I use an Equal-I-Zer wdh with my diesel dually partly just because it makes it virtually impossible for the trailer to ever come off the coupler.
I like being really, really sure that doesn’t happen!
Weight distributing hitches are not a universally bad idea.
The trailer tongue weight has a see-saw effect and it can make the front end too light.
If you use a hitch extension this is amplified. A lot.
The vehicles that work well without a wdh are very nose-heavy diesel pickups, especially if empty other than the trailer. They’ve already got too much of their weight up front and not enough in the rear. That’s why they balance out without the wdh.
That’s what we’re seeing examples of here in this thread.
Hitch that same trailer to a single-cab short box with a gas engine and you’ll be singing the praises of a wdh!
Lighter vehicles and vehicles that aren’t so extremely nose-heavy benefit greatly from a wdh. They get too light in the front with a heavy trailer behind.
When my heavy camper is on, I’ve already got all the rear axle weight I want to have.
Transferring some up forward is a good thing.
It all depends...
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