Rooster Bob
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Hi All,
Back in September my wife and I purchased our first large travel trailer which was a Keystone Bullet 290 (34' overall/5,600 lbs dry). At the time I had a 2018 Ford Raptor which had a tow rating of 8000 lbs and a payload of 1,200 w/weight distributing hitch and 800 lbs w/o one. I knew it was a tall order for that truck but we gave it a shot. After a few trips we knew it was time to upgrade so yesterday I brought home a new 2020 Ram 2500 Mega Cab w/Cummins (my first truck was a 2000 12V Cummins 2500 so this brought back memories). The truck only has 100 miles on it so I'm not going to tow anything just yet but I did hitch it up to check the squat etc. With about 750 lbs on the tongue the truck barely squats an inch which has me questioning if I should even bother with the WDH. I tried jacking up the trailer to set the hitch bars but I couldn't get the back of the truck high enough to safely wrench the bars into position. Without the WDH bars I lose the sway control since the friction in the bars are what provide the anti-sway. Does anyone have experience with a similar setup and should I even both with the WDH/sway setup?
Back in September my wife and I purchased our first large travel trailer which was a Keystone Bullet 290 (34' overall/5,600 lbs dry). At the time I had a 2018 Ford Raptor which had a tow rating of 8000 lbs and a payload of 1,200 w/weight distributing hitch and 800 lbs w/o one. I knew it was a tall order for that truck but we gave it a shot. After a few trips we knew it was time to upgrade so yesterday I brought home a new 2020 Ram 2500 Mega Cab w/Cummins (my first truck was a 2000 12V Cummins 2500 so this brought back memories). The truck only has 100 miles on it so I'm not going to tow anything just yet but I did hitch it up to check the squat etc. With about 750 lbs on the tongue the truck barely squats an inch which has me questioning if I should even bother with the WDH. I tried jacking up the trailer to set the hitch bars but I couldn't get the back of the truck high enough to safely wrench the bars into position. Without the WDH bars I lose the sway control since the friction in the bars are what provide the anti-sway. Does anyone have experience with a similar setup and should I even both with the WDH/sway setup?