Fordlover wrote:

I know what I'd do. I'd spend the money on a (used) cheap WD hitch, making sure it's compatible with whatever brackets you have on your TT. This would be my home hitch purely for navigating the trailer in and out of parking. Your front hitch will be able to withstand the loads without a problem. The rear hitch has to be able to withstand huge forces while traveling down the highway at 70+ mph. The front hitch only has to withstand twisting force while being nearly stationary, I think you'll be fine.

This should fix your problem for less than 200 bucks, 450 at the max if you have an equal-i-zer. And you wont have to modify your truck any.

I wouldn't want to modify my suspension for something I only need at 2mph if there was an easy way around it.

fncampn wrote:



This is interesting. Since you have a 2500, you probably don't feel much of a ride difference but with my 150, I wonder how it would affect the ride? Have you loaded your front axle considerably to see how much deflection of the Timbrens there is?

On edit - I found this in the Timbren site FAQ:

Q. The rubber spring is touching the axle all the time. Will that hurt the truck?

A. The point of contact on a loaded truck actually is a secondary point of contact. The entire weight of the vehicle and payload normally contacts the axle at the point under the leaf springs. By adding a secondary point of contact (just inside this point) we are reducing the stress of contact at the original point and are spreading out the load to 4 points of contact on the axle instead of 2. As well, the progressive spring rate provides a soft uptake of the load rather than the sudden stop of a solid bump stop, again providing a good ride with reduced stress.

So, according to the FAQ, there is little if any ride difference until a situation warrants it. Dang it! Now I have to consider the Timbrens too.