-Possible wheelbase differences?
-Approximate 3" difference btwn hitch and tongue when detached and level. I can move the tongue up a hole or 2 get get that number closer to 1"
-I can move the chains up a link to get more pressure
-Based on the scale tickets, yes, WDH is rated for 10k load and 1k TW

 

I'm leaning towards additional adjustments to the WDH or finding a more effective one as well. That said, I have installed the RAS on my '19 F-250 and really like the overall improvements it has made - both loaded and unloaded. The tongue weight on my ORV travel trailer has been sitting around 1200. I use a Blue Ox Sway Pro 1500/15K WDH and it has been pretty good at returning very close to the Ford-recommended 50% FALR along with keeping the sag to a minimum. That said, the 1200 tongue weight would porpoise a bit under certain highway conditions. After installing the RAS the porpoising is gone and I discovered the added benefit of an improved ride while unloaded. For me this was a worthwhile upgrade that did more than I expected it to. I installed the Heavy Duty kit and below are a couple pictures of the installation.

 

I'd go weigh your truck empty or with your camping gear in it. I think you find that you have way more than 1000lbs of tongue weight.

 

I have pretty similar cargo trailer . No weight distribution hitch on it, just airbags on the rear of the tow vehicle (all three diesel powered tow vehicles I own have airbags on the back), I've towed that trailer for probably 15-20k miles total.

I do have a weight distribution hitch for my RV travel trailer though. Messing with the weight distribution hitch, and all it parts, on the RV is WAY more complicated and a bigger pain in the azz than using a bicycle hand pump to inflate the airbags a little and level the equipment trailer.

I have no inclination or desire to use the fancy (and expensive) weight distribution hitch I already own on the equipment trailer, I'd much rather just pump up the air bags slightly to level things out and be on my way.

Here's one example of what I'm talking about , the trailer is most definitely tongue heavy in the pic below (highway speed limit where I'm at is 75mph and I tow at or very near the speed limit, so I load tongue heavy so it doesn't even think about swaying at speed), and while the tractor is small, it has liquid ballast in the tires and that green box on the back is a ballast box full of rock, so it has some weight to it for its size. Think I had 40 psi or so in the bags and it towed just great for like this for about 800 miles.


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You thinking the 5k Sherline scale pic above is inaccurate? Also have a 2k gauge for the scale.... I'll swap gauges and reweigh.

 

Like I posted earlier, your rear axle weight empty should be around 3000 to 3300lbs. You have CAT Scale 5k rear axle weight without the Jeep on the trailer. Just a suggestion, but as a comparison my 450 weighs 3700-3800 on the rear axle empty.

 

Weigh just the trailer, ready to go camping (unhitched from the truck). I suspect that the trailer is over the 10K rating of the hitch. If the trailer axles are 9,640 lbs and your tongue weight is 1,000 lbs, that looks like 10,640 lbs to me.

 

I have roughly 3500 lbs of hitch weight when hooked to 5th wheel. I have Torklift Stable loads for the lower overload springs. LOVE these. they can be removed within a min or 2.



Edit: Forgot to mention that you put in or take out as many shims you need to. Very simple. I had air bags. I tossed them a long time ago.

 

I put the HD-RAS on my 2020 F150 with 2.7L eco to help with towing my 7000lbs wet travel trailer. The manufacturer gives you a couple of guitar picks to measure 1mm of gap in the springs for light tension and 2mm of gap for more tension. I went with some intermediate value of approx 1.3mm. Before RAS I had 3" of rake unladen and 1" of squat after connecting my trailer. After RAS I had 3.5 or even 4" of unladen rake and ~0.5" of rake when connected to the trailer. So RAS basically rose my backend an inch in all circumstances and cancelled out another half inch of squat when connected to my trailer that was roughly 800-900lbs of tongue weight.

Besides the impact on rake and squat the RAS was a huge improvement to suspension quality on my F150. Firmer rear (very welcome on such a squishy suspension), less body roll, no wheel hop, and a much better feeling of control when towing. Not sure how well that experience would translate to a F350 with with comparatively ridiculous spring pack, perhaps it does almost nothing. I currently own a 2024 F250 and tow the same travel trailer with less squat and more firmness in the back than my F150 + HD-RAS. I still have some rake when the trailer is connected on the F250 and I do not use a WDH to move any weight off the drive axle.

 

I ran the RAS on my F150 and was very happy with it. The truck was leveled and when towing would be nose high so the RAS essentially gave me the stock rake back. It also significantly improved the ride when towing and when unloaded. I realize if I hadn't leveled the truck I might not have needed it but it did exactly what I wanted.

 

I messed up and underestimated payload!
Weighed everything that would normally be in the truck for a trip, ≈850lbs, and that doesn't include me at 200lbs.
Currently, ≈55% (2100lb) of the payload (3850lb) is being used up by gear and tongue weight.


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I see you have a bumper pull camper. Do you use a weight distributing hitch? If so, you shouldn't need any type of helper springs on your truck if it's adjusted properly. I've used those for years and you can pull as much weight off the back of the truck as you want. Take a look:

 

Yeah, you can pull so much weight off the rear axle that it loses traction. That's a sign that you've gone too far.

 

Yeah Jim, may want to back it off 1 or 2 links!

 

To the OP if you have a WDH pull 1 or 2 links and go for a pull and see how it rides.
If you feel the rear is too light and you went 2 links back it off to 1 link.
You have the equipment why not use it and save your money?

Also do you have the trailer bed marked or a wheel stop so when you pull the Jeep on it is in the same place each time?
Other wise it will be changing the weight all the time. My car trailer was marked with a paint line and I would drive the car on till the front tire was on the painted line.
Lock it down with straps and I was on my way. When I got home disconnect the trailer and I did not need to mess with air PSI or anything else.
Next hook up I knew just how many links needed to hang and I was good to haul azz.
Dave ----