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When your trailer isn’t balanced, you feel it—poor steering, bouncing, and sway that makes every mile stressful. The Weigh Safe True Tow makes dialing in your tongue weight simple with its built-in scale and free app. Just hook up your trailer, check the scale, and enter your setup details in the app to get your exact distributed tongue weight. Then adjust the lead screw on the hitch head until the scale matches the number. You’ll hit that 10–15% sweet spot of your gross towing weight every time and roll out knowing your load is balanced.
Nothing ruins a tow faster than fighting sway when a semi blasts past or a crosswind hits. The True Tow’s integrated tension and friction points steady your trailer automatically, keeping it even and stable. Its trunnion bar design transfers weight across the trailer and tow vehicle for smoother handling and better braking control. You’ll feel the difference in every turn and long stretch of highway—steady, calm, and predictable towing without needing to disconnect or disable anything when backing up.
If you’re hauling heavy, you need hardware that can take it. This hitch is made from high-strength steel and is V5 and J684 certified for safety. It handles up to 18,500 lbs gross towing weight and 1,850 lbs tongue weight. The 2-5/16" stainless steel hitch ball resists rust and holds up over time, and the shank fits any 2" x 2" receiver rated for use with weight distribution systems. You can count on it for serious towing strength trip after trip.
The system adjusts in 1-1/4" height increments with a 6" drop or 7-1/2" rise, so leveling your trailer is quick and accurate. The sway control brackets mount 27"–32" back from the coupler and fit trailer frames up to 6" tall. Once set, you can back up and maneuver without disconnecting. A hitch lock is included to secure the shank, giving you peace of mind when you’re parked or stopped for the night.
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 together at our Weigh Safe True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch with a two-inch shank and a six-inch drop, or a 7 1/2 inch rise. Now, folks, this is ready at 18,500 pounds capacity. Now, with the Weigh Safe, you're gonna get a smooth, even and safe ride while towing, and it's gonna make balancing your load super easy with its built-in scale, so you don't have to worry about poor handling. It'll also correct sway from happening, so those passing semis, hard crosswinds, those kinda things. It's gonna use built-in tension on the head and the bars down here at the lift or sway control brackets and those friction points.
Now, again, with Weigh Safe, you get the built-in scale. I'll zoom in here so you can see it better, and you're gonna be able to download their app. There's a QR code here on top. You are also gonna get the instructions. So, with that downloadable app, they're gonna be able to let you input your information for your trailer, the weight, length, and those kinda things potentially, and you're gonna be able to get the perfect distributed tongue weight for your setup.
Now, they're gonna give you a range of a sweet spot, let's say, and you'll want to increase or decrease the tongue weight and the loading your trailer to reach that optimal weight. Now, you're also gonna have this bolt up here. The lift bar here is gonna have a built-in wrench, and you'll simply go in or out, left or right, however you wanna word it, and that's gonna adjust the angle on the head here and help adjust that tongue weight as well. Now, all this will give you a peace of mind when you're loading, unloading and using this, because you're gonna have that safe range to work with. Now, the ball here is a stainless steel ball.
It is a 2 5/16 inch size, rated again, at 18,500 pounds gross towing weight. The tongue weight is 1,850 pounds. Now, zooming back out, you've got the two-inch shank here. Again, the rise on here is a six-inch drop, but a 7 1/2 inch rise, and the lock here is stainless steel, it's included. It's a nice round lock with a round, tubular key to be used with it.
You get two keys. Very nice design. I personally like the tubular keys versus the flat keys. Easier to use, a lot better as far as theft deterrent as well. Now, everything here is a nice hardened steel. It's been V5 and J684-certified for safety, and it's all black powder coat on the finish here to give you a nice, elegant look, but also keep it clean and free of rust and corrosion and those kinda things. Now, going over here to the lift brackets, folks, you're gonna have to measure when you set this up per the instructions. The center of your coupler or the center of the ball to the center of these brackets needs to be between 27 and 32 inches back from the center down the side of your frame. It's got a max trailer height on the frame of six inches tall. That's what one of those brackets looks like installed, and if you need higher than six inches, they offer an eight-inch bracket kit sold separately. You're also gonna get the lift bar as you already saw before. Now, obviously, whenever you're using this, everything's gonna be under spring tension, so follow the instructions to be able to safely put this underneath, pop it on the frame and lift it up into place, and then you'll secure it with these L-pins here, and yes, there's supposed to be that much play of movement. Remember, these are gonna slide when you're making turns, they're gonna slide on these brackets, creating that friction that you need, and also these bars here can pivot in or out. Again, I've got it set here on the table just for demonstration purposes, so I'm not gonna open and close them, but they can open and close as needed to fit the different trailer frames that are out there as well. Well, folks, that's gonna wrap it up. Just a quick look together at the Weigh Safe True Tow Weight Distribution Setup. I'm Steven, thanks so much for watching. As always, stay safe while you're towing.
Customer Satisfaction Score:
95% were satisfied with this product
5% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
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.
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.
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.
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.
Everything went well except you sent the version with the 2 1/2 inch shank. I ordered the 2 inch shank because I have a 2 inch receiver.
You can send me the correct shank separately at my home address.
Great hitch! More impressed with the customer service from Jerry! Thank you.
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