How screwed am I?

[IvoryHemi]

So, 1250-200-750=300# remaining payload if I installed a propride and had the trailer fully loaded, correct?

Correct

 

[silver billet]

Basically same hitch, there is a long drawn out backstory on the facebook groups. Both are well made and worth every penny. You cant sway a trailer if you tried

I will google it I guess (not going to use Facebook without protection and it just isn't worth going there). More curious than anything else, I'm seriously considering one of these hitches as well.

 

[nc_beagle]

Correct

Bummer. Thanks for confirming. I've not had any trouble with my Andersen, but haven't done a lot of interstate driving either.

 

[Seadoorxpguy]

I forgot to add i also upgraded the hitch on the truck. The factory one looked like it was made from old swing set pipes

 

[IvoryHemi]

I forgot to add i also upgraded the hitch on the truck. The factory one looked like it was made from old swing set pipes

You upgraded to a Class V ?

 

[Seadoorxpguy]

Yeah, I went with a curt c15005.

 

[silver billet]

I forgot to add i also upgraded the hitch on the truck. The factory one looked like it was made from old swing set pipes

Oh boy, another thing to check out on my truck ... .. To be honest I'm well under the factory rating and I haven't heard anybody actually damaging their hitches on either 4th or 5th gen trucks so I'll probably leave well enough alone.

 

[LaxDfns15]

I hate to admit this but I'm well over my payload whenever I set out on a trip. But I'm stuck with the truck and had to make due. My payload is under 1400 lbs. My camper pin weight is around 1100, plus my Hensley on paper I'm not even allowed to sit in the truck. My truck pulls and stops completely fine. Id say if you already have the truck and the camper and cannot upgrade do everything you can to make it safer.

That's the problem though right? Your truck can handle it, but can it handle it for 2, 3, 10 years? If you're in a wreck that's not your fault, but you're over the "stated capacities" for the truck, you're going to be in for a rough time if someone does some digging and finds out.

Every time I see a half ton truck pulling a giant, 30+ foot trailer I sit there doing the math for how over payload they are.

I'm in the same boat every now and then, although my truck is more used for hauling than towing. I won't hesitate to put a yard of wet dirt in the bed, or a pallet of sod, or 2000 pounds of concrete or stone, but I know when I'm driving with it loaded like that it's not just me I'm potentially putting in danger.

 

[Seadoorxpguy]

Not my problem after 2 more years lol

 

[Aseras]

The Hensley hitch doesn't work that way btw.

You unhook the bar from the receiver and it does/can.

skip to 7:10 this **** forum wont link it like i posted it. pos xenforo can eat a ****

 

[silver billet]

To me it looks like you would have a hard time backing that truck into the hitch if the front of the truck is on a steep-ish hill/valley. I can see that it swivels horizontally which is great, but vertically, I'm not so sure how much of an angle the front of the truck could be on before it doesn't slide in?

 

[Aseras]

To me it looks like you would have a hard time backing that truck into the hitch if the front of the truck is on a steep-ish hill/valley. I can see that it swivels horizontally which is great, but vertically, I'm not so sure how much of an angle the front of the truck could be on before it doesn't slide in?

If you unhook your hitch on a steep hill, you get what is coming to you.

 

[Seadoorxpguy]

I’ve unhooked and hooked it back up when the truck was on a pretty decent grade difference. Didn’t have a choice. The camp site was a lot lower than the driveway. Hooked up without a issue.

 

[silver billet]

If you unhook your hitch on a steep hill, you get what is coming to you.

Not at all. I do it all the time where it sits over the winter, some tight corners and grassy hills get in the way. In my case the trailer is 100% level, but when I'm hooking up or disconnecting the front of my truck is sitting on the grass on a landscaped hill pointing at the sky.

You're imagining me sitting on the edge of a mountainside just randomly unhooking or something and watching my trailer free fall down the slope, in that case the truck would actually be level WRT the trailer, and both would be on the same grade/slope. That's not my question. My question is when the trailer and truck are on different grades, think small hills which force the trailer and truck to be on somewhat different slopes. If you've ever towed more than a few times you'll know what I mean, you don't always get to pick a perfect spot to sit and (dis)connect.