Posted 2018-02-24 11:50 AM (#171333) Subject: 3 horse BP too low for Equalizer hitch... any solutions?
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Hi folks, first post, nice forum, thank you for offering your help.
I have a 2016 Ram 1500 with the tow package (class IV hitch, integrated trailer brake, 3.92 LSD) and I own a 6,000 lbs to 12,000 lbs equalizer hitch.
I purchased a Trails West Adventure MX 3 horse bumper pull trailer. It's pretty low to the ground, and the RV service center I went to told me 'there is no room for a weight distribution hitch, you just need to buy a beefier truck that can safely pull up to 8000 lbs without a weight distribution system' or something to that effect.
Okay, what do I do?
Raise the trailer?
Get a bigger truck? (*i am thinking I need to do this to get a good distro hitch functioning)
Sell my trailer and buy one with higher ground clearance?
Is there some other weight distribution hitch that won't be sitting 2" off the ground?
Hey Paul, did you follow that the horse trailer is too low for the hitch?
The bars would be 3" from the ground.
If you could recommend a weight distribution hitch that has a lower profile than the Equalizer, that might help. What they really need to do is MFR one with bars that ride ABOVE the trailer frame. It would work perfectly for this application. I have no idea what that would look like.
Hey Paul, did you follow that the horse trailer is too low for the hitch?
The bars would be 3" from the ground.
If you could recommend a weight distribution hitch that has a lower profile than the Equalizer, that might help. What they really need to do is MFR one with bars that ride ABOVE the trailer frame. It would work perfectly for this application. I have no idea what that would look like.
Anyway, I called the folks you linked; they can't help.
I guess this is why everybody with three horse trailers used a HD truck?
Hey Paul, did you follow that the horse trailer is too low for the hitch? The bars would be 3" from the ground. If you could recommend a weight distribution hitch that has a lower profile than the Equalizer, that might help. What they really need to do is MFR one with bars that ride ABOVE the trailer frame. It would work perfectly for this application. I have no idea what that would look like. Anyway, I called the folks you linked; they can't help. I guess this is why everybody with three horse trailers used a HD truck?