Posted 2011-03-19 11:01 PM (#131860) Subject: A few Featherlite Questions
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Posts: 72 Location: Connecticut
I recently bought a Featherlite 2 horse BP, model 9407. The hitch that the trailer store sold me is rated for 6000lbs, and tongue weight is 600lbs. This trailer is rated for 7000 loaded and does not give a tongue weight value. The trailer weighs 2500 empty. Should I have a heavier rated hitch than this?
Also this trailer came with the attachments for weight distribution bars. Should I be using them? I'm pulling this trailer with a 3/4 ton Chevy. I can't even feel the trailer back there, so I know I've got plenty of overkill on the truck side. I'm only asking because someone at my barn asked me why I was not using them? Nobody else at my barn uses them for their BP trailers, but I am brand spanking new to trailering and want to make sure I'm okay with the way I'm set up.
Man, the only thing worse than learning about trailering is the many many different opinions that are volunteered to you about how to set up your hitch!
Posted 2011-03-20 8:22 AM (#131869 - in reply to #131860) Subject: RE: A few Featherlite Questions
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Posts: 54 Location: Farmington, IL 61531
It is probably not required that you use the weight transfer bars. And if you do use them you will need a set that is sized for your trailer, maybe about an 800 pound rating, they come in ratings up to 1400 pounds. I have seen one incident where the trailer tongue collapsed when a set of weight transfer bars with a 1400 pound rating were used on a light weight trailer. If you were pulling the trailer with a SUV or 1/2 ton pickup you would probably want to use weight transfer bars. Weight transfer bars do provide additional stability in some situations such as high wind if you have an empty trailer. I speak from experience on that subject, I almost flipped a new bumper pull RV trailer over on I-80 in Iowa about 7-8 years ago. I did not have the weight transfer bars on at the time. Most of the drivers who deliver new RV trailers will use the weight transfer bars for that reason.
A few Featherlite Questions
