eric james
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I looked up your Catalina and the dry hitch weight is 775 and the dry TT weight is 5200 lbs. Hmm, I would think you're ok with the 1000 lb bars.
5200+1000lb gear = 6200.
6200x13%= 800 lbs
It looks like you have a drop/extended shank? That changes some of the physics too.
Puzzling. You should be able to get it done.
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Thor20003
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Just for fun here is a couple at the truck stop before making the adjustments. Notice the squat on the TV.
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LarryJM
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That second pic in your first post shows some serious flex in your receiver and that would worry me to start with. No way that drawbar should be at such an up angle. Something based on just that pic would make me worry.
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kwlincoln
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My guess is that you modified the truck's suspension with a lift kit which is softer and harder to compensate for the sag on the rear of truck. Just a guess, so the question is... is this a stock truck suspension?
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Thor20003
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kwlincoln wrote:My guess is that you modified the truck's suspension with a lift kit which is softer and harder to compensate for the sag on the rear of truck. Just a guess, so the question is... is this a stock truck suspension?
I added spacers (leveling kit) in the front on top of the factory springs and short blocks under the factory leaf springs in the rear. Nothing that should affect this.
I added two more just like the factory ones in this picture. They were taken off of another 2500.
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JFordBronco
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do you by some chance have a leveling kit on your truck? I had one on my Titan and it looke like that, I had a friend re-adjust it and it still looked like that and I had the shop - very good shop - readjust it and they got the same results....
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Thor20003
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JFordBronco wrote:do you by some chance have a leveling kit on your truck? I had one on my Titan and it looke like that, I had a friend re-adjust it and it still looked like that and I had the shop - very good shop - readjust it and they got the same results....
I do, but I added to the rear also to keep some rake.
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Ron Gratz
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Perhaps you are focusing too much on the rear end squat.
A better way of determining when the WD system is properly adjusted is to measure the front wheelwell height "before" (loaded TV only - no TT attached) and "after" (loaded TV plus loaded TT with WD adjusted). Better yet -- measure the load on the front axle before and after.
When the front of the TV is returned to the "before" height or weight, then you have the correct amount of weight distribution. The TV does not need to be level.
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Thor20003
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Ron Gratz wrote:
A better way of determining when the WD system is properly adjusted is to measure the front wheelwell height "before" (loaded TV only - no TT attached) and "after"
Ron
Good idea. So you don't think eyeballing it is the best method :-)
Front are both 42.5" and rear are both 43". I will measure again with the trailer hooked up on Wednesday.
Thanks for the help.
I am also thinking about some sort of shim to take away some of the slop in the hitch to reduce some of that angle.
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john&bet
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Looks like you may have the ball set to high. Should be same level as trailer coupler with them unhitched and both leveled.
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