Towing feels a lot better when your setup is balanced right. The True Tow makes it easy with a built-in tongue weight scale and a companion app that walks you through setup. Just hook up the trailer, check the scale, enter your numbers into the app, and it’ll tell you exactly what your distributed tongue weight should be. Adjust the lead screw on the hitch head until the scale shows that target, and you’re ready to roll. No guessing, no trial and error—just a clear readout that keeps your load in the 10–15% sweet spot of your gross towing weight.
Nothing ruins a drive faster than trailer sway, especially when a semi flies by or the wind kicks up. The True Tow’s built-in tension and friction points keep sway in check while you’re on the highway. The trunnion bar design smooths out weight transfer across your axles so the trailer tracks straight and stable. You get confident handling without having to disconnect anything when backing up or maneuvering.
This hitch is built for heavy-duty towing. With a maximum gross towing weight of 18,500 lbs and a tongue weight rating of 1,850 lbs, it’s ready for big jobs. The hitch ball is 2-5/16" stainless steel, so it won’t rust, and the head and shank are made from high-strength steel for long-term durability. It’s tested and certified to V5 and J684 standards for safety.
Dialing in your ride height is straightforward thanks to the 8" maximum drop, 8-1/2" rise, and 1-1/4" incremental adjustment. You can fine-tune it for a level towing position without extra tools or complicated parts. The included hitch lock secures the shank to your receiver so your setup stays put whether you’re on the road or parked at camp.
The system fits 2" x 2" trailer hitch receivers rated for use with weight distribution systems and works with trailer frames up to 6" tall. With sway control bracket positioning 27"–32" from the coupler and a top-mount design, it’s engineered to stay balanced and perform smoothly over long trips. Everything about the True Tow is made to keep towing safer, steadier, and easier to manage every time you hitch up.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hello everybody, Steve here with etrailer.com. Today we're looking at our Weigh Safe True Tow Weight Distribution set up with a two inch shank with a eight inch drop or eight and a half inch rise rated to 18,500 pounds gross towing weight. And folks, as you probably already know, weight distribution will give you a smooth even and even a safe ride while you're towing by balancing out your load and keeping everything straight. Now, with this Weigh Safe Kit, having the scale built in here, it's gonna make balancing your load even easier and we don't have to worry about poor handling, you're gonna correct the sway you from passing semis, harsh crosswinds, those kind of things, using both tilting heads here and friction on the bars themselves. Now you do, again, get the built-in scale, so that's gonna make it easy to read your tongue weight scale. Now what you're gonna do is have a sweet spot of about 10 to 15% of your total gross trailer weight and then you'll adjust your load accordingly based on your tongue weight and potentially the head screw here.
So that's as simple as using your lift tool here that has a built-in wrench on it and then you'll be able to either go in or out, forward or reverse, whichever you wanna word it, to then get that head tilt to the proper angle and the proper weight as well. Now, that's gonna give you a peace of mind on your journey when you're towing, and some other key features while we're over here on this end, you get a built-in lock with this with two keys that are tubular shape versus flat. So, in my opinion, it's just a lot more better, it's not gonna be easily pickable, those kind of things and this is a stainless steel hitch lock along with the stainless steel hitch ball. They're both gonna be rust proof and built to last. This hitch ball is a two and five 16 inch.
The tongue weight's rated at 1,850 pounds. Again, the max towing weight, our gross towing weight is 1,850. Now this whole system is V5 and J684 certified for your safety. Now, everything as you can see is a nice black powder coat finished on it, it's heavy duty steel, it's been made to withstand the elements. Now, coming over here, you've got your lift brackets that mount onto your trailer frame.
Now, you want those to be from the center of the ball down to the side of your frame, between 27 and 32 inches per the manufacturer's instructions. Now, that being said, as far as the heighth, they're gonna fit six inch heighth trailer frames. We do offer a kit sold separately that would give you an eight inch on the brackets themselves. Again, that bracket only is sold separately. You're gonna get the six inch ones with the kit.
Now, again, this shank has an eight inch drop or a heighth of eight and a half inches if you flip it over and use it in the rise position. Now folks, this whole kit here is a very nice kit, again, from Weigh Safe If you've never used weight distribution before, I highly recommend you watch some of our other videos on our website here, read the literature. You're gonna get a QR code here on this product from Weigh Safe, that's gonna give you access to their instructions, their app. With that app you can download and put in your trailer weight, measurements, those kind of thing and it's gonna give you a pretty good area of where you wanna start as far as that sweet spot, if you will, on your tongue weight. So check into that, make sure you're reading that thoroughly. The lift tool here, again, you're gonna be lifting these bars up in place and keep in mind, a lot of this stuff's gonna have spring tension on it. So read the instructions, make sure you're doing it safely and again, everything here is powder coated, it's gonna last a long time for you. Well folks, that's gonna wrap it up. Just a quick look today together at our Weigh Safe True Tow Weight Distribution. Again, the two inch shank with an eight inch drop. I'm Steven, as always, stay safe while you're towing.
Ratings & Reviews
Kayleigh is a Rockstar!! Took care of me on short notice and followed up promptly!!
Excellent Quality! Box arrived in perfect condition (thanks, UPS!). The inside packaging was very neat and was in perfect condition. Great instructions, great App. Seems like an excellent product so far. I haven't made a two with it yet, but will update soon after. I'm anticipating greatness!
Pretty easy setup, app is a little complicated but good. Was a big improvement from my last hitch
Towing a 2025 Alliance 252RL (30') with a 2025 Silverado 1500 3.0 Duramax. With about 850 lbs on tongue and current measurements entered into the app, we run about 2100 lbs on the weigh safe hitch with the bars attached. The trailer towes perfect! Absolutely zero sway and very little bobbing cruising at 65 mph for 2 hours. I will test at slightly higher speeds another time. Proper setup per weigh safe instructions is a must! I had a dealer install it and they did not follow the instructions. I had to keep my speed below 60 and it still didn't feel great. After installing it per the instructions, it exceeded my expectations.
The ball that was sold to me with the hitch would not work. Now, I got to send it back. I took a day off work to install and have it ready for a horse show this weekend. I spent over 1000 dollars and expected to receive the right parts. Not to mention, I used a vacation day to install for a horse show this weekend that now I can't go to.
The hitch is perfectly fine. The box was destroyed.
Built like a tank,much better than my other hitch, it was used hitch that came with the camper that was welded together for their truck. I'm sure this one will do fine and had great reviews from wandering weekends on YouTube.
The hitch is perfect for our camper. Installation was a breeze. I highly recommend weigh safe.
Customer service was amazing!!
It pulls my RV better than any other weight distribution hitch I’ve owned.
Rate based on early thoughts. Extremely well built with high, smooth tolerances. Instructions are well written. Haven't towed yet. Will next weekend.
Hitch has performed perfectly for towing our 40 foot travel trailer.
It is nice to see the tongue weight when setting up for traveling each time adding peace of mind while traveling.
The hitch is amazing. It’s like there’s nothing behind the truck except for the weight. Shipping was incredibly fast and arrived as if directly off the shelf. Etrailer is truly exceptional in customer service and Joanne K was exceptional. Thank you!
It makes pulling out Brinkley Z Air 315 (38Ft+) so much easier! I really like that backing up causes zero issues. Once I learned how to use the trailer tongue jack to relieve pressure during connecting, it made it so much easier.
App and set up guide were easy to follow. Got everything tuned in and ready to tow. Solid construction.
I’ve now used three different weight distribution hitches. While initial setup is a little bit more complex than the two I used previously, I was able to “dial it in” with the right settings the first time around versus trial and error. Once installed I towed an overloaded 16,000 pound trailer over 2,300 miles without any issues.
16 F250 towing 24' encl trailer. So far 1500 miles towing has been great. Nearly zero porpoising or sway. Set up seemed difficult from the videos and instructions but was actually a breeze. Was very quick and easy. W the f250 4x4 you probably only need 4" drop as the 6" is pretty low. Although my TT has a ton of clearance so you may need the rise w those as the 250 hitch only sits at 19" i also have a curt trutrack 4p which is very heavy to place on the receiver. The WS feels way lighter but maybe it's just the way its balanced. Also like that you can make adjustments easier w the WS vs the curt. The min torque on the WS is 150ft lb which everyone has a trq wrench for that, do yourself a favor and put more torque as it'll need it. Nothing w WS its just what happens w movement.
Manufacturer needs to either ship in 2 boxes or redesign/increase cardboard thickness. When I received the 1 box (UPS), it was almost split in half and full of packing tape to hold box together. I was missing the lifting bar and spring arms. Those 2 items weighed 54 lb themselves. etrailer was very responsive in getting me the replacement items from manufacturer since I was picking up a new trailer in a week. Website wouldn't allow me to upload pictures.
Towed a 2026 Jayco trailer 7300gvw with a 2026 Chvy Silverado 1500 Z71 5.3. Estimated my combined weight truck +trailer and loads at 13500, TW was 850, followed instructions, installed hitch and used app. Set distributed TW to 2250 per the app. Towed 800 miles from NC to NY, on I81, no sway, proposing or other issues. Hitch is outstanding.
The instructions described the setup well. I can open my tailgate with this hitch!!! AWESOME!!!!! It's good to have peace of mind regarding whether the hitch is adequate for the tongue weight. I was surprised to see that I was 100lbs over what the rated tongue is listed as. My last hitch was inadequate...this one is perfect. Haven't towed with it yet, but I feel quite confident that it will safely handle the load.
This is my second WD hitch experience. Ease of setup and installation is better especially with the head unit. Not having to deal with spacers and washers makes this much easier. Bar installation, loading and unloading tension was a lot easier and didn't require the effort of last hitch. Adjusting for front wheelwell difference is a breeze making overall ride handling and ride quality super simple. This WD hitch is a definite "recommend". I'm long time etrailer.com customer and found this shipping experience to be even faster than transactions in the past. Way to go etrailer.com!
I just received the Weigh Safe Heavyweight distribution hitch. The one quite heavy as can be imagined package arrived in perfect condition. After unboxing the hitch, I’m impressed with the quality and workmanship. I can not report on the performance at this time, however the installation manual and user guide is quite clear to understand and follow. Also etrailer customer service is fantastic and I recommend purchasing anything through them as I’m a repeat customer.
Installed according to printed instructions and videos. Downloaded app and this thing will not keep my trailer from swaying. I was so hopeful but now regret I spent $1070 on this hitch and I can’t keep my trailer between the lines when there is any wind. I have only used the hitch once and now going to have to buy a different hitch.
Setup was quick and easy, VERY well built system. The washers they sent were not the proper grade so they split but etrailer QUICKLY replaced them as well as the brackets that were scratched while torquing. Overall I am very pleased with my purchase. I have a 2022 ram 2500 Cummins on 38s with a Carli 3.5 pintop soft suspension setup with king shocks and what a difference towing. I would say this system corrected 55% of my squat issue. Granted, the system is not designed to help with squat however it did! I did tow with the system and noticed a night and day difference in trailer performance. Shipping was fantastic and the box came intact and very well put together. I received my packaged the next day with free shipping. When I called to place the order, Tiffany was kind and polite and was VERY knowledgable on products. Thank you again!
This is the best weight distribution hitch. The instructions are very detailed plus the downloadable app makes it easy to dial in the proper weight distribution across the trailer and truck. After installing mine, both the camper and tow vehicle were perfectly level. The installation is a very doable DIY project.
The hardware and design look great. The issue is that it is dependent on a companion app. The app the manual says to download is incompatible with the current Android OS. The other available Weigh Safe app, won't take/use the "optional" weight distribution load ratings so that according to the app my F-150 with max tow package rated for 12000 lbs with 1220lb tongue wt rating when using a WDH. Weigh Safe customer support puts you on hold for 10 minutes and then punts you to voice mail. Hence the single star.
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