Dang, I need the 6" drop one instead of this 8". PM me if someone wants it for cheap, I'll post up a classified ad for it in a few in the appropriate section. 8" is great for a lifted truck.

 

WTF are you towing? I'd think you'd want a load distributing hitch. Most hitches are rated at a much lower weight when not using load distribution.

 

10,000# tractor on a construction trailer, switched to a pintle hitch. Tows fine. Don't need a load distributing hitch with a F350 with the integrated tow command. Most of the time, I'm just hauling about 7-8,000# every three weeks or so. That truck is a beast!

 

^ Awesome... what's "integrated tow command"? I'm assuming it adjusts ride heights and trailer braking all on it's own?

 

It's a built-in brake controller with manual slider switch and speed sensor that will adjust trailer braking pressure based upon your trucks speed. It will also apply the trailer brakes before (and with more pressure than) the truck brakes during emergency braking to lessen the chance of a jack knife. Definitely much safer for towing than with an aftermarket unit!

 

A load distributing hitch doesn't have anything to do with the brake controller. It helps control the trailer better...prevents swaying, rear sagging, etc. You would be surprised how much of a difference it makes.

 

^ FYI aftermarket units do most of that now. Newer brake controllers have inertia switches that can regulate trailer braking pressure based on the deceleration of the truck. It can tell when you're stopping quickly and adjust the force to the brakes accordingly.

Not sure if it has any way of doing it before you ever hit the brake... not sure how the OEM one would either. Until you're slowing down it can't know what to do.

If Ford invented a device that can sense an accident before an accident, they'd not be going out of business they'd rule the world. We'd live in the United States of Ford as they'd be knowing the future.

 

I know that... or was that not directed at me?

 

Should have an inertia switch, not sure how else it would be able to detect "emergency braking" other than a rapid nose dive. My last one did not have any inertia switch, it was an aftermarket.

Since it's already wired into the truck's brake system, when emergency braking it supposedly applies more braking power to the trailer then to the truck to help lessen the chance of a jack knife. Maybe it does it in a split second? Something I read, don't have access to the electrical decision making thingie.

 

Never needed a load distributing hitch for this truck. Every place that I've asked about them (inquiring about enclosed car trailers) say it's used on smaller trucks when the truck doesn't weigh as much as the trailer and the trailer would "push" the truck but that doesn't take into account aerodynamics/unbalanced load which would make it sway. There are load distributing hitches that don't have the sway control.