Ford's Smart Hitch works with other Ford towing options to measure the weight and balance of your trailer. This can help make ...

Half-ton trucks like the Ford F-150 and Ram 1500 typically recommend a weight-distribution hitch for any trailer over 5,000 pounds and/or any tongue weight over 500 pounds, which might seem low ...

With a 10,000 pound GTWR rating and 1,000 pound tongue weight rating (it's also available in 600-, 800- and 1,200-pound ratings), this budget-friendly weight distributing hitch should prove to be ...

If you've got a lot of stuff that needs to be hauled, you may wind up needing a weight distribution hitch, but what does it ...

When towing with a bumper-pull hitch, standard guidelines recommend that 10 percent of the total trailer weight not be exceeded on the trailer tongue. This is a good rule regardless of the type of ...

(The trailer pushes the rear down, by tongue weight, then the W-D hitch lifts the rear a bit and shifts some of the weight to the front.) 8-9. As the towing miles rack up and things wear in, the ...

Checking the tongue weight of your trailer is important for trailer stability. It's easy to do with a bathroom scale and a ...

A loaded stock trailer can weigh up to 30,000 pounds, ... “Gooseneck hitches are common in livestock operations,” says Joe Lewis, ... “This design moves the tongue weight, or downward force, ...