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Pair the built-in tongue weight scale on this hitch with the easy-to-use instructional app, and get the perfect towing setup. We love how Weigh Safe makes it easy to get totally balanced, but we love the smooth ride this hitch offers even more.
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Note: Some Bulldog-style sleeve-lock couplers may not work with this system because of the limited space between the hitch ball and the lead screw in the system head. There is approximately 2-1/2" between the screw and the center of the hitch ball.
The most important thing you can do to ensure a safe, smooth ride when towing is making sure that your tongue weight is evenly distributed. If the balance is off, well, you've probably been there before, bouncing all over the road and getting pulled in every different direction. Simply put, when your load isn't properly distributed, your steering goes kaput.
Getting things just right can be a huge pain. First of all, depending on your trailer (and everything loaded into your truck), you may not even be able to adequately redistribute your weight on your own. You might just plain need a weight distribution system to help.
Standard weight distribution systems can be a bear. You need to manually tweak and adjust every little thing, and even then, there might be so much play in the setup that you'll still have issues with handling. The go-to for picking up that slack is typically adding sway control, but that can lead to other issues, like not being able to back up or tow in the rain.
The True Tow is designed to make solving these problems as simple as possible. No more fiddling around with hard-to-adjust parts. No more guesswork when setting things up. No more terrible sway on the highway. Just follow the setup process to get a perfectly balanced system and hit the road.
The setup steps are easy:
1. Hook your trailer up to the ball on the system head.
2. Take note of the weight on the built-in scale to make sure your tongue weight is in that sweet spot (10% to 15% of your GTW).
3. Pop into the companion app on your phone and answer a few questions, then wait for the app to give you an exact "distributed tongue weight."
4. Hook up the spring arms so the system is fully in place.
5. Adjust the lead screw on the hitch head until the scale shows the "distributed tongue weight" that the app had you shoot for.
Once you've completed all the steps, just make sure all your connections are secure and head out on your journey!
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi everybody. Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look at this Weigh Safe True Tow weight distribution hitch. Now, this weight distribution system shank is going to slide into your two and a half inch receiver and this system is going to give you a smooth, even and safe ride while towing. This is going to make balancing your loads super easy so you won't have to worry about poor handling and it will correct sway from passing semis and harsh winds with the built-in tension and friction points. Now the tongue weight on this system is 1,250 pounds.
The maximum gross towing weight is 12,500 pounds. This is going to give you a maximum drop when the shank is in this orientation of about six inches. And then when you flip this over to the rise position, you're gonna get a maximum rise of about seven inches and then you are going to get incremental height adjustment of one and a quarter inches. Now as you might know, the most important thing you can do to ensure a safe and smooth ride while towing is making sure that your tongue weight is evenly distributed, but getting things just right can be sometimes very difficult. Now, depending on your trailer and everything that you have loaded into your truck, you may not be able to adequately redistribute that weight on your own.
So this is where a weight distribution system is going to come into play and give you a hand with that. Setting this one up in particular is going to be pretty easy. Let's take a closeup view here of our head. So you're gonna hook your trailer up to this stainless steel two and five sixteenths inch hitch ball and you wanna take note of the weight here that you see here on the built in scale to make sure that your tongue weight is in that sweet spot. So it's gonna be about 10% to 15% of your gross towing weight.
And then you'll download the free companion app to your smartphone and you're gonna use that app to answer a few questions. And then you'll wait for the app to give you an exact distributed tongue weight. And then you'll hook up the spring arms here so that the system is fully in place. And this does come with this lifting tool here that's going to help you to get those bars into place. And then you'll adjust the lead screw here on the hitch head and you'll just use the other end of this tool here.
So you'll adjust this lead screw here until the scale shows you the distributed tongue weight that the app had you shoot for. So again, it's gonna be a pretty simple setup. Now, the sway control positioning is going to be 27 inches to 32 inches back from the center of the coupler here. And then the maximum trailer frame height is six inches. And we do have brackets for you if the frame of your trailer is taller than six inches. So we do have, if for instance, if your trailer frame is eight inches tall, we do have brackets there for you. You can just take that part number that you see there on your screen and pop it in the search field of our website and that will take you to those brackets if you are in need of the taller ones instead. Now the pinhole diameter is five eighths of an inch. And again, this is a two and a half inch shank here. That's going to slide into your two and a half inch trailer hitch receiver. Another thing I really like about this particular system is a hitch lock is included to secure everything to the back of your vehicle. Two tube keys are included so it's gonna be a very easy operation. This system is constructed of high strength steel, so it's going to be very strong, very durable. It's got a black powder coat finish on it that's gonna help resist corrosion. This is V5 and J6 A4 certified for safety. And one final note I did wanna make is some bulldog style sleeve lock couplers may not work with this particular system because of the limited space between the hitch ball and the lead screw in the system head. There's approximately two and a half inches between the screw and the center of the hitch ball. Instructions are included to guide you through the installation and the proper operation. But I think that's gonna wrap up our look today. I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
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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.
Everything fits and works as it should. Excellent quality I’m totally satisfied.
Rate based on early thoughts. Extremely well built with high, smooth tolerances. Instructions are well written. Haven't towed yet. Will next weekend.
Initial set up quite simple with the app. Took it for a short test run. Noticeable upgrade from my curt. Towing a 19 ft. Geo pro with 4runner.
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.
After one tow I could a big difference from my other hitch. Great service. Received in two days from e-trailer.
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