franklins77
New Member
I'm not sure whether I should post this thread under towing or not but I thought I would post here and see what happens.
As I mentioned in the new member forum, my wife and I are new to RVing and we just purchased a new 2012 Whitehawk 28dsbh. Since everything was new to us, we understood that we were completely at the dealership's mercy with whatever they installed.
Initially, I felt pretty good about the Equalizer 90-00-0600 that the dealer installed since the reviews were good and people on this forum seemed to like it. But once I started reading some of the details of the hitch itself on this forum and Equilizer's website, I started to wonder if they installed the right hitch.
According to what I read on the hitch itself, the Equalizer 90-00-0600 has a max tongue weight of 600lbs. and a max trailer weight of 6,000lbs. The weight of the trailer with propane (and generator fuel which I do not have) is 5837lbs. So, at first, I was thinking everything should be ok. But then I noticed the weight of the water (if we chose to carry it) is 384lbs. That puts us over the 6,000lbs limit without even adding any cargo at all.
Then there is the issue with the tongue weight: I can't find the tongue weight of the trailer anywhere. The only thing I can find is in a Jayco Whitehawk brocure for the 28dsbh and it says the "dry hitch weight" is 630lbs. Isn't the dry hitch weight the same thing as the tongue weight before adding propane? So based on what I'm reading the tongue weight is above the maximum rating for the hitch as well.
We've been on one trip so far and didn't really have any issues at all with the towing, but I'm thinking at the very least, the warranty on the hitch is voided since the weights have already been exceeded. More importantly there is the issue of safety for my family.
We have a signed "Warranty Registration and Customer Delivery Form" from the dealership listing the items that were inspected and one of the items is "Review tow vehicle, hitch and sway control set-up - test drive (towables only)".
It seems to me like this is a big deal but I guess I'm just looking for some advice from people who know a lot more about this than I do. The difference in the cost of the next model up is $20.00 and the max weights on that model (90-00-1000) is 1,000lbs./10,000lbs.
Thanks so much for any help you all can offer.
Adam
As I mentioned in the new member forum, my wife and I are new to RVing and we just purchased a new 2012 Whitehawk 28dsbh. Since everything was new to us, we understood that we were completely at the dealership's mercy with whatever they installed.
Initially, I felt pretty good about the Equalizer 90-00-0600 that the dealer installed since the reviews were good and people on this forum seemed to like it. But once I started reading some of the details of the hitch itself on this forum and Equilizer's website, I started to wonder if they installed the right hitch.
According to what I read on the hitch itself, the Equalizer 90-00-0600 has a max tongue weight of 600lbs. and a max trailer weight of 6,000lbs. The weight of the trailer with propane (and generator fuel which I do not have) is 5837lbs. So, at first, I was thinking everything should be ok. But then I noticed the weight of the water (if we chose to carry it) is 384lbs. That puts us over the 6,000lbs limit without even adding any cargo at all.
Then there is the issue with the tongue weight: I can't find the tongue weight of the trailer anywhere. The only thing I can find is in a Jayco Whitehawk brocure for the 28dsbh and it says the "dry hitch weight" is 630lbs. Isn't the dry hitch weight the same thing as the tongue weight before adding propane? So based on what I'm reading the tongue weight is above the maximum rating for the hitch as well.
We've been on one trip so far and didn't really have any issues at all with the towing, but I'm thinking at the very least, the warranty on the hitch is voided since the weights have already been exceeded. More importantly there is the issue of safety for my family.
We have a signed "Warranty Registration and Customer Delivery Form" from the dealership listing the items that were inspected and one of the items is "Review tow vehicle, hitch and sway control set-up - test drive (towables only)".
It seems to me like this is a big deal but I guess I'm just looking for some advice from people who know a lot more about this than I do. The difference in the cost of the next model up is $20.00 and the max weights on that model (90-00-1000) is 1,000lbs./10,000lbs.
Thanks so much for any help you all can offer.
Adam
