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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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It mounts under the truck instead of in the engine bay. What will hurt towing is a good sized stall torque converter

 

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snarkee
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Love towing with this thing   Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk

FreeAmerican
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I towed our TT for the first time with the new 3/4 this weekend. I have to say on interstate and two lane the bigger truck does so much better. The big three push the half ton esp with the max tow

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elite0259 Enthusiast

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We'll see what happens... For a WD hitch do I need a special hitch? Is it better to go WD or air bags?

Chris Senior Enthusiast

Chris

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I've only used one when we towed that travel trailer. A combination of both would be nice

 

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elite0259 Enthusiast

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I thought as much, better question though... Won't a WD hitch stop me from taking hills? We keep the boat in an old warehouse and the driveways pretty steep onto the road, then its a steep downhill. Won't the WD hitch stop it from being able to bend at an angle?

Chris Senior Enthusiast

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The travel trailer is usually towed with the dodge. It has a level and 3" block. The WD comes close to the ground but I don't remember if it hits. We only use it once a year. The drive way is V shape. I would like to say the angle using the gutter as the vertex is roughly 135*. That rear block helped the Dodge. With my truck having the 1.25" GMT-900 block, I scraped. But from hitch to axles. Is roughly 18-20ft. And my truck squatted bad with it.

 

Here is the driveway angle and a pic of trailer length with it hooked to the Dodge 2500. It squats too. But it is a heavy trailer

 

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My opinion do the Firestone Ride Rite's and if it doesn't change it dramatically then go to a WD hitch.

 

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elite0259 Enthusiast

elite0259

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Thats my plan, though I was jw I mean with a WD hitch, in theory, it should keep the whole thing level, which would stress the hitch if its subject to a bed, IE the truck leveling out when the trailer is still pointed uphill...

Chris Senior Enthusiast

Chris

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I am not sure most of my towing doesnt require one. It's mainly a horse trailer and a boat

elite0259 Enthusiast

elite0259

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Oh ok, I think I'm going with the Ride-Rite's then, after I figure out a convenient way of hooking them up to the air horn tank

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Knepp1bj Enthusiast

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Here is my 2012 Silverado 1500 ZZ1 appearance package towing our new 13' shadow cruiser 31bhs home yesterday...

 

truck and trailer completly level at 25 psi in the rear firestone air bags, weight distribution bars set correctly.

 

i do have a sway bar question. i added the sway bars, turned 3-4 times to they were semi tight per dealer recomendation....but i still felt like there was more sway and up and down movement than there should have been.

 

any experts on here that can help me out?

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Northern Ninja Enthusiast

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I know you mean 31' trailer, right? That's a nice one! I see in your other post it weighs 8000#. Is that dry weight, cause you can count on adding at least 1000# of stuff to go camping, and 9000# is alot for a 1500. What kind of wd hitch do you have?

Northern Ninja Enthusiast

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Thats my plan, though I was jw I mean with a WD hitch, in theory, it should keep the whole thing level, which would stress the hitch if its subject to a bed, IE the truck leveling out when the trailer is still pointed uphill...

You can bend those wd hitches quite a bit without hurting them. If you get into a really nasty situation like backing into a steep campsite or something, just disconnect the bars.

JTRebel Enthusiast

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2009 GMC Sierra Denali 1500. Daystar Leveling kit. Rear Air Bags. Nitto 305/50r20 Nitto Terra Graplers. Towing a 2009 Malibu Wakesetter

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Knepp1bj Enthusiast

Knepp1bj

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Northern Nija, this is a different trailer....the other one was a salem, this is a shadow cruiser. The salem was too heavy for my 1500.

 

this is a 31bhs which is 31 feet of camper, but 35 feet of trailer...its big...my tow mirrors should be in this week which will be nice...this camper is 6700 lbs and fiberglass where as the other one was 8200 lbs and alum.....

 

its pulls great, i have enough power.

elite0259 Enthusiast

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Here is my 2012 Silverado 1500 ZZ1 appearance package towing our new 13' shadow cruiser 31bhs home yesterday...

 

truck and trailer completly level at 25 psi in the rear firestone air bags, weight distribution bars set correctly.

 

i do have a sway bar question. i added the sway bars, turned 3-4 times to they were semi tight per dealer recomendation....but i still felt like there was more sway and up and down movement than there should have been.

 

any experts on here that can help me out?

How do you have the Firestone's set up? I've been looking for a solenoid or something so I can adjust them from the cab but so far I've had no luck.

Knepp1bj Enthusiast

Knepp1bj

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I just bougth the manual air bags, ran the lines into a T fitting drilled a hole in the plasitc area fo my bumper (by plate) and mounted shrader valve...i fill to 25psi and then load trailer on . works well for me.

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