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JBarca
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My son is at the SEMA show today and sent me a pic of the new B & W weight distributing hitch. This is very new, B & W must be debuting it at the show. Not a lot of info on it yet, but is appears it might become availably in Dec 22.
From what little we can see, this is targeted towards trailers in need of WD but not necessarily built in anti sway control. Think car hauler trailers, tilt bed trailers, enclosed box trailers, any heavy tongue weight trailer needing easy adjustable WD for changing tongue weights. This could be a help for toy haulers with changing tongue weight loads, but again no anti sway in the picture, at least as of now. Not sure yet what tongue weights this is rated for yet or the draw bar hitch head.
The hitch is called the B & W Continuum Weight Distribution Hitch.
There is a write up on the hitch with 2 pics on the Diesel Army website here: https://www.dieselarmy.com/features/sema........tribution-hitch-that-changes-everything/
And B & W has a video of it on their Facebook page. I'm not on Facebook, but the video will play without being a member. This shows how it hooks up and unhooks. You can expand the video into full screen to see a bigger picture.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1285089202286447
Since I'm into all makes and models of WD hitches to see what new is, and how they are accomplishing the WD, this is for sure different. For targeting easy adjustable WD, a light weight hitch head, and more even WD pressure through all types of towing terrain then spring bars, this has merit. Time will tell how this unfolds. It seems we have to wait for the main B & W web site to release the catalog specs etc. for it.
Thought I would pass this along to the other WD curious ones here on the forum. ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
Edit 11-5-22 Here is one pic my son sent me from the SEMA show.
![[image]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52479142885_bcbfbf1682_b.jpg)
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21,000 GCWR, 11,000 GVWR
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1,700# Reese HP hitch & HP Dual Cam
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Fisherguy
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Are you still using the Reese Strait Line John?
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Looks like an interesting alternative to the current hitches out here. Give it some time and we’ll see if it stands up to its claim. Some people on You Tube will give it reviews.
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JBarca
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Fisherguy wrote:Are you still using the Reese Strait Line John?
Hi Fish,
Yes, I am still using the original HP DC bought in Jan 2004 on the first camper. When the T310SR in my sig came along in 2007, I upgraded the trunnion WD bars from 1,200 to 1,700# and I bought the 2 1/2" shank to handle the heavier tongue weight of the camper. The the rest of the hitch moved to the new camper.
I'm still at 1,600# TW fully loaded, on just under 10K pounds GVW on the camper, the DC has close to 65K miles on it with the same older style snapup's bolted to the frame. The 1,700# WD bars and 2 1/2" shank at approx. 45K miles. We lost 2 years of long distance camping with Covid issues or the miles would of been higher.
Same camper, same hitch, same truck. Although I did buy a new ARE truck cap last summer, wish I had done that sooner. No plans in the near or longer distance future to change anything.
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John
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JBarca wrote:Fisherguy wrote:Are you still using the Reese Strait Line John?
Hi Fish,
Yes, I am still using the original HP DC bought in Jan 2004 on the first camper. When the T310SR in my sig came along in 2007, I upgraded the trunnion WD bars from 1,200 to 1,700# and I bought the 2 1/2" shank to handle the heavier tongue weight of the camper. The the rest of the hitch moved to the new camper.
I'm still at 1,600# TW fully loaded, on just under 10K pounds GVW on the camper, the DC has close to 65K miles on it with the same older style snapup's bolted to the frame. The 1,700# WD bars and 2 1/2" shank at approx. 45K miles. We lost 2 years of long distance camping with Covid issues or the miles would of been higher.
Same camper, same hitch, same truck. Although I did buy a new ARE truck cap last summer, wish I had done that sooner. No plans in the near or longer distance future to change anything.
Thanks
John
Hi John,
Ya when we talked last you'd just retired and built a new house with a huge shop, glad you're doing well.
Not much change on this end either, same truck and trailer, take the Dodge off the road in the winter now, lotsa salt and sand up here and not in a hurry to buy a newer truck with all the pollution ****, sensors etc.
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ktmrfs
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looks like it might be a nice hitch for V nose trailers.
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I must be missing something. I don't see anything about that hitch that would make me want to change from standard torsion bars. I have been hooking up torsion bars for 50 years and haven't had much trouble out of them.
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Me Again
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Groover wrote:I must be missing something. I don't see anything about that hitch that would make me want to change from standard torsion bars. I have been hooking up torsion bars for 50 years and haven't had much trouble out of them.
No hydraulic pump or seal leaks???? No bleed down????
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If it says B&W trust it will be good!
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