? However for simplicity and cost, I will keep what I have, but may add air bag system on the half ton pickup. Thanks for sweating for us viewers 👍👍
Does the weight distribution hitch put more undo stress on the front of the frame of the TT?. And why do you need one in having the F-250?. The amount of weight your towing is well within the towing capacity correct?. Genuinely asking!.
Putting almost 1000 lbs on the bumper still decreases the amount of weight on the front drivetrain, which creates problems with braking and steering. Even with a super duty, I want some weight distribution, but more importantly the sway control this also gives with a 33’ trailer that acts like a giant billboard going down the highway👍🏻
Great video. Similar truck here and contemplating trying one of these hitches. After getting it set up are you still glad you got the 8” drop shank? Or would you choose the 6” if you had to do again? Thank you!
I could have done with a 6”, but having the 8” gives me a few more inches in case I ever decide to get a lift or 37” tires. Likely never will, but just in case.
I thought you were supposed to measure at the truck wheel well before you attached anything? With equalizer, the idea is to bring the front back to near unloaded measurements, but what do I know? I’m still struggling to dial my setup in.
Looks like a beast of a hitch, shouldn’t you have more drop as it is angled upwards on the hitch ball? Also your max tongue weight is only 1100 lbs on that F-250 or is that a restriction of that hitch? Your towing capacity should be at least 17000 lbs so I would have thought you would have more tongue weight capacity. I know the diesels have more towing capacity but that’s largely because of the power they make and not because of the suspension weight capacity.
Only hitch I’ve had. And I’ve tried lots, that gave me no truck suck ( when you feel your trailer get pulled into the fast lane when a big 18 wheeler flys by) Love this thing. GAME CHANGER. I bought a red husky pro tote to hold the hitch while note in use. From Home Depot. Been working great. I keep the instruction and wrenches in it too for adjustments
Got mine today, seems like the unit is so heavy that the WDH is really upping the tongue weight. That seems like something I don't want to do. My trailer is going to add lots of weight, why am I adding to that WDH weight and making matters worse? Am I better off not having all that WDH weight and running with a simple ball?
WDH are heavy by nature. I’m using mine mainly for the added sway control and not necessarily the weight distribution. My F250 and airbags would be enough, but again, I wanted the extra sway control this hitch offered. And I like knowing what my tongue weight is on the trailer with the onboard scale the hitch has.
Sure looks like you cannot open your tailgate when hitched up. Is that true (I have an F-250 as well)? Like this hitch, but being unable to open tailgate when hitched is a nonstarter for me.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors per the spec sheet on their website, the Heavyweight has only 0.9" more clearance than the middleweight. Obviously, I'll triple check all measurements, but FYI there appears to be little difference in clearance between the two. Gonna see if I can get measurements for Equalizer as shank "appears" longer than on Weigh Safe hitches
There’s typically an area on your camper that states the tongue weight. It’s usually 10% of the trailer/camper weight. That hitch seems very heavy duty
Really not a lot of cons. Biggest issue is this model does not allow the tailgate to be lowered. The heavy weight model you can open the tailgate. Other than that this hitch has been awesome since I put it on at the beginning of summer.
Have as level a work area as possible when setting the hitch WD quantity. If the truck is nose high relative to trailer, the applied WD may be falsely low as nose up adds downforce to the bars, and if truck is nose low relative to trailer, the applied WD may end up falsely high b/c nose down takes away downforce on the bars and the hitch will get more added to make up for the nose down position.
Buyer beware: the Weigh Safe hitch is not compatible with BAL NXG travel trailer frames. This is the frame that my 2024 Jayco Jay Feather 21MML is on. The frame has a wide flange/lip near the coupler which does not fit between the ball and the adjustment bolt of the Weigh Safe. I had to return the Weigh Safe and pay for shipping, which was not cheap for due to its shipping weight. Ironically, I ended up going with an Equal-I-zer. Glad to hear the video maker was happy with that hitch.
@ great thank you. I had been using the older heavy weight hitch from Weigh safe. I had several small problems over the years. Weigh safe has the best customer service. They have always stood behind their product. I just upgraded to the middle weight hitch with 12,500 bar. Our is 30’ 8000lbs. Weigh safe has been the best hitch I have used. Hopefully the new one is just as good. What has been your experience so far with this hitch?
driver side L bracket bolts are backwards. nuts should be facing to the rear like you did on the passenger side. you do know that DTW is not a set and forget right? When you load that RV with any payload, your tongue weight changes which in turn changes the DTW.
4:47 I take it you've never owned a boat...? lol... *edit- Why are you killing yourself with manual tools? Get some power tools in there and save your energy.
Great stuff! 🎥👏 Your thorough walkthrough of the installation process and app measurements for our True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch is much appreciated. Thanks for trusting us with your towing needs-looking forward to hearing about your towing adventures! 💪
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AMAZING VIDEO! I am going from a Class C to a travel trailer, this is Exactly what I needed to see and learn from. I am a tractor trailer driver and have never needed to do this to tow anything LOL! You gained a Subscriber and a Like! 👍👍
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I have had the Weigh Safe Middleweight since last August and it has been great. I love the keyed alike locks. Good install video.
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Hitches sure have come a long way! Impressive!
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Interesting hitch setup, Brian. Over the years, I've always set my WD hitches up at the CAT scale, but this one seems a little more "home-set-up-friendly".
Your F250 is going to pull this trailer like a champ. Very nice setup: truck, hitch, trailer. Have fun with it.
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I just bought a F-250 7.3 gas and my tongue weight allowed is over 1600 lbs. I now tow without a weight distribution hitch and the smart hitch function shows my tongue weight around 1000lbs. I have no problem and rear sag was 1.5 inches truck looked level with the trailer level. I’ve towed my travel trailer 31 ft for 300 miles with no sway issues. Just have to make sure you have the load right. Which the on board scales help with.
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Hi Brian, I have the Weigh Safe 2” receiver with the 6” drop/rise with the stainless steel balls with dual matching locks and love it. It’s the best hitch I’ve owned, the model I have has the tongue weight gauge, great choice you will be very satisfied with your Weigh Safe purchase.
Thanks bud! Looking forward to using this for real here soon!
What a great review. We are looking into purchasing the heavy duty version! I am looking forward to your towing review.
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Hitch and tow that's a great way to go have a wonderful summer and stay cool 😎
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I truly appreciated your effort. 😂 Great video!👍🏾
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Brian, I’m getting too weak to wrestle that stuff. I don’t use it to put them on, but taking them off, 18 volt impact wrench, not a drop of sweat. I keep it in my truck in a plastic tool bin with my 18 volt Ridgid compressor. With an F250, surprised you need anything other than sway control. Very eye opening though, because that trailer doesn’t look like it should be that tongue heavy? One thing to be careful of if it is like the equilizer, there’s a left arm and right arm and you need to be able to read the label or if upside down, yiu can’t read it.
Dude!!!!! That’s a badass hitch man!!!!!
Very cool!!!!!!
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Wow a lot of work but very nice. Thanks for sharing your video. Jake McClellan The Oregon Boy 👦
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Hello, Thanks for the video. I really appreciate that you took the time to make it. I am buying a 2024 Ford F250 XLT with no lift kit (standard suspension). I am also buying a 2025 Alliance Delta 252RL RV. The Rv's GVWR is 8250 pounds and the total length bumper to hitch is 29 feet 11 inches. I have a few questions for you in order to help me buy the right Weight Safe configuration. I would really appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions so I make the right choices. You said that you bought a 8 inches drop for the hitch. I plan to buy a 6 inches drop for my truck, since I do not have any lift kits installed on the truck. Do you think that I would be OK with a 6 inches drop? The GVWR of the RV is 8250 pounds, so I plan to buy the 12,500 pounds sping arms, since the 8,500 pounds bars are a little close to my RV GVWR. Do you think that I am choosing the right spring arms? I also saw in your video that your RV has the Norco BAL frame. My futur Alliance RV also used that venders frame. Did you have any issues when installing your Weight Safe distribution hitgh on that frame? Thank you ahead of time for any pointers and answers you can give me. Have a nice day. Andre
Hard to say for sure with your setup, but Weigh Safe has an area in their website where you can put in your specific trucks measurements and it will give you the drop/rise you need. My guess is 6” would be too much but every truck is different.
@@BrianWatersOutdoorsthank you for the reply. I did check the Weigh Safe Web site, but did not see this information. I will make a more deeper look. Have a great day
I'm thinking that hitch alone may weigh more than my entire 5x9 Hiker Trailer. Nice informative video. 😎👍
Looking at Hiker trailers myself now😉👍🏻
@@BrianWatersOutdoors 😎👍. If you get one, make sure you order it with the Ark 2-wheeled tongue jack. My HT is a '22 model, and had to backfit it. They normally outfit them with a trailer jack with just a flat foot on it. With your crew, you'll probably want the 5x10 model. I have a 23zero Walkabout62 RTT mounted on mine where the teenage grandsons (2) sleep. Note: You'll probably want to add the rooftop a/c for those Texas summers.
Thank you for using Hammer Links on the hitch! Much safer than a shackle.
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I watched very close to see what my thought would be, compared to my hitch, I believe was $350. About 8 years ago….it has bars and chains. A load leveler type. I wonder how your hitch functions in tight turns ? Seems your bars sliding along, would not bind up as tight as the chains on mine ? However for simplicity and cost, I will keep what I have, but may add air bag system on the half ton pickup. Thanks for sweating for us viewers 👍👍
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Does the weight distribution hitch put more undo stress on the front of the frame of the TT?. And why do you need one in having the F-250?. The amount of weight your towing is well within the towing capacity correct?. Genuinely asking!.
Putting almost 1000 lbs on the bumper still decreases the amount of weight on the front drivetrain, which creates problems with braking and steering. Even with a super duty, I want some weight distribution, but more importantly the sway control this also gives with a 33’ trailer that acts like a giant billboard going down the highway👍🏻
Your comment is correct. Why does an F250 need that?
Great video
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Great video. Similar truck here and contemplating trying one of these hitches. After getting it set up are you still glad you got the 8” drop shank? Or would you choose the 6” if you had to do again? Thank you!
I could have done with a 6”, but having the 8” gives me a few more inches in case I ever decide to get a lift or 37” tires. Likely never will, but just in case.
@ thank you!
I thought you were supposed to measure at the truck wheel well before you attached anything? With equalizer, the idea is to bring the front back to near unloaded measurements, but what do I know? I’m still struggling to dial my setup in.
Which WD bars did you install. I have the 8500 pounders, but may exceed that. Still need to install, so the video helped.
I got the 12000 bars
Looks like a beast of a hitch, shouldn’t you have more drop as it is angled upwards on the hitch ball? Also your max tongue weight is only 1100 lbs on that F-250 or is that a restriction of that hitch? Your towing capacity should be at least 17000 lbs so I would have thought you would have more tongue weight capacity. I know the diesels have more towing capacity but that’s largely because of the power they make and not because of the suspension weight capacity.
Only hitch I’ve had. And I’ve tried lots, that gave me no truck suck ( when you feel your trailer get pulled into the fast lane when a big 18 wheeler flys by)
Love this thing. GAME CHANGER.
I bought a red husky pro tote to hold the hitch while note in use. From Home Depot. Been working great. I keep the instruction and wrenches in it too for adjustments
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Heyy Brian awesome, you did a fantastic job 😊
Thanks!
Got mine today, seems like the unit is so heavy that the WDH is really upping the tongue weight. That seems like something I don't want to do. My trailer is going to add lots of weight, why am I adding to that WDH weight and making matters worse?
Am I better off not having all that WDH weight and running with a simple ball?
WDH are heavy by nature. I’m using mine mainly for the added sway control and not necessarily the weight distribution. My F250 and airbags would be enough, but again, I wanted the extra sway control this hitch offered. And I like knowing what my tongue weight is on the trailer with the onboard scale the hitch has.
So when you pull over to take a whiz do you have to re-calculate everything before getting back on the road?
No
Good job, Brian!
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Can you tell me how much the hitch itself weighs? I believe you used the 12,500 lb hitch. But just trying to to get the weight of the whole thing
Pretty nifty system. Thank you for sharing.
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Your video is well done! thank you
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Hope you post a short video after you use it with this set up. Was your old truck a 1500? Same trailer when towing?
Yes, same trailer, but the old truck was an F150 (1500). I will be posting follow ups on this with my opinion after towing👍🏻
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Great video Brian, have you towed with this setup yet? I also have this hitch and am having trouble getting it dialed in
I have. So far I’m really liking it.
Which trailer do you have exactly that produced a tongue weight of 900lbs? Thanks
It’s a 33’ KZ Connect.
I have the same hitch and love it.
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Sure looks like you cannot open your tailgate when hitched up. Is that true (I have an F-250 as well)? Like this hitch, but being unable to open tailgate when hitched is a nonstarter for me.
On this you cannot. You would have to get the “heavyweight” model to be able to open the tailgate.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors per the spec sheet on their website, the Heavyweight has only 0.9" more clearance than the middleweight. Obviously, I'll triple check all measurements, but FYI there appears to be little difference in clearance between the two. Gonna see if I can get measurements for Equalizer as shank "appears" longer than on Weigh Safe hitches
@@brettritchie6827 Just bought a 2024 F350......did u find a hitch that clears the tail gate ?
Thanks for the info
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love your truck
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There’s typically an area on your camper that states the tongue weight. It’s usually 10% of the trailer/camper weight. That hitch seems very heavy duty
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But those stickers are notoriously not accurate. Really need to weigh when loaded up and ready for travel.
That's a really cool hitch.
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@BrianWatersOutoors Can do you an update video of your likes and dislikes for this WDH?
Really not a lot of cons. Biggest issue is this model does not allow the tailgate to be lowered. The heavy weight model you can open the tailgate. Other than that this hitch has been awesome since I put it on at the beginning of summer.
@@BrianWatersOutdoors Could you have gone with a 6" drop instead of 8"?
At about 18:15, you mention vehicle set up including cargo capacity. My WSD app did not ask for that. hmmm?
I was so nervous you were going to hit you tail gate with that wrench/bar thingy. 😅
lol…me too
Have as level a work area as possible when setting the hitch WD quantity. If the truck is nose high relative to trailer, the applied WD may be falsely low as nose up adds downforce to the bars, and if truck is nose low relative to trailer, the applied WD may end up falsely high b/c nose down takes away downforce on the bars and the hitch will get more added to make up for the nose down position.
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Where do you get 4K for an Anderson hitch? They’re about 600 bucks.
I meant Hensley hitch
Buyer beware: the Weigh Safe hitch is not compatible with BAL NXG travel trailer frames. This is the frame that my 2024 Jayco Jay Feather 21MML is on. The frame has a wide flange/lip near the coupler which does not fit between the ball and the adjustment bolt of the Weigh Safe. I had to return the Weigh Safe and pay for shipping, which was not cheap for due to its shipping weight.
Ironically, I ended up going with an Equal-I-zer. Glad to hear the video maker was happy with that hitch.
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@dougwirzberger679 I just purchased this exact trailer. What model Equal-I-zer did you end up purchasing?
How long and heavy is your trailer.
Hitch to bumper is about 36', 8,500 gvwr
@ great thank you. I had been using the older heavy weight hitch from Weigh safe. I had several small problems over the years. Weigh safe has the best customer service. They have always stood behind their product. I just upgraded to the middle weight hitch with 12,500 bar. Our is 30’ 8000lbs. Weigh safe has been the best hitch I have used. Hopefully the new one is just as good. What has been your experience so far with this hitch?
driver side L bracket bolts are backwards. nuts should be facing to the rear like you did on the passenger side. you do know that DTW is not a set and forget right? When you load that RV with any payload, your tongue weight changes which in turn changes the DTW.
did you me the pro pride at 4k the Anderson is about 600 bucks. Excellent video thank you for the effort in making it !
Yes, I meant the ProPride hitch😂
Don't forget the screws underneath the hitch.😊
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The installer must have had the impact wrench maxed out!
No kidding
Ok two hours but a learning experience 😊
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also my sway bar position is on the left side because mine is an apex ultra lite coachmen
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Sorry, that is a bigger camper than I thought, no wonder you have a 250, lol. Thanks
but awesome
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With all the money you spend lol you don’t have an impact ??
Where’s the fun in that??😂
@@BrianWatersOutdoors no fun busting knuckles and skinning hands at our ages.
I tow my 9000 lb trailer with out weight distribution. No problem
I’m using it more for sway control than WD
@@BrianWatersOutdoors have you weighed your rig on the CAT scale? I’d like to see before and after if possible. Especially front axle weights?
if the hitch breaks get a husky weight distribution hitch
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Video Jim Ross ATL
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4:47 I take it you've never owned a boat...? lol...
*edit- Why are you killing yourself with manual tools? Get some power tools in there and save your energy.
Need a bigger truck.
Got one…
strange
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buy a real truck, hook it up and go...
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Go with Curt way better product and a fraction of the cost