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Weigh Safe 3” is rated at 21k, and will tell you the tonque weight. Available with up to a 10” drop, that is what I put on my F350 Which gives me 9” of ground clearance in the rear, 11” is what most call for, but I have one cargo trailer that needs a very low ball.
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you will get "bucking" with too much tougue weight or too little tongue weight. I like alot of tongue weight. With my tractor, grapple and bucket I am at between 1800 and 2200lbs it pulls the best there but any more than 2000lbs it starts to buck a little bit. I like between 12 and 15 percent of trailer weight on the tougue. And yes I have access to a crane scale and the weights are accurate.. So like was stated both the weight and the trailer being level are extremely important. I also run a bulletproof 6" heavy duty adjustable drop, rise hitch. It weighs over 60+ pounds and I have no fear of failure. NEVER have I used a W/D hitch but set a few up.if a wd hitch is needed you either need to load the trailer different or get a bigger Truck! Cj
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Good point. The good adjustable hitches will most likely exceed the truck and reciever ratings on most short box F250/F350 srw. I have a Weigh Safe adjustable aluminum ball mount in a 2.5" shank. It's rated at 2200lb tongue weight and 18000lb gtw with the 2-5/16" ball. The 3" version has a 21k lb rating. That might not meet or exceed capacity for a DRW 350/450, but the OP's Tremor is rated at 15k conventional tow capacity.
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From: Chaz
I have a 2.5” 10inch drop sway-away and its good to 20,000/2,000. Little low I would rather have 8 inches but I take it off when not in use.
Figure if I get a truck with a 3 inch 20k hitch later I can just move it over and use a sleeve.
Figure if I get a truck with a 3 inch 20k hitch later I can just move it over and use a sleeve.
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