Check out the new Weigh-Safe Middleweight WDH (weight distribution hitch) at the link: ( www.weigh-safe.com/TFL )
@bobdole3987
2 ай бұрын
Is it true that Brenden was kicked off TFL because he was allegedly caught texting a minor?
@Van_Liberty
2 ай бұрын
I learned Very quickly how an improper load location on a trailer can cause total havoc on the road. I had a 2001 SVT Lightning with a 1993 Ford Aerostar loaded on a U-Haul rental steel trailer. My mistake was the van was too far to the rear of the trailer. All seemed good as I hit the freeway until a Semi truck passed and instantly initiated some pretty severe swaying due to too light of a tongue weight. I let off the gas and the sway subsided. Pulled of at the next exit and moved the van about 20" forward and the load was rock solid on the 140 mile trip. This video is so important and thanks!
@jeffk464
2 ай бұрын
Like aviation its much better to have the CG to far forward than to far back. The default is figure out where the CG should be then move it a bit further forward.
@RobertStone-q9p
2 ай бұрын
Come on TFL, the picture for the thumbnail says it all. We load the machine all the way to the front of the trailer to show it to be tongue heavy. Then we put the additional hardware on the hitch and move the load over the axles of the trailer. There fore making it appear that the additional equipment makes all the difference. Moving the load back on the trailer will obviously reduce tongue weight and reduce squat.
@Hybris51129
2 ай бұрын
Do we really expect much more from TFL at this point?
@bradythegenius2123
2 ай бұрын
@@Hybris51129I think people only comment when they don’t like something
@plmn93
2 ай бұрын
This is obviously a paid ad. The content is fine, I've been on enough truck forums to know that an awful lot of people still don't get the basics, and this is a pretty neat system.
@disophisis
2 ай бұрын
It's not really all about squat. I wish these guys would be more explicit about that. The additional hardware may help a little with squat, but more importantly it provides sway control and uses leverage to shift weight to the front tires of the truck so it rides more level and you don't lose steering/suspension down travel.
@reedgreen6388
2 ай бұрын
Just buy a 3/4 ton truck..the hitch is a over kill
@Spankus28
2 ай бұрын
Yea that fancy hitch made a difference once you loaded your trailer properly. 😂😂😂 you’ve gotta love sponsored content.
@deal492
2 ай бұрын
He is showing you all the situations and uses this hitch can help. Not every one has been towing since they were 4 yrs old.... and if you have shopped gast food in the last 15 yrs, you'd understand how knowledge is key... which America is far behind on, in the younger generations....But listening comprehension must not be your strong suit.
@that.schamp
2 ай бұрын
The point is that the hitch gave him the information he needed to load the trailer properly.... And the hitch weight provided by the hitch, in combination with the app, helped guide him to setting up the hitch correctly. The hitch takes a lot of the guess work out, and is a great product. I wouldn't swap my Blue Ox Swaypro and CAT scale app for the weighsafe tools, but I can recognize their value.
@jp1087
Ай бұрын
One thing that would help with avoiding severe squat is using a trailer that doesn't take up over half of your towing capacity and max out the tongue weight when it's empty. A single axle 6x10 ramp trailer that only weighs 1k could easily carry that UTV. While the W/D hitch redistributes tongue weight, it doesn't do anything to relieve the drivetrain from the stress of towing at its max capacity.
@austintysver7366
2 ай бұрын
I have a weigh safe hitch for towing my 24’ enclosed car trailer behind my wife’s 2015 F150 and it works amazing. The truck handled the trailer good before the hitch but was a little front high. Added the weigh safe and now the truck runs perfectly level and pulls like an arrow.
@weighsafe
2 ай бұрын
We are thrilled to hear this! 👊
@aaronpok1021
2 ай бұрын
@@weighsafecan I get a free hitch and weight distribution kit? I got a food truck and would post about yall helping me tow safe?!
@jlalvarado024
2 ай бұрын
"I know eXaCtLy what it weighs, it weighs ArOuNd 33 hundred pounds."
@hawaiiansoja
2 ай бұрын
Wow you finally learned to read a tape measure without the fractions being on the tape!! Good job!!
@powtheory867
2 ай бұрын
I follow you guys religiously but this was the first video I felt intended as an advertisement and I didn’t like it
@Dusdaddy
2 ай бұрын
I understand the benefit of Weigh-Safe style hitches as very few bother to accurately check their TW. But having a weighing device that is constantly getting bounced around cannot be accurate for long. I see in the fine print it's only good for +/- 50lbs when new. How long does that last? I'd think I would want a standalone scale that will not be getting all those miles under tension.
@BlueDually4x4
2 ай бұрын
That's always been my problem with it. And some of the hitches they use the ball is nearly double the distance from the truck compared to just a traditional hitch, that I would think you would need less weight on it the further away from the truck it is.
@that.schamp
2 ай бұрын
@@BlueDually4x4 A hitch is a lever that uses the trailer to push the front axle up by pushing down on the hitch ball using the rear axle as a fulcrum. A WD hitch adds a lever arm that uses the trailer tongue to push down on the front axle using the ball as a fulcrum. The hitch ball has to be moved farther from the receiver - making space for the bars to attach between the receiver and the ball - to make this work. The distance the hitch adds between the rear axle and the hitch ball is proportionately small, so the WD bars easily overcomes the additional leverage caused by the longer hitch. You should not use a WD hitch without the bars, because then the increased leverage on the first lever is not compensated for by the lever arm created by the bars. For my 7k car hauler, I use a Blue Ox hitch that has easily exchanged bars and three positions for each bar. I have skinny 250# hitch weight rated bars to swap on when unloaded. I use 550# or 750# bars when loaded. The hitch made a -huge- difference towing near capacity with a Tacoma. From obviously dangerous dynamics to ez-pz. A drunk replaced my Tacoma with an F-150, and I can get away without the hitch now - and often do when I'm not leaving town. But why take the extra stress on a long haul? An often overlooked function of these hitches is the sway control - and simple benefit of having 3 points of connection between the truck and the trailer. Even unloaded, my 2200# trailer is noticeably more stable with the sway control function of the hitch still working with the 250# bars on the lightest setting.
@BlueDually4x4
2 ай бұрын
@@that.schamp I understand all of that. However, on a 5th wheel that small difference is a 1,000 pounds or more you can shift on or off the front axle. You can shift that much weight and more with the kingpin staying between both rear axles. What looks like little difference can add up quickly. Yes the bars do shift the weight forwards, you are doing so further away from the receiver. Meaning you are transferring more force the further away the hitch and the bars are. It is partly why dump trucks can have more tongue weight than a box van. An extreme example I know as the hitch placement compared to the rear end can be several feet or more difference between the two trucks. The scale shows the tongue weight, and would read the same a foot closer or a foot farther away from the truck. But the actual force exerted on the truck changes depending on where that force is applied. This could be demonstrated easily on a truck with air bags as the air pressure in them would fluctuate as the ball was moved closer or further away. Or if they measured how much this truck squats with a non adjustable hitch vs this hitch. Maybe Jason over at Engineering Explained could do some math based on measurements and figure out what the actual weight the truck sees is depending on hitch placement.
@that.schamp
2 ай бұрын
@@BlueDually4x4 I think I see what you are saying, and we can predict it. Based on the lines on the shanks, my OE hitch from the Taco has the ball 6" from the receiver mouth. My Blue Ox has it at 13". That's more than 100% longer! But the reason kingpin movement makes such a huge difference is that your are so close to the fulcrum of the lever. Changing your lever one inch - from 2" to 3" - makes a 50% difference. But us silly bumper pullers have our hitch way out back of the truck, more than four feet from the fulcrum - so a few inches doesn't make as much difference. On my Taco, it would have been approximately 46" from receiver mouth to rear axle center (my Ford is 48"), with a 128" wheelbase. Since the hitch side of the lever is about ~13% longer, we can see it's going to be about 13% more force at the front wheels. Plugging some numbers into a lever calculator, with the OE hitch, 660# on the ball should push up on the front axle with 268# of force. With the Blue Ox, that becomes 304# of force. That last measurement I've taken with a CAT scale. It was 340# of weight taken off the front axle with 660# on the Blue Ox hitch w/o bars: 2700# to 2360#! I could be underestimating the rear overhang of the Taco - but there is probably feedback amplifying the predicted number caused by the change in rake (aka squat). Still, we're in the ballpark, and the point is that the difference in weight transfer caused by more than doubling the length of the shank is less than 15%. On a longer wheelbase truck like my F-150, it becomes even smaller. The hitch put -all- of that force on the front wheels back with a 750# bar in it's max position. I'm told the goal with a WD hitch is to recover ~2/3 of the force on the front axle. I had to back it off to get the front axle down to 2580# - 120# lighter than it was without the trailer. Of course, the extra shank length also increases the lateral forces by the same proportion. While I don't have numbers for that, the effect is far more than compensated for by the addition of two connection points and resistance to directional change that the hitch provides.
@scottneal2738
2 ай бұрын
So back in 2022, my 2019 Ranger FX4 had a bit of sway that started to freak me out but just as quick that it happened. The truck noticed and properly controlled the sway before it got out of hand. I was towing a Uhaul car hauler with the MKIII supra I had which was 3800 lbs. Definitely had more weight than the truck but it towed way better than I could have ever thought.
@richardnottelmann58
2 ай бұрын
Love that bread box. 🎉🎉🎉
@jorgeadolfomendoza2410
2 ай бұрын
Great video, try to make this kind of videos often they are really good for people who like to know how to tow and drive save with trailers
@honda116969
2 ай бұрын
I have sumo springs on my 3rd gen Tacoma they help with body roll, towing squat & off-roading. I only have them in the back I'm going to put the fronts on soon. I saw them on the grenadier you guys were driving so I was like damn I should add those to my Tacoma haha. + they make your suspension last much longer because it's not being used as much 🤷
@Superneuf70
2 ай бұрын
Having all the weight in the front of a trailer, is not only stupid, but can be extremely dangerous.
@badgerpa9
2 ай бұрын
You should show the difference air bags can cause to the rear axle weight.
@jonascampelo871
2 ай бұрын
Huge squat... The previous version of the Ranger Raptor Europe model, didnt squat so much. Any problem with that pick uk rear suspension in particular?
@gcslade
2 ай бұрын
The Honda Pioneer 1000-5 trail model you have shows a weight of 1,775 Lbs. With Fuel and gear, you're correct, it will be approx. 2000Lbs. We sure love ours!
@zachlafond2652
2 ай бұрын
I'm sick of the term "game changer" ..
@adaycj
2 ай бұрын
10 minutes of Andre playing with an app that he has no idea how it works. Then he loosens a nut and turns a bolt. "I'm pretty happy with this setup". Based on what exactly? That is a cool hitch, and one of my complaints of these expensive things is that they don't have weight distribution capabilities. I am a little concerned that TFL is towing all over the place and they don't really know how to load a trailer or setup a hitch.
@christophercraig9611
2 ай бұрын
Yeah this is sponsored content, but I’ve been using weigh-safe hitches for a long time. They really are some of the best hitches you can get. I just finally upgraded my weight distribution hitch to weigh-safe and wish I hadn’t waited so long. It is so much better than those cheap ones the RV shop wants to sell you.
@showmemorefunthings9208
2 ай бұрын
Pretty cool, this would have been nice when i use to tow a side by side.
@valleytractorservices9310
2 ай бұрын
I have that exact same trailer. I measured it with a scale empty and it's 470 lbs tongue weight at the ball coupler.
@that.schamp
2 ай бұрын
I really appreciate y'all covering a weight distributing / sway control hitch! Properly setup, these hitches make towing *much* safer. I frequently see y'all towing loads where I know the owners manual would call for sway control and/or weight distribution, and I hope the weigh safe sponsorship leads you setting a better example! The weigh safe hitches are awesome for making the process of adjusting the hitch easier, and the app looks extremely useful! Even with the weigh safe hitch and app, you still need an accurate measurement of the weight of the trailer - but that is usually easier to estimate than the hitch weight. With the Colorado, did you just put 1000# on a 750# rated hitch receiver?
@dalejones4322
2 ай бұрын
If I hauled anything regularly I'd probably look into the aluminum hitch. If I hauled heavy frequently I'd probably get this. That scale in the hitch was a brilliant idea.
@JDC129
2 ай бұрын
So what Andre is trying to say is, if you actually want to tow buy a full size. If you want to race Chargers and Challengers buy the Raptor.
@BlueDually4x4
2 ай бұрын
I'm all for stuff that helps people do things like towing safer. However if you pause the video at 4:29 this hitch places the ball much further away from the truck than a normal hitch. My non adjustable hitch would have the ball in line with the bolt holes for adjusting the hitch. If Andre and I have the same size hands your trailer is 7-8 inches further away from the truck. You move the 5th wheel on a semi that much to the rear and you've put around a thousand pounds or more on the drive axles. Its part of the reason they are adjustable is so you can shift weight on the truck's axles. So it would be interesting to compare the Raptor's squat with this hitch compared to a non adjustable hitch with the trailer much closer to the truck. Less leverage, should mean less squat. The other problem I have, and a few others have mentioned it, is how long will it stay accurate? Scales have to be checked and calibrated regularly, even if they aren't used as just the heat and cold cycle will mess with them after a while.
@marcindomik8975
19 күн бұрын
I would like to see what happens when you are driving an uneven road, how it works when you approach a ferry ramp or some sudden uphill and the whole rig kind of bends
@bradylar123
2 ай бұрын
Centering the machine on the trailer will also help a lot. Y’all have that SXS parked a little too far on the passenger side.
@ejramirez9940
2 ай бұрын
Gonna have to wake up 2 hours earlier to just mount my trailer.
@camburton2349
2 ай бұрын
In Ontario I believe any trailer over 26 ft requires swaybars
@plmn93
2 ай бұрын
That hitch could definitely be useful if you tow a lot of different things. If it is accurate. I'm a little skeptical on that. Would be easy for TFL to test. For most of us who typically tow the same loads a trip to a scale will work too.
@pkarowic
2 ай бұрын
Good information my friend. Having read some of the comments to lay to rest what you did to move the hitch weight, you could just drive over a weight scale before and after to show the actual results. That's what I did to prove to myself that it did indeed shift the weight from the hitch to the truck front axle and the trailer back axle for my RV. The total weight is still there, just in different spots. Thanks again.👍
@bluceree7312
2 ай бұрын
Is there an app for when I go to the out house for number 2?
@przemeksledziewski1973
2 ай бұрын
😂
@hokmed4787
2 ай бұрын
Another thing that would help your squat is not using a trailer that has a 14000 lb capacity use a 7000 lb capacity tailer so the tongue is not as heavy
@Flashflood140
2 ай бұрын
Are people actually going to use this. Haha No... people think the Carolina squat is what your supposed to do!
@digger450r
2 ай бұрын
imagine that, you get a little squat when you hook a 5300lb trailer to a truck with a max towing rating of 5500lbs...
@usarmyprepper
2 ай бұрын
When are you guys going to do a review on the Honda pioneer 1000-5 trail. Thats a 2022, it's about time.
@Jay-me7gw
2 ай бұрын
Looks very similar in design to an Equal-i-zer, which is a good thing. And its about the same price with the scale.
@Javelinjoe73
2 ай бұрын
Holy trailer overkill,
@ChrisACiufo
2 ай бұрын
I like the built in tongue weight gauge; however, I’m skeptical of two things in their weight distributing bars and brackets. 1. The equalizing weight is carried entirely by the top bolt on the bracket on the A frame of the trailer. That puts each top bolt ( left and right) under tension from the load from the weight and of each bar. 2. The silver thin L clip that loosely retains the top of each bar doesn’t look stout enough. While the bar pushes to the ground most of the time, over bumps and the occasional pitched railroad track the bars do unload and may come up. Dunno, my older Kelsey-Hayes equalizing bars with chains and brackets that U around the A frame seem much more rugged.
@Dusdaddy
2 ай бұрын
1. That top bolt is plenty stout for the job. Many WD hitches use that design up to 12K. 2. What you don't see is the bottom of that 90deg pin has a hole and cotter key so it cannot lift it out. The trunnion bar style offers built in sway control unlike chain.
@markb.1259
2 ай бұрын
Did I miss it in the video... or did you not show us an image of the Ranger Raptor in a non-squatting condition? Seems like the video shifted to being a commercial for the Weigh Safe hitch?
@j.sch.3535
2 ай бұрын
If the distance between hitch receiver and the ball would be shorter it would help too
@NatesHomeTours
2 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, with all the extra stuff, the ball is way back there. I've used many weight distribution hitches and all have the ball and attachment right there next to the receiver and work just fine if not better cause there isn't all that extra leverage like this hitch has.
@zavaletaj
2 ай бұрын
looks “better” but isnt the lateral stability (sway) negatively affected by putting more of the weight on the rear of the trailer? A sway test would be a nice addition to your video series 😊
@parkerfoxhoven7550
2 ай бұрын
When are we going to see more from the Honda Pioneer?
@twiggywebber8817
2 ай бұрын
Good video but my goodness everything including the jack seems very cloae yo the road still i feel any speed up or dips in the road it would catch up on you
@itsgoosetime9486
2 ай бұрын
Would love to see a video explaining why the ideal payload in Europe is only 5% whereas in North American its 10%
@razz300zx
2 ай бұрын
GIMMICK! It’s impossible that the bars reduce tongue weight,, they’re only reducing the weight to the hitch ball scale, not the trailer hitch attached to the truck, the tongue weight will stay exactly the same.
@garysarratt1
2 ай бұрын
WDH aren’t a gimmick, they’ve been around for decades.
@JenxTech
2 ай бұрын
I think your confused. They are basically spring bars. Technically they would put more weight on the ball to create a fulcrum, which then pushes the front down and the trailer rear down. There pretty simple once you look at how they work
@JenxTech
2 ай бұрын
What I would add tho is your only removing half of the weight you balance and half goes to your front axle and half to the trailer. So if you pull 200lbs off the hitch point 100 moves forwards and 100 backwards so you now you have 900 on your truck instead of the full 1000. Which if you're not careful could over load your trailer if you don't have enough payload on your trailer.
@razz300zx
2 ай бұрын
If trailer tongue weight is 1000lbs, it is what it is. You cannot change this weight. The weight on your trailer hitch itself stays the same, 1000lbs no matter how you try to “balance” it
@JenxTech
2 ай бұрын
@@razz300zx One could argue there is 1000lbs of force on the hitch ball which is the action point of force. That doesn't mean there is 1000lbs pushing directly down. I see where your brain is going with this and can see why people get confused how this works, but force is not the same as weight. So yes there is 1000lbs of force at that point. What you then do is move some of that force around which then in turn applies that force to different parts of the vehicle and trailer. There's plenty of videos that explain it way better than I do.
@jim-bob-outdoors
2 ай бұрын
Really? You are talking about things that people that tow have been doing for years, without any fancy gadget. My old tow car was recommended to have a load of 50kg or about 110 lbs tow hitch load. Put a set of normal bathroom scales under the jockey wheel and move the load until the numbers are right. 🙄
@TFLtruck
2 ай бұрын
Do you have a bathroom scale that goes up to 1,200 lbs or more?
@jim-bob-outdoors
2 ай бұрын
@@TFLtruck you are putting 1200lbs nose weight on a trailer??? I don't have that towing at 7.5 tonnes.
@Cloud30000
2 ай бұрын
12% tongue weight of a 10k lb trailer (common for a 1\2 ton towing a flatbed) is 1200 lbs. Even at 7.5 tonnes (15k pounds), 12% is 1800 lbs.
@plmn93
2 ай бұрын
@@Cloud30000 European regulations are 4-7% tongue weight, which is why they are restricted to around 50 MPH.
@andrewvercillo7584
2 ай бұрын
Sure ya gotta buy a $5k hitch and pay $3k to have it installed and pay $1k per trip to have it adjusted by a professional technician in order to make your baby truck still be overweight when trying to tow! Seems a little silly! But pretty cool if they give it to ya.
@jerry-381
2 ай бұрын
You should add Weigh Safe weight distribution hitches aren’t recommended for trailers with underslung couplers like many Jayco’s travel trailers.
@stevekniess3665
2 ай бұрын
Thanks Andre,great hitch
@davidsagastume3700
2 ай бұрын
That’s you you buy a full size truck for towing!
@reedgreen6388
2 ай бұрын
Also you could by a much lighter trailer if your just hauling a sxs.
@plmn93
2 ай бұрын
The whole point of this hitch is that you can tow a wide variety of things and get the distribution right every time. People haul with what they have, they typically don't buy a different trailer for each load.
@D0praise
2 ай бұрын
Sort of missing the point of the video aren’t you?
@Dusdaddy
2 ай бұрын
duh....that's not the point. The SxS was just convenient. They should have demo'd using a 1/2-ton with the Ranger loaded. Muche easier to show the improvement and less room to adjust the load.
@reedgreen6388
2 ай бұрын
@D0praise a high priced hitch....must be sponsored..lol
@Dusdaddy
2 ай бұрын
@@reedgreen6388 They clearly stated they were, no mystery there.
@johndaddabbo9383
2 ай бұрын
PROBLEM (unless someone already knows of a solution?) - is that I can't seem to find a Fully articulating off-road hitch that also offers all of the benefits of this hitch (weight reading, weight distribution, and sway control). Does such a hitch even exist? Thanks!
@andrewvercillo7584
2 ай бұрын
And ya guys say the Cybertruck can’t tow? When it would put those trucks to shame with those loads. I’d rather super charge 3 times on my trip then have to deal with that hitch and the costs involved in it! Cybertruck is best truck ever even with the small battery it has. Once battery tech hits the next level and you can tow just as far with an EV as a diesel, bye bye diesels! And no more black smoke ruining our world for future generations. Come on guys, doesn’t anyone care about our world’s future. We can’t kill this planet.
@Mike-te1xx
2 ай бұрын
You give a great presentation. 👍
@jd14985
2 ай бұрын
Why not just buy a Boss Torsion Flex by Gen - Y, hookup & go! Obviously, you want to make sure that your truck is as level as possible & most of the weight is in very the axles of the trailer…
@tamermogannam
2 ай бұрын
No before and after measurements?
@dfwvtxman
2 ай бұрын
I'm getting tired of KZitem channels doing these "commercials" as an video about a truck.
@НаильТатаринов-ы7п
12 күн бұрын
Кто нибудь может рассказать почему у других стран нет таких проблем и таких мезанизмов для буксировки? Если они могут просто равномерно загрузить прицеп чтоб небыло больше 10% давления на шар. Темболее в него двухостный прицеп. Аргументировать кроме раскачки это можно?
@DaniTheNachoPirate
2 ай бұрын
I was interested in this video up until you opened the app, that's when I realized you guys are doing this as a paid promotion not an actual video with a point.
@plmn93
2 ай бұрын
@@DaniTheNachoPirate The disclaimer at the very start didn't tip you off?
@JenxTech
2 ай бұрын
It's literally paid for by weigh safe what did you expect? At least they disclosed it.
@DaniTheNachoPirate
2 ай бұрын
I know that, but they could've made it less obvious.
@TexasScout
2 ай бұрын
I like my tongue way it’s a little heavy, it stops trailer sway.
@danoberste8146
2 ай бұрын
Is the hitch app set up for trucks like the Chevy Silverado EV RST and CyberTruck, that have rear-wheel steering? I suspect that those would have a slightly larger acceptable ranges due to the in-phase steering on the highway.
@TFLtruck
2 ай бұрын
No. It doesn’t consider a truck with rear wheel steer. I would agree - rear steer can make the towing experience better and more stable. However, it’s up to the truck manufacturer to figure out the tow rating
@markjohnson5562
2 ай бұрын
Good to see innovation however a hard pass for me....with a scale in the receiver that seems like a wear item which will break in a few years added with a phone app which I will forget about. My ol02 Silverado and Reese hitch do the job without fail. I'll stick with a old school weight distribution hitch, knowing weights ahead of time and old common sense. Load your above your trailer axles with a little forward weight and you should be good.
@mauricio5522
2 ай бұрын
its not easier with an airbag suspension kit?
@jimm7165
2 ай бұрын
So... not a new technology for towing. Just a commercial for Weigh Safe.
@joshpantner8686
2 ай бұрын
Do you get more or less turning radius with this setup or is it better to have the traditional suede bar attachment?
@TFLtruck
2 ай бұрын
I have not noticed any worse turning radius with this type of WDH. In general many new pickup trucks have poor turn radius to begin with.
@06colkurtz
2 ай бұрын
So now you are making commercials? No conflict of interest thrrr
@garysarratt1
2 ай бұрын
It was announced at the start.
@Cloud30000
2 ай бұрын
Conflict of interest for what? The major review videos they make comparing various brands of hitches? Maybe time to look up the definition of conflict of interest.
@RedHawkish
2 ай бұрын
@TFLtruck but what about if the RV says don't use a weight distribution hitch like my Tab 400
@TFLtruck
2 ай бұрын
Tab 400 weighs under 3,000 lbs. you don’t need a hitch like this. A WDH is only needed or is helpful for larger trailers that weigh over 5,000 lbs.
@JonathanLopez-bg5te
2 ай бұрын
I think all of us or most of us can load up a trialer just by looking at it there is no need to do all this sh...
@azfarazuno3870
2 ай бұрын
Extending the length of you stinger is only adding to the leverage on your rear axle, just a bunch of nothing for a video.
@MadaraUchiha55910
2 ай бұрын
Why don’t the big three and others for that matter offer rear air suspension. Ram does but they’re the only ones.
@wolfgang_h3t
14 күн бұрын
Generally unreliable
@DavidSmith-rf5je
2 ай бұрын
So this isnt a game changer, it's just another weight distribution hitch, correct?with the added scale. Am i missing something?
@gungadinn
2 ай бұрын
How is loading a trailer correctly a game changer? Anyone that's done any amount of towing, knows to center the load over the axles. If you don't know, you have no business towing anything more than a garden tractor with a 6'X10' trailer.
@jeffcarter8160
2 ай бұрын
Does it work for an aluminum boat trailer??
@TFLtruck
2 ай бұрын
It depends on the tongue design of the trailer. Most medium boat trailers will not work with a setup like this.
@lonnieopp8198
2 ай бұрын
Just tow properly with a properly equipped vehicle
@celloprof
2 ай бұрын
a game changer? As if people havent always known to do that.
@hbokaie
2 ай бұрын
But if you push so much weight back … the trailer will not be stable … it will start moving on it own
@Cloud30000
2 ай бұрын
The weight distribution bars don’t use leverage, or they would actually put more weight on the rear axle which would make it less safe. It uses the way they tongue tries to dip down lower then the trailer to then pull UP on the bars, which then forces the front axle down to distribute the weight. It’s extremely important that your trailer tongue be level with the hitch for this to work right, as the bars are designed to be parallel with the hitch. If the hitch is too low or too high, the weight is instead focused on one axle instead of distributed to both of them.
@garybird3708
2 ай бұрын
Too expensive. I have a gladiator and I bought the airlifter bags and that does just fine. Easier install as well.
@TheRealCatof
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, but being a jeep, it will fall apart as soon as the odometer hits 5 digits
@positivecarry07
2 ай бұрын
But know actually using a SXS like that.
@pryme2013
2 ай бұрын
Correction. It’s a MUST HAVE now that weigh safe is paying you to say this. Was a weigh safe hitch a MUST HAVE when you were being paid by Gen Y???? This channel is becoming something I don’t like.
@alexandersheppard1997
2 ай бұрын
They’re sellouts. They just take money from whoever gives it to them at this point.
@Cloud30000
2 ай бұрын
Yes, a weight distribution and sway control hitch, regardless of brand, was always advocated by them as a must-have with heavier trailers. The only difference is the specific brand they recommend to provide that hitch. It’s not the ability to weigh the trailer that is a must-have (though that is a really nice feature), it’s the part that makes towing safer and is a must-have because the manufacturers REQUIRE it for trailers over a certain weight.
@pryme2013
2 ай бұрын
@@Cloud30000 hurry look up if you look quick you’ll see the point going right over your head
@ctechbob
2 ай бұрын
So, way over double the money for something I can do with my E2 round bar, a tape measure, and 30,min. Hard pass. Might keep someone who has no business towing in the first place out of the weeds though.
@firebry23
2 ай бұрын
You should have measured the squat
@henryford2736
2 ай бұрын
Weight distribution is nothing more than solving one problem (squad) by introducing another problem - stressing the frame of the truck and trailer. Choose your poison....
@redtitan29
2 ай бұрын
A properly set up WDH does not stress the frame. The weight is simply transferred from the rear axle to the front to equalize the load. When setup correctly, the weight is within both axle ratings keeping the front end from pointing in the air.
@henryford2736
2 ай бұрын
@@redtitan29 and how does it "transfer" the weight to the front axle? By stressing the frame.....
@redtitan29
2 ай бұрын
@@henryford2736 As long as the axles are within their limits the frame is not stressed. The frame isn’t carrying any more load it’s just transferring weight from the rear to the front list like wheel barrel.
@KevIsOffGrid
2 ай бұрын
lol - or just load properly in the first place, remove all that garbage and get the trailer a foot closer for even more control. Just need some common sense, not a gadget and app.
@hypervigilance1465
2 ай бұрын
most complicated trailer ever.
@golfbravowhiskey8669
2 ай бұрын
Just hook it up and go, way over thinking this towing stuff.
@JM-wd3dk
2 ай бұрын
So many crybabies in the comments section. Not everyone has years of towing experience.
@michael9218
2 ай бұрын
Interesting solution. I don’t like that it increases the axle to ball length. This decreases the stability of the tow vehicle necessitating sway control. Think how a gooseneck works. Other solutions for truck squat are air bags or springs like RoadActive Suspension Custom Leaf Spring. Would be good to see TFL do a comparison.
@plmn93
2 ай бұрын
Airbags are NOT a solution to weight distribution issues. And are an especially terrible idea on leaf sprung trucks as they change the weight distribution on the frame to a point that wasn't designed for it. I agree with the length though, this system looks like it adds a full foot. And it hangs down pretty low. Not ideal.
@shitloveaduck
2 ай бұрын
@@plmn93true on the airbags. The truck also has a specially designed suspension that you don’t want to mess around with. Ultimately the hitch only adds a few inches vs a standard weight distribution hitch. I actually have this hitch. It’s definitely nicer than the chains for levelling out the suspension. The only thing I don’t like is the noise. It’s a creaky bugger! 😂😂. The friction offers so much sway control though so you can’t lubricate the friction point. The Raptor sagging when loaded is incorporated into the design. It’s not dangerous, but doesn’t look great. It’s safe as per the basic laws apply, but adding at least sway control is beneficial. I take some of my trailers off-road and then the equalizer hitch is hard on the truck. I have a hitch that you can attach a sway bar to, but it’s not weight distributing. I like the set up and since it’s so windy where I live, I believe this set up is truly what should be the bare minimum by law. Ultimately, to each their own, but do your research. If it has factory airbags like you can get with the Ram HD trucks, then sure, use them. I have one older F150 with lighter airbags that are just for stability & not to level the truck out with a load on. They do the job of stabilizing the load in a turn pretty well. I was surprised. I bought the truck and they were already there. The truck is a 2003 and the frame is no question mark anyway. They were pretty stout then, but I still wouldn’t add heavy duty airbags designed to lift the rear with a load. They just mess with the balance of the truck too much.
@bisonengineer2012
2 ай бұрын
Do better TFL. Show a fair comparison. If you have the side by side all the way to front then do it all the way to the front for the comparison. Lame af
@birddog3130
2 ай бұрын
This type of hitch has been around for at least 50 years, folks. Something so simple back then,,,,, now cost $$$ > 20 times more with an app.
@SuperMustangred
2 ай бұрын
Where is the game changer 🤔
@RJ-vc2ju
2 ай бұрын
TFL, a new low. Really a 10 minute ad for a WDH???!!! GMAFB Unsubscribed!
@erikstodene4370
Ай бұрын
You sold out this great channel so bad...... "sand smiley"
@WillPittenger
2 ай бұрын
Nothing but an infomercial. Don't bother watching.
@dmac5497
2 ай бұрын
You boys are struggling for content
@davidwebb9401
2 ай бұрын
Yawn
@tylercousins7779
2 ай бұрын
OK, so you spend all this money for this expensive apparatus and you set up the trailer with the cargo that you regularly haul and that expensive set up is never needed ever again? If you’re regularly hauling different trailers and different items on those trailers, then you should understand how to load a trailer without having to have an app to tell you, if you don’t know, you’re a danger on the road and shouldn’t be doing what you’re doing. And if you do hold different trailers all the time then that means you need to have one of these apparatus set up on every trailer. And what happens when you don’t have one of these load bars set up for some random trailer that you grab? This is just another bunch of BS money, grabbing technology to do the exact same thing that billions, literally billions, of people have been doing for a century. as a channel that is very supportive of trucks and hauling, I would think that you would encourage people to learn how to properly load, tiedown and drive with a trailer rather than using gimmicks to help people that have no clue what they’re doing. By the way, love your Colorado. That’s a sweet truck.
@Cloud30000
2 ай бұрын
Yup, just like 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. If you know what you’re doing, you can tow anything with a 1/2 ton. If you don’t know what your doing, you shouldn’t be on the road.
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