RE: [ihc] Joel's Trailer Towing

["Steve Stegmann" <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

There's more to it than just getting the ride height back up. Get the bars
for the hitch and get a sway control for the hitch also.  It won't add much
to the cost.  Seems like mine was about $300 brand new.  Used should be just
fine.  If they're not bent, they're fine.  This is **not** the place to be
cheap.  Do that somewhere else.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of Tom
Mandera
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 5:42 PM
To: Joel M Brodsky
Cc: Ryan Moore; ihc@domain.elided; Mac McMuffin; hofs@domain.elided
Subject: Re: [ihc] Joel's Trailer Towing


Joel - airbags will only solve your "sag" problem.. while the L/D hitch
will keep some weight off that rear axle.

Have you scaled the Traveler with a loaded trailer in tow?  How much
weight on the rear end in the Traveler?  If it's over 3500lbs, you've
exceeded the GAWR, and you're a smoked-wheel-bearing waiting to happen. :D

With the distributing hitch, you can move some of that weight to the
front axle and attempt to balance things out better.

My L/D hitch was $50, used.

Do you think air-bags will be less than $200?

Joel M Brodsky wrote:

> The hitch goes half way up under the truck and is designed for a L/D
setup,
> but I'm too cheap to pony up for the bars and such right now.
> Adda leafs will make the truck almost unmanageable with anything except a
> heavy trailer back there.  Bags seem like the happy medium from the
> add-a-leafs, plus, bags load the frame, instead of loading more stress on
> the springs/mounts which are always so suspect on IH anyway, and I already
> have on-board-air to supply them.  Have you found a L/D setup for under
> $200 anywhere?  I'm new to the L/D world (this being Load Distributing,
> --no comments from the Peanut Gallery!), so I'm reluctant to step up if I
> haven't seen all the options.
>
> Anyone have opinions about Load Distributing setups and recommendations?
>
> Thanks!
>
> JoelB
> Too much stuff, not enough time...