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Load distributing hitches
#343674 03/30/11 07:11 PM
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Ok, I'm sure there's at least a couple of you guys have pulled some fairly hefty trailers before, so I could use some input on this. I'm going to be pulling a work trailer that will be as heavy as 10,000 lbs when loaded up with supplies(machinery/aggregate). I'm wondering if I'd benefit from a load-distributing hitch or not. A friend of mine who tows a very large RV, told me that these types of hitches put a lot of strain on your tow vehicles frame since they are trying to transfer the weight through the frame and towards the front of the vehicle. My towing will be a combination of hwy/city if it matters. Any thoughts?


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Adrian #343681 03/30/11 08:04 PM
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Grunt and I have been pumping up at the gym; let us pull it for you!


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medic8r #343683 03/30/11 08:12 PM
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Adrian, hang an Olive Garden bread stick in front of JP....

Randy went through hitching himself to a load not that long ago....


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Originally Posted By: medic8r
Grunt and I have been pumping up at the gym; let us pull it for you!

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Originally Posted By: MarkSJohnson
Adrian, hang an Olive Garden bread stick in front of JP....

That sounds like it might work.

Originally Posted By: medic8r
That's not a nice way to talk about Mrs. Sirquack.

Randy's so gonna beat you over the head with a ciabatta loaf for that one.


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Adrian #343715 03/31/11 12:35 PM
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Looks like I scared off the serious replies.

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medic8r #343730 03/31/11 06:31 PM
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A: Have you considered an in-bed hitch? When I (mistakenly) lived in rural AZ, the ranchers with the really big horse/livestock trailers seemed to prefer those.

Sorry to be the first serious reply. I didn't mean it.


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BobKay #343733 03/31/11 06:51 PM
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Man o' man.....are you guys serious? Bob, or whatever he calls himself today, gives me the first serious response?

I considered a gooseneck but decided against it for a couple of reasons(prefer the added space for junk in the pick-up bed and don't really want to butcher the body/bed of my truck). I do think goosenecks are better though.


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Adrian #343748 03/31/11 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted By: Adrian
I considered a gooseneck but decided against it for a couple of reasons(prefer the added space for junk in the pick-up bed and don't really want to butcher the body/bed of my truck). I do think goosenecks are better though.


They didn't call them goosenecks on the AZ/Mex border. Maybe because they would have had to call them Greater Sand Hill Crane necks?

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BobKay #343749 03/31/11 09:30 PM
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Again, sorry. Kinda

Seriously, everytime I see it come up on a new post it still surprises me. And I laugh. Then, I see His paws WITH that word, and I laugh some more.


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