Those who use weight distribution, anti-sway and in general take their towing safety as the prime safety issue now have a new tool available to assess tongue weight. A caveat on this information....if you are pulling more than 10K gross trailer wt., what I bought won't help you since that's the limit of this 'scale'. Up to now, the gyrations for determining weight were just that; and in almost every case required the trailer to be unhitched and then using a conglomeration of bathroom scales and beam set ups, or a purchased tongue weight scale, or a drive to the truck scales fully hitched and loaded followed by some math that may or may not reflect what you were pulling in subsequent trips. Most people I know follow one of two paths...they just ignore the importance....or they do a SWAG (sophisticated wild *** guess).
A company (that I have no affiliation with!) has been rcvng quite a bit of very positive press for their engineered combination of manufacturing billet hitches that contain a ball based scale that is 'always on'. The importance is that
a: load adjustments are doable on the fly in real time during a trip without any of the previous methods of determining the tongue weight.
b: one of the primary issues with sway is that the tongue weight is too low, caused by the load behind the axle(s) dropping the tail.
c: a more accurate weight distribution tension is obtainable. There are other benefits as well. I'll point you to the web site of the manufacturer and you can get all the depth you need.
The PROBLEM with their billet hitch solution...it wasn't able to accommodate a weight distribution OR anti-sway component. So in effect it wasn't a solution for TT or larger 'toy' and utility loads that demand these for safety.
Now there is one from them that is incredibly economical.......... See this: Weigh Safe 2" and 2-5/16" Hitch Ball w/Built-In Scale - Stainless Steel - 10K GTW Weigh Safe Balls WSUN-1
It will replace the ball on your current hitch, and allow the use of your current set up for anti-sway and WD while giving a real time tongue weight. I bought mine this morning after conversations with the inventor yesterday, so at this time, I can't give a review.....other than my engineering brain see's this as a very elegant solution to a pain in the *** part of pulling my travel trailer.
The company web site for more details of the why, how, what etc...... https://www.weigh-safe.com/
A company (that I have no affiliation with!) has been rcvng quite a bit of very positive press for their engineered combination of manufacturing billet hitches that contain a ball based scale that is 'always on'. The importance is that
a: load adjustments are doable on the fly in real time during a trip without any of the previous methods of determining the tongue weight.
b: one of the primary issues with sway is that the tongue weight is too low, caused by the load behind the axle(s) dropping the tail.
c: a more accurate weight distribution tension is obtainable. There are other benefits as well. I'll point you to the web site of the manufacturer and you can get all the depth you need.
The PROBLEM with their billet hitch solution...it wasn't able to accommodate a weight distribution OR anti-sway component. So in effect it wasn't a solution for TT or larger 'toy' and utility loads that demand these for safety.
Now there is one from them that is incredibly economical.......... See this: Weigh Safe 2" and 2-5/16" Hitch Ball w/Built-In Scale - Stainless Steel - 10K GTW Weigh Safe Balls WSUN-1
It will replace the ball on your current hitch, and allow the use of your current set up for anti-sway and WD while giving a real time tongue weight. I bought mine this morning after conversations with the inventor yesterday, so at this time, I can't give a review.....other than my engineering brain see's this as a very elegant solution to a pain in the *** part of pulling my travel trailer.
The company web site for more details of the why, how, what etc...... https://www.weigh-safe.com/
